Dear Editor;
I’m hoping you can clear something up for me, my children and 347 million Americans: “Are we at war?”
I mean, non-video of American forces “double tapping” speedboats, survivors clinging to wreckage in shark-infested waters, and cool video of special forces roping down onto Venezuelan oil tankers has me wondering what Venezuelans have done to me.
Are we really going to war over oil? Again?
Asking for a friend…
Sincerely,
Jeremy Horne/San Ramon
It’s for Milo, Milo Minderbinder.
Nice literary reference…
Yes, we are at war. The government of Venezuela encourages narcotics trafficking and trades oil with other hostile nations. Meanwhile, inside the country, elections are really stolen, opposition voices are jailed and the 2025 Nobel Peace Price winner had to sneak out of the country. And, today, the leader of Venezuela was chatting with Putin, so Trump can invoke the Monroe Doctrine and settle this as war.
Firestone 11R
Jeremy. hese are not innocent fishermen trying to eke out a living ;they’re not pleasure boaters: they’re hardened drug running criminals! These drugs kill over 100,000 Americans a year! Who do you care about more? Curious where you’re getting your information, and disappointed that news 24680 would publish such a letter.
When considering the 2 prior posts, my mind wanders to Duane in Annie Hall and Alvy Singer’s response:
“Right. Well, I have to – I have to go now, Duane, because I, I’m due back on the planet Earth.”
Assembling a huge military presence in the Caribbean to kill Venezuelans in small boats was not a campaign pledge. It is one more distraction.
The absurdity of our present predicament cannot be overstated. We taxpayers are funding this orange-faced cruelty domestically and abroad where there is no coherent plan other than consolidating control for the powerful.