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Caribbean-Latin America
Democratic lawmakers say U.S. military action in Venezuela 'not an option'
2019-02-14
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday said Congress would oppose U.S. military intervention in Venezuela and challenged the credibility of President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Elliott Abrams, over his past embrace of American covert action.

The Democratic chairman of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, Eliot Engel, expressed concern about Trump’s hints that military action was an option in Venezuela, where President Nicolas Maduro is under intense international pressure to step aside and the country’s economy is in chaos.

"I do worry about the president’s saber rattling, his hints that U.S. military intervention remains an option. I want to make clear to our witnesses and to anyone else watching: U.S. military intervention is not an option," Engel told a hearing on the OPEC nation.

Posted by:Besoeker

#7  or "Uncle Sam, even"
Posted by: Frank G   2019-02-14 19:56  

#6  Trump doesn't need to do it, just keep that option on the table. Worst thing we could do would be making the legitimate overthrow of these Commie totalitarians an "Uncle Same" issue. Leave it to the domestics, but always on the table. CIC Engel should stick his d*ck in his mouth, he's used to it by now
Posted by: Frank G   2019-02-14 19:32  

#5  That was different because

Obama didn't attack fellow socialists.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2019-02-14 15:00  

#4  A demoncrat president and the lightbringer were doing it.
Posted by: DarthVader   2019-02-14 14:35  

#3   Where were these people when Obama launched into Libya and the ME?

That was different because.....now shut up!
Posted by: AlanC   2019-02-14 10:49  

#2  Where were these people when Obama launched into Libya and the ME?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2019-02-14 09:58  

#1  It's not like they need our help destroying themselves. All we have to do is sit back and watch.
Posted by: Silentbrick   2019-02-14 09:51  

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