U.S. Military Strikes Thread - on Venezuela? Now on Mexico?

[TimHauck 3,335]

 

 

[seafoam1 3,462]

1 minute ago, TimHauck said:

 

 

Ben norton. 

[SaintsInDome2006 688]

There have been 20 US military strikes on foreign boats in international waters.

[Mike Honcho 5,474]

 

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Trump briefed this week on options for military operations in Venezuela

President Donald Trump was briefed this week on options for military operations inside Venezuela as he continues to mull a path forward in the country, four sources told CNN.

Trump has yet to decide on how to proceed, and he continues to weigh the risks and benefits of launching a scaled-up campaign. The president has previously voiced reservations about taking military action meant to oust Nicolas Maduro, concerned about whether it would prove effective.

While Wednesday’s briefing included an updated set of options for the president to consider, it did not indicate that he’s closer to making a decision, one of the people said. Another source familiar with the briefing said the options were similar to those that have been discussed within the Pentagon, and some publicly reported, in recent weeks.

 

 

[SaintsInDome2006 688]

It turns out that the internal legal justification for the military strikes on foreign boats in international waters… is Trump’s own claims.

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The memo, which was completed in late summer, is said to open with a lengthy recitation of claims submitted by the White House, including that drug cartels are intentionally trying to kill Americans and destabilize the Western Hemisphere. The groups are presented not as unscrupulous businesses trying to profit from drug trafficking, but as terrorists who sell narcotics as a means of financing violence.

Based on such claims, the memo states that Mr. Trump has legitimate authority to determine that the United States and its allies are legally in a formal state of armed conflict with “narco-terrorist” drug cartels, according to the people who have read the document. The rest of the memo’s reasoning is based on that premise.

For example, the people said, the memo asserts that boats believed to be carrying narcotics are lawful military targets because their cargo would otherwise generate revenue that cartels could use to buy military equipment to wage the purported armed conflict.<<

[The Real timschochet 7,504]

We are not yet at war with Venezuela. But we appear to be getting a lot closer: 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/11/14/trump-venezuela-maduro-strikes/

Well this is one way to distract from Epstein, I suppose. But Trump will never call it a “wag the dog” scenario, lest Kristi Noem hears and grabs her shotgun. 

[seafoam1 3,462]

1 hour ago, The Real timschochet said:

We are not yet at war with Venezuela. But we appear to be getting a lot closer: 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/11/14/trump-venezuela-maduro-strikes/

Well this is one way to distract from Epstein, I suppose. But Trump will never call it a “wag the dog” scenario, lest Kristi Noem hears and grabs her shotgun. 

Liberals distracted from Epstein by not bringing it up while creepy joe was in office. 4 years of not caring about it. But now...TRUMP!!!  

[RaiderHaters Revenge 4,567]

I love that someone who wants to end the cartel socialist dictator control in Venezuela is called a far-right coup leader

Bernie sure loves Maduro, Venezuela is his heaven, and all you socialist idiots want that here

[seafoam1 3,462]

Blow them out of the water. Loving this. 

[Meglamaniac 800]

Are we at war with Venezuela yet?

BOOK MARK IT

[TimHauck 3,335]

Just now, Meglamaniac said:

Are we at war with Venezuela yet?

BOOK MARK IT

Get a life liarboy

[Meglamaniac 800]

2 minutes ago, TimHauck said:

Get a life liarboy

LOL

Says the guy that posts here 24/7

How many gotchas you gonna get today loser

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3 hours ago, Meglamaniac said:

LOL

Says the guy that posts here 24/7

How many gotchas you gonna get today loser

gotcha guy is going to do his thing

[TimHauck 3,335]

On 10/11/2025 at 9:50 AM, TimHauck said:

IMO, the US government is publicly being intentionally vague about what “cartel” they’re actually going after.  I think they believe (correctly, I’d bet) that the American public is more accepting of going after “narcotrafficking gangs” than the Venezuelan government.  I think the uninformed public probably believes that the guys being killed in the boats are from traditional gangs like Tren de Aragua.  However the actual “cartel” we’re apparently going after is the “Cartel of the Suns,” which at best seems to only be loosely organized, and the Venezuelan government claims doesn’t even exist.

Bump

 

 

[Meglamaniac 800]

Are we at war with Venezuela yet?

BOOK MARK IT

[TimHauck 3,335]

2 minutes ago, Meglamaniac said:

Are we at war with Venezuela yet?

BOOK MARK IT

Not yet, but Trump admits he’s considering it and says he’s “sort of” made up his mind about if he wants to take military action there.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2025/11/15/trump-decision-venezuela-attack-drugs-narcotics/87290294007/

[Meglamaniac 800]

3 minutes ago, TimHauck said:

Not yet, but Trump admits he’s considering it and says he’s “sort of” made up his mind about if he wants to take military action there.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2025/11/15/trump-decision-venezuela-attack-drugs-narcotics/87290294007/

Thanks for confirming we are not at war with Venezuela

[TimHauck 3,335]

4 minutes ago, Meglamaniac said:

Thanks for confirming we are not at war with Venezuela

Not currently, no.

[Meglamaniac 800]

15 minutes ago, TimHauck said:

Not currently, no.

Thanks for confirming

[TimHauck 3,335]

3 hours ago, Meglamaniac said:

Thanks for confirming

You’re welcome 

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https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/trump-reacts-mexico-city-military-strikes-ok/

Trump reacts to Mexico City protest, says military strikes to stop drugs are ‘OK with me’

U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that he would be willing to launch military strikes against cartel targets in Mexico, just days after Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared that the U.S. wouldn’t be undertaking any unilateral actions in Mexico.

“Would I launch strikes in Mexico to stop drugs? It’s OK with me,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.

“Whatever we have to do to stop drugs. … Look, I looked at Mexico City over the weekend; there’s some big problems over there,” the president said.

He was referring to the violence in Mexico City’s central square, the Zócalo, at the conclusion of a large protest march against insecurity on Saturday.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that he would be willing to launch military strikes against cartel targets in Mexico, just days after Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared that the U.S. wouldn’t be undertaking any unilateral actions in Mexico.

“Would I launch strikes in Mexico to stop drugs? It’s OK with me,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.

“Whatever we have to do to stop drugs. … Look, I looked at Mexico City over the weekend; there’s some big problems over there,” the president said.

He was referring to the violence in Mexico City’s central square, the Zócalo, at the conclusion of a large protest march against insecurity on Saturday. 

Asked whether he would only launch strikes on targets in Mexico “with Mexico’s permission,” Trump responded:

“I wouldn’t answer that question. I’ve been speaking to Mexico; they know how I stand. We’re losing hundreds of thousands of people to drugs. So now we’ve stopped the waterways, but we know every route, we know the addresses of every drug lord. We know their address, we know their front door, we know everything about every one of them, they’re killing our people. That’s like a war. Would I do it? I’d be proud to. I’d probably go into Congress and say ‘hey,’ and you know what? The Democrats and the Republicans would both agree.”

The president went on to say that “much” of the narcotics that enter the U.S. “come through Mexico.”

“So let me just put it this way: I am not happy with Mexico,” said Trump, whose administration continues to collect fentanyl trafficking-related tariffs it imposed earlier this year on imports from Mexico that don’t comply with the USMCA free trade pact.

 The U.S. president’s remarks came four days after Rubio said that the U.S. would not be sending military forces to Mexico or undertaking any unilateral actions in the fight against drug trafficking.