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Trump Says Maduro Captured After US Airstrikes Hit Venezuela (www.bloomberg.com)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/world@lemmy.world
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Non paywalled version https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-us-explosions-caracas-ca712a67aaefc30b1831f5bf0b50665e

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[–] 22 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Two differences in your analogy.

  1. Kentucky agrees that it is part of the US. Taiwan does not believe they are part of China.

  2. The rest of the world agrees with the US that Kentucky is part of the US. The rest of the world does not agree that Taiwan is part of China.

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  • [–] 9 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Also, the US has been invading its own cities.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago

    That's exactly why he is invading Venezuela.

    The courts have been holding him back from deploying national guard - let alone active-duty troops - domestically. He's got ICE, but he wants more. He wants to declare martial law. He wants troops in the cities. Active-duty, Federal troops, not weekend warriors. The courts say he can't do that without the Alien Enemies act, and they say he can't invoke that act without a war.

    So we have a war.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    Taiwan does consider itself China. In fact, declaring they're not might verywellbe the trigger for the invasion. I get that they're de facto two separate countries, but de jure, PRC and ROC are two sides of the world's longest and coldest civil war.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago
    1. Taiwan's constition states that they are a part of mainland China. Their position is that the ROC and not the PRC are the rightful government.
    2. 142 or so countries agree that the PRC is the rightful government of Taiwan. 12 recognize the ROC. And, importantly, 50 or so, including the US, acknowledges the claim that the PRC is making without agreeing or disagreeing with it.
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