plinky [he/him]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 months agoImperialism never has been so transparent yet so unopposedhexbear.netimagemessage-square58linkfedilinkarrow-up1188arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1188arrow-down1imageImperialism never has been so transparent yet so unopposedhexbear.netplinky [he/him]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square58linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCollatz_problem [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·4 months agoThe problem is that Venezuela doesn’t have a bordering country willing to smuggle weapons to guerillas like Vietnam had, so American naval blockade would cut off supplies and quickly strangle guerilla movements to manageable levels.
minus-squareEuergetes [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·4 months agoThe border with Colombia isn’t going to be shut down, even if the Colombian government was interested in that, which rn it definitely isn’t
minus-squareCollatz_problem [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·4 months agoColombia is a “major non-NATO ally” and its military is insanely right-wing. I don’t think it can be counted on.
minus-squareEuergetes [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 months agoColombia has a weak military and a long, rugged border.
minus-squareSkingradGuard [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 months agoWill we see a repeat of Bolívar’s march through the mountains as they fight the fascist American occupation?
minus-squareCollatz_problem [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 months agoI hope you are right.
The problem is that Venezuela doesn’t have a bordering country willing to smuggle weapons to guerillas like Vietnam had, so American naval blockade would cut off supplies and quickly strangle guerilla movements to manageable levels.
The border with Colombia isn’t going to be shut down, even if the Colombian government was interested in that, which rn it definitely isn’t
Colombia is a “major non-NATO ally” and its military is insanely right-wing. I don’t think it can be counted on.
Colombia has a weak military and a long, rugged border.
Will we see a repeat of Bolívar’s march through the mountains as they fight the fascist American occupation?
I hope you are right.