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AOC Slams Operation To Capture Maduro: 'It's About Oil And Regime Change' | "It's not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn't have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month (www.latintimes.com)

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[–] sudo@programming.dev 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

They might establish a drug trafficking regime like they did in Afghanistan but the existing narco-state angle is like Saddam's WMDs. Drug trafficking in Venezuela is miniscule compared to Columbia and Ecuador. Its just bullshit Trump fabricated because he can't label Maduro as an Islamist.

[–] quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

*Colombia