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   br00t4c (br00t4c@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Oct-2025 19:28:19 JST br00t4c

   Sinking Boats Off Venezuela, Colombia. What Could Go Wrong?

   #InternationalTensions #VenezuelaCrisis #WashingtonMonthly #AirStrikesRisks #ColombiaConflict

   https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/10/27/trump-air-strikes-venezuela-colombia/

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     #GeoPol #LatinAmerica #Venezuela #Columbia #DrugTrafficking

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     👉Excellent Foreign Policy
     analysis by former defense and intelligence employee👈

     *Sinking Boats Off Venezuela, Colombia. What Could Go Wrong?*

     Via #PaulGlastris / #WashingtonMontly

     The #US' renewed #AmericaFirst isolationism

     "...apparently, what is new in this strategy is that 👉we’re now abandoning all our #Asian allies as well [as out #European allies.] 👈
     #Taiwan,...

     https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/10/27/trump-air-strikes-venezuela-colombia/

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     ...the #Philippines, #SouthKorea, #Japan, #Australia—sounds like you guys are now on your own, and we’re going to retrench from the #Pacific.
     .. "
     "Well, the threat #Hegseth identifies in #LatinAmerica is what he calls “narco-terrorism.”

     "Calling these guys narco-terrorists is clearly perverting the definitions of #terrorism and #NarcoTrafficking to get around legal restrictions. These traffickers are criminals. They’re...

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     @br00t4c didn't he claim that he ends wars? Looks more like he tries to start wars.

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     ...not #terrorists..."

     "So, you👉’re justifying this whole operation by stopping the wrong drug coming from the wrong place, using methods that are outside #InternationalLaw, and that years of history will tell you are destined not to work.👈...
     It’s like grabbing for a sledgehammer when you just need a screwdriver..."

     "👉What most concerns me...

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     ...is the complete disregard for law and international law and the total erosion and corruption of these terms👈, the terrorists and the narco-traffickers... And if we can just disregard it any time we want, then so can everybody else."

     "...the #Pentagon really does not like the idea of shooting down civilian #aircraft, because the joint staff would say, Who do you think has the most...

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     ...civilian aircraft in the world?... The #UnitedStates does.
     So, 👉we are the most at risk...👈

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     Do read on:

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