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Re:U.S. guided-missile cruiser crosses Panama Canal, warship... by janice1999 on Saturday August 30, 2025 @04:48PM (#45077878)
Why? Panama was a dictatorship ruled by a drugs lord in the 1980s. It's now a democratic country with competitive elections and orderly rotations of power.
Re:U.S. guided-missile cruiser crosses Panama Canal, warship... by BryantD on Saturday August 30, 2025 @04:57PM (#45077946)
I would not say that Venezuela is currently having orderly rotations of power. Since the 2015 parliamentary elections, we've seen at least one constitutional crisis and the most recent election results are disputed.

I do not particularly think it's a good idea for the US to invade in order to overthrow Maduro, but I don't want to pretend he's more ethical than he appears to be.

Re:U.S. guided-missile cruiser crosses Panama Canal, warship... by Manuel_D on Saturday August 30, 2025 @04:57PM (#45077950)
Presumably the above commenter is referring to an analogous intervention in Venezuela, not Panama.
Re:U.S. guided-missile cruiser crosses Panama Canal, warship... by BryantD on Sunday August 31, 2025 @01:57PM (#45085313)
You know, you’re right and I totally missed the point.

If we want to assess the chances of a US intervention in Latin America producing good results, we should probably include the results of Operation Condor in our analysis.

Re:U.S. guided-missile cruiser crosses Panama Canal, warship... by 2OEH8eoCRo0 on Saturday August 30, 2025 @04:52PM (#45077905)
Trump alleges that Venezuela is a dictatorship ruled by a drug lord.
Re:U.S. guided-missile cruiser crosses Panama Canal, warship... by lupusreal on Saturday August 30, 2025 @05:06PM (#45078005)
It probably is, but why should anybody in America care? All intervention will do is drive America's international reputation even further negative, and probably cause a new wave of refugees (and people opportunistically claiming to be refugees) into America.
Re:U.S. guided-missile cruiser crosses Panama Canal, warship... by IAmGraydon on Saturday August 30, 2025 @11:49PM (#45080217)
You were talking about Operation Just Cause, which was Panama, not Venezuela.