We blew up a drug boat. Our military is going to be chasing around Latin American cartel now it seems.

A while back, I posted about the naval units deploying off the Venezuelan coast, Trump fawning over a Venezuelan opposition leader during the SOTU, the rhetoric about Maduro being a "drug lord", and that "drug lord" line was used to excuse the invasion of Panama, and asked if anyone else was long oil, on another board. No-one cared. Facts are facts. Reagan lost over 200 Marines covering Israel's flank in Lebanon, and invaded Grenada. Bush 41 invaded Panama. Bush 43 invaded Afghanistan and Iraq. Seems if you are in the GOP, and want to be a big shot, you knock over some little third world country. Besides, anyone listening to the "energy dominance" rhetoric over the past year, would realize how interested the regime is in enriching the fossil fuels industry. It isn't just about cancelling funding for solar and wind projects. Taking other country's oil production off line, like Venezuela's or Iran's, would boost prices and enrich the US oil producers.

Steve