Trump Ponders Deadly Blockade of Venezuela

[PAF]

Ron Paul Institute
Written by Kurt Nimmo
August 3, 2019





President Trump, wandering further afield of his noninterventionist election campaign promise, may soon impose an illegal military blockade on Venezuela.

According to an unnamed Trump administration official, the blockade will continue until Nicolas Maduro abdicates and Juan Guaido becomes the neoliberal recognized leader.

In response, Maduro said he’s “ready for battle,” whatever that means.


https://twitter.com/PressTV/status/1...f-venezuela%2F


“The draconian US sanctions on Venezuela have come in two phases,” writes Jeffrey D. Sachs of Asia Times.

The first, beginning in August 2017, was mainly directed at the state oil company PDVSA, the country’s main earner of foreign exchange; the second round of sanctions, imposed in January this year, was more comprehensive, targeting the Venezuelan government. A recent detailed analysis of the first round of sanctions shows their devastating impact. The US sanctions gravely exacerbated previous economic mismanagement, contributing to a catastrophic fall in oil production, hyperinflation, economic collapse (output is down by half since 2016), hunger, and rising mortality.

In short, the latest imperial president will kill an unknown number of Venezuelans in order to get the preferred government installed in Caracas.

Military blockades are recognized as acts of war under the Declaration of Paris of 1856 and the Declaration of London of 1909. The neocons and neolibs don’t do international law unless it works in favor of empire. Congress, naturally, is left out of the equation, having long ago waived its responsibility under the Constitution.


In 1863, when President Lincoln imposed a blockade on the Confederacy during the War of Secession, the Supreme Court ruled it a crime in “The Prize Cases.”

The power of declaring war is the highest sovereign power, and is limited to the representative of the full sovereignty of the nation. It is limited in the United States to its Congress exclusively; and the authority of the President to be the Commander-in-Chief….to take that the law be faithfully executed, is to be taken in connection with the exclusive power given to Congress to declare war, and does not enable the President to (do it) or to introduce, without Act of Congress, War or any of its legal disabilities or liabilities, on any citizen of the United States.

Violations of the Constitution, its articles and amendments, are now routine, so much so, especially following the end of the Second World War and the establishment of the Bretton Woods neoliberal scheme, that the founding document is little more than a quaint tourist attraction at the Rotunda for the Charters of Freedom (sic) in DC.

Thankfully, a few Americans are standing up and resisting ongoing economic warfare against Venezuela, Syria, Libya, Russia, and China.


https://twitter.com/GrayzoneProject/...f-venezuela%2F


http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/arch...-of-venezuela/

[Cap]

Neo-cons Brown-shirts on the march.

[PAF]

Neo-cons Brown-shirts on the march.

Shhhhh. Elections are coming up. Just as SwordSmyth.

[Origanalist]

I highly doubt this is going to happen, that being said aren't sanctions a blockade of sorts? We're already blockading them to a point.

[juleswin]

I highly doubt this is going to happen, that being said aren't sanctions a blockade of sorts? We're already blockading them to a point.

A blockade is worse than a sanction because it doesn't just discourage trade between the US and its allies but it also blocks trade from anyone to the targeted country. This means that they would be intercepting Russian, Cuban and Chinese shipments to Venezuela.

He can get away with it with Yemen but I doubt even Trump would try it with Venezuela.

[enhanced_deficit]

Reps. Ilhan Omar, Tulsi G, and liberal rising star AOC are not going to be happy about this.
Good luck MAGA Venez team.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InGCmxCjaWE

[invisible]

It's sickening that he would even consider wasting our tax dollars on an act of war without approval of Congress, against a country that hasn't attacked anyone.

[dannno]

It's sickening that he would even consider wasting our tax dollars on an act of war without approval of Congress, against a country that hasn't attacked anyone.

How do you know he is considering it?

[Cap]

How do you know he is considering it?

I pray you are right dannno. I just have my doubts.

[invisible]

How do you know he is considering it?

There is a link given in the OP, your question shows that you didn't bother to read it, and is just another knee jerk defense of your Authoritarian Idol by someone with TDS (trump Delusional Syndrome). This statement was made at a press conference, and has been reported by multiple sources. Here's another:
https://www.rt.com/news/465610-venez...lockade-trump/

Trump made the off-hand remark, which may mean tons of additional hardship for the people of crisis-hit Venezuela, after he was asked by a reporter at the White House lawn if he has been considering a blockade or a quarantine of the Latin American country, “given the amount of foreign involvement from Russia, China, and Iran.”

