Awesome, more offshore drilling. Can’t wait for a spill.They can barely maintain their own oil infrastructure.

Maduro already has said he wants oil exploration there. He’s not Chavez. What current plans does the US have to build bases in the region?

It’s not good and the US was just starting to relieve sanctions. Maduro just wants that oil in a biodiversity country. It sucks

The US literally just gave Venezuela sanctions relief…. why blow up any progress in less than a month? Maybe Guyana needs some freedom like Iraq did.

I can’t defend this whatsoever.

I don’t think it has anything to do with moral reasons but realpolitik. If I was a power broker in Washington I’d say keeping relationships with Arab countries would materially benefit us more than uncritically supporting Israel.

Why wouldn’t you expect to balance its Middle East interests after a point? Wouldn’t you say countries like Saudi Arabia materially benefit the US more than Israel ever will?

Is it true that the US said Israel should stop the blockade of food, water, and fuel? I swore I saw a source for that. I wonder if there’s a point that the US will abandon Israel in fears of losing the rest of the Arab world.

Do they know about Rabin’s assasination?

CNN said initial US intelligence found Iran was surprised by Hamas’ attack. Then today, the Iranian president and Saudi crown prince talked on the phone for the first time since ties were restored discussing the need to de escalate and end to war crimes in Palestine.

This is something that has been lost. The US does not want Iran getting close with Saudi Arabia so they’re trying desperately to connect them to Hamas’ attacks.

I’m talking today.

I think Reddit is filled with bots. I was so surprised at some of the comments on the New York Times saying it will only stop when Israel stops it’s illegal settlements.

Had a realization yesterday that Israel is significantly more bloodthirsty of a nation than the United States is. It’s not even close. I think the average American can at least recognize mistakes of our history and foreign policy. Even if it isn’t driven by ethics or the call to end imperialism, there’s a decent chunk of the population who believe our exploits abroad is all about the money or resources. Conversations I’ve had with combat vets or current military almost always end with “we’re the bad guys”. I think even the average American can recognize there are a lot of bad cops who abuse their power. I know I’m scraping a the bottom of the barrel but in my experience I can have that conversation with 80% of people.

Outside of the left wing, the average Israeli doesn’t see anything wrong and wants to genocide every single Palestinian. It’s unbelievable how evil the entire nation is.

https://youtu.be/1e_dbsVQrk4?feature=shared

Users here cheering this, I hope you realize Gaza is going to get flattened.

I got hit with a belt once or twice, a hand maybe once or twice. It wasn’t the worst thing my dad did either. All of his bullying, drinking, and mean words were much worse. It was only until the last 5-8 years we could have a good relationship. Even if you think getting hit by a belt by your dad isn’t bad, it’s indicative of their parenting style which in my experience where the negative feelings come in.

Yeah, I think I can get rid of them in about 5 years. I left them at 20,000 hoping the Supreme Court would give us something. I was going to use my loan payments toward buying a new car. It was kinda crushing when the Supreme Court made their decision.

Isn’t a purge something tankies would do? Isn’t that something Stalin is kinda famous for?

Love the “relatively civilized, relatively European” remark by that one guy. If Russia wasn’t involved, they wouldn’t give a shit about Ukraine.

Sometimes I wish I was veteran so I can shit all over these people. I hope any Chapo vets can do the same for me.

As a Marxist, I look at Adam Smith as an economist who was examining the necessary advancement of political economy. The wealth of nations is a book that mostly observes the emergence of a new economic system. We all believe in historical materialism, Adam Smith fits right in for us because he advocated for a newer and more efficient economic system which was an improvement over the mercantilism of the day.

He also correctly identified the contradictions and drawbacks of Capitalism just as it was getting started. I never read his other book but it’s the opposite of “men only act in their self interest” or so I’ve heard.

Use his social media as evidence too. Document all of his postings and vague threats. Lay low on zoom meetings and any other social media.