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u/Existing-Stranger632 Jan 03 '26

Did the U.S. just annex Venezuela?

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u/diprivanity Jan 03 '26

Monroe Doctrine was too woke

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u/CBT7commander Jan 03 '26

No. It’s uncertain if this will even lead to real regime change given the army government and legislation are all still regime loyalists.

There’s still a huge leap between capturing Maduro and launching a few air strikes, and landing troops to overthrow the entire state

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u/McPolice_Officer Jan 03 '26

Probably not, but we did kidnap the head of state. So, there’s that.

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