{"id":80969,"date":"2017-08-12T22:32:41","date_gmt":"2017-08-13T02:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=80969"},"modified":"2017-08-12T22:33:19","modified_gmt":"2017-08-13T02:33:19","slug":"what-business-does-the-us-have-in-venezuela-that-the-military-should-get-involved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=80969","title":{"rendered":"What business does the US have in Venezuela that the military should get involved?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>&#8220;Dear President Trump: What The F**k Business Is Venezuela Of Ours?&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nDear President Trump, forgive my harsh language, but since you and your staff can use harsh language, why can\u2019t anyone else?<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s a minor question. Since you are busy, I prefer an answer to this question:\u00a0<em><strong>What the F Business is Venezuela of Ours?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>I ask because you stated:\u00a0<strong><em>\u201cWe have many options for Venezuela including a possible military option if necessary.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/trump-venezuela.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/trump-venezuela.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"529\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-80971\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/trump-venezuela.png 529w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/trump-venezuela-300x170.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mishgea.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/08\/trump-venezuela.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-47393\" src=\"http:\/\/mishgea.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/08\/trump-venezuela.png?w=529&amp;h=300\" width=\"529\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dear President Trump, here are some additional questions that I am sure are on the minds of nearly everyone familiar with the story.<\/p>\n<h3><u><strong>Ten Questions for Trump<\/strong><\/u><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Are you willing to \u201cown\u201d the problems in Venezuela?<\/li>\n<li>What does \u201cnecessary\u201d mean?<\/li>\n<li>Did US nation building in Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan work?<\/li>\n<li>Did not Vietnam turn out OK starting the moment we left?<\/li>\n<li>Did the US intervene to stop hyperinflation in Zimbabwe? Argentina?<\/li>\n<li>Are there not more repressive regimes in Africa?<\/li>\n<li>What\u2019s different about Venezuela?<\/li>\n<li>By any chance is this about oil?<\/li>\n<li>Other than oil, what the F business is Venezuela of ours?<\/li>\n<li>Regardless of your threats and concerns, when has US nation building ever worked?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>I thank you in advance for your answers.<\/p>\n<h3><u><strong>Bonus Question<\/strong><\/u><\/h3>\n<p>Dear Mr. President, I almost forgot: How do you propose we pay for a military solution in Venezuela?<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>I voted for you and would appreciate some answers.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Unless you can provide answers, I strongly suggest we do not need another quagmire, we cannot afford another quagmire, and we should stay the F* out of it.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"MdvpRcExEU\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/mishtalk.com\/economics\/dear-president-trump-what-the-f-business-is-venezuela-of-ours\/\">Dear President Trump: What the F* Business is Venezuela of Ours?<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Dear President Trump: What the F* Business is Venezuela of Ours?&#8221; &#8212; MishTalk\" src=\"https:\/\/mishtalk.com\/economics\/dear-president-trump-what-the-f-business-is-venezuela-of-ours\/embed\/#?secret=qwoQYykeVG#?secret=MdvpRcExEU\" data-secret=\"MdvpRcExEU\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Dear President Trump: What The F**k Business Is Venezuela Of Ours?&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=80969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80969\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=80969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=80969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}