Comments by "Dan A" (@DanA-nl5uo) on "War-Hungry Trump Suddenly Cares About Venezuelan People" video.

The only thing W Bush ever got right was when we said the USA is not in the business of nation building. Bombing Venezuela won't help them out!!! I sure as hell hope we don't have the military invade another country. We are still involved in the longest war in the history of this nation over oil in the middle east. We don't need to invade Venezuela simply to steel their oil as well. It is time to build renewable energy and end the oil wars.
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@drewchilds3027 you have a great point but the two are definitely linkined. We use war in the middle east to make a market for dollars in the form of weapons they want so they will accept dollars for our oil from countries like China who have an excess of dollars from our trade deficit and national debt. We couldn't hold our national debt if the dollar wasn't the base of international trade. That is something we are seeing ending with the trade war trump started because more contries are saying if we won't have a surplus of dollars we should just trade in our currency. Canada and Europe are starting to do it more and Europe and China. But the reality is that we are very much interested in securing the worlds oil supply our fracking boom is a very short term solution at a very high environmental cost. But like any addict we need our oil to keep our society functioning. Which is why the single most important thing we can do is focus on making all energy local and renewable so energy is no longer a tool of warfare on a global basis. As to the Petro dollar that is a issue for sure our economic system is a mess as bad or worse then in the 1930 and we know that world wide war and the Petro dollar was what it took to recover from that. It is a mess but the more self reliance with respect to energy and food we can create on a global scale the more peace we will have become people won't need to envy and fight for their neighbors food or energy.
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@drewchilds3027 oh the short answer is with respect to Venezuelan it is about the oil. That is why they are the only war torn country in central or south America that we are talking about. Look at the history of the military actions post Vietnam and you will find oil under the ground in almost every single conflict. You can also find plenty of examples of countries with very similar problems where we have no interest at all because there is no oil at stake. For example Zimbabwe is currently falling apart just as bad as Venezuela but no oil so no talk of military intervention to "help them" by blowing up a big part of their country.
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