jerryskids

Thanks, Red HerringCows!

Lolz, you are a child. The 13% is the Dem number, they would give Trump <10% if he rescued a cat from a tree. And I would expect you to understand the math of polls, but apparently not. You were doing good pretending to be moderate for a while, but I guess that's done. Welcome back, Moderate Tim.

The polls show significant improvement in approval. I can't fix your inability to math. Ignorance is bliss.

4% or 40%, if the poll is accurate, the numbers are accurate, and that's a huge increase. And that's on the Dem side. I hate to break it to you, but you are the one arguing "pollz schmollz lol". You are saying your own polls are crap. HTH

Democrat support went from 4% to 13%. That's a 225% increase. Not strong enough for "strong"?

Looks like a strong increase in support of handling Venezuela since Maduro was captured, from both Dems and Reps.

Of course not, I'm sure there will be glitches along the road. Do you think it will be an abject disaster simply because Trump is doing it?

Football Guru?

No, I said that capturing a narco terrorist tyrant Putin partner with an outstanding warrant is an objectively good thing. Impacting weapons and military training with Iran is good. Impacting oil resources for Russia and China, also good. Lower leverage from Canada in oil discussions, tres bien, Fewer drugs in the US, good. Improved conditions in Venezuela to create less incentive for them to come here illegally, or under faux asylum, and to generally thrive as a country, seems good to me. If we choose to do a decade plus long disaster like Iraq or Afghanistan, bad. I'm looking at the different angles. You, not so much. See, this is the kind of sky screaming passion I'm talking about! I could have quoted any of the dozens of your posts showing such a joie de TDS. Keep up the good work.

Alrighty then. I sometimes forget how smart and prescient you TDS sky screamers are.

Well, this is speculation about the impact to Canada, and the presumption is that we would buy it from Venezuela. But yes, cheaper oil and leverage certainly could be a factor. Also, Venezuela and Iran work together on weapons and training. This could be a shot at Iran. From 4 days ago: https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2025/12/disrupting-irans-uav-proliferation-to-venezuela-and-irans-weapons-programs Coincidence that this was released just this week? There are a lot of strategic reasons to fock with Venezuela.

Canada is gripping. They anticipate a US-friendly regime in Venezuela, and that we'll be getting cheaper oil from them. Oil is the one economic lever Canada has with us, and it is critical to their economy.

Thanks for letting me know what I'll think.

I would not support another extended occupation in Venezuela, like we did in Iraq or Afghanistan. Like I wouldn't in Iran. HTH. Better luck on your next gotcha.

The next time you support anything Trump does will be the first time, Mr. Objectivity with no self-awareness.