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Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by dpark on Saturday January 03, 2026 @12:29PM (#46479241)
That definition includes what happened here. Drop all the optional conditions (“usually large numbers”, “possibly being supported”) and the core statement becomes:

“an invasion typically refers to a military offensive in which a polity sends combatants to forcefully enter the territory of another polity”

Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by ethbr1 on Saturday January 03, 2026 @12:33PM (#46479288)
Can you at least appreciate the irony of someone using their own definition that disagrees with yours, you arguing against their using their own definition, and then there being another widely-cited definition that disagrees with your own, which you also argue against?
Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by dpark on Saturday January 03, 2026 @12:40PM (#46479358)
I’m not arguing against the Wikipedia definition because it does not disagree with mine. It says “usually in large numbers”, aka not necessarily large numbers. It says goals are complex but “normally involves militarily occupying”, aka not necessarily occupying.
Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by ethbr1 on Saturday January 03, 2026 @01:28PM (#46479880)
If you have to spend that many words explaining how it doesn't disagree with you, it disagrees with you.
Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by dpark on Saturday January 03, 2026 @02:03PM (#46480268)
You chose a definition that is not concise and then selectively misread it.

I don’t know how to politely say that your misreading is why I needed so many words.

Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by ethbr1 on Saturday January 03, 2026 @03:18PM (#46481097)
"Selectively misread" it? What are we calling having to deemphasize key components then? "Discriminately highlighting"?
Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by johnnyanmac on Sunday January 04, 2026 @12:02AM (#46485093)
You'd make an awful lawyer with that mentality.

Anyways, Trump removed all ambiguiti today saying the US is gonna run Venezuela. It invaded and took over.