‘Yes, I am,” the US president responded, without elaborating. The curt response prompted the journalist to ask again, only for Trump to triple down: “Yes, I am. Yes. Yes, I am."

Feel free to look it up from whatever source you like, if you somehow don't feel the sources given are reputable.

[dannno]

There is a link given in the OP, your question shows that you didn't bother to read it, and is just another knee jerk defense of your Authoritarian Idol by someone with TDS (trump Delusional Syndrome). This statement was made at a press conference, and has been reported by multiple sources. Here's another:
https://www.rt.com/news/465610-venez...lockade-trump/


Feel free to look it up from whatever source you like, if you somehow don't feel the sources given are reputable.

Oh, I read the link.

So just because he said he is considering it means he is actually considering it?

[Cap]

Oh, I read the link.

So just because he said he is considering it means he is actually considering it?

dannno, stop digging.

[dannno]

dannno, stop digging.

Don't worry, I'm not.

[CCTelander]

dannno, stop digging.

You know his credo:

Orange man G od.

[Swordsmyth]

dannno, stop digging.

Dannno is right, Trump would never publicly confirm that he has taken any option off the table, he doesn't want to give the other side any information that might help them in negotiations.

[invisible]

Dannno is right, Trump would never publicly confirm that he has taken any option off the table, he doesn't want to give the other side any information that might help them in negotiations

Can you read his mind, or has the three letter agency that you work for already told you that is the case? Other side? Is there some enemy somewhere that has done nothing to us? Negotiations? What exactly is being negotiated, and with who? Is that a reference to trump continuing obomba's NWO regime change foreign policy?

[Cap]

Can you read his mind, or has the three letter agency that you work for already told you that is the case? Other side? Is there some enemy somewhere that has done nothing to us? Negotiations? What exactly is being negotiated, and with who? Is that a reference to trump continuing obomba's NWO regime change foreign policy?

I would imagine by reading his posts concerning brown people, he is talking about brown people, he's just being more obscure about it. He will probably respond to this inquiry by stating you are merely projecting, or you support the communists, or a sleeping emoji, or if you are lucky enough, a rolled eyes emoji. He's a real piece of work.

[PAF]

Relevant bump.

[Swordsmyth]

Can you read his mind, or has the three letter agency that you work for already told you that is the case? Other side? Is there some enemy somewhere that has done nothing to us? Negotiations? What exactly is being negotiated, and with who? Is that a reference to trump continuing obomba's NWO regime change foreign policy?

I didn't say he was right or that he was not going to enact a blockade, just that he would never publicly take it off the table based on his record.

[Swordsmyth]

I would imagine by reading his posts concerning brown people, he is talking about brown people, he's just being more obscure about it. He will probably respond to this inquiry by stating you are merely projecting, or you support the communists, or a sleeping emoji, or if you are lucky enough, a rolled eyes emoji. He's a real piece of work.

I don't have posts about "brown people".

You are the racist if you interpret my posts that way.

I oppose the influx of communists of any color.

[PAF]

I oppose the influx of communists of any color.

That would be 99% of the White House and about the same % of Americans (don't let party fool you). Well, according to Individualists like me and a few others.

Perhaps it is time for you to move out. Unless you enjoy repeatedly banging your head against a wall. Wait... you're one of them!

[Swordsmyth]

That would be 99% of the White House and about the same % of Americans (don't let party fool you). Well, according to Individualists like me and a few others.

Perhaps it is time for you to move out. Unless you enjoy repeatedly banging your head against a wall. Wait... you're one of them!

America is the only country that might be able to defeat them, I'll stay here and defend my home.

[PAF]

America is the only country that might be able to defeat them, I'll stay here and defend my home.

What home? You support government eminent domain lol!

Oh, I forgot... only for OTHER peoples homes and businesses, not yours ;-)

[enhanced_deficit]

MAGA is not perfect or exempt from criticism but criticism should be fair n balanced:

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...=1#post6839593

[r3volution 3.0]

If there were a state in the world able and willing to efficiently oust Maduro, I'd be all for "regime change."

But there isn't.

So, this is dumb. It's probably not even intended to oust Maduro: more a dick measuring enterprise.