Two weeks ago Sullivan opposed invasion of Venezuela. Now he suppports it.
“I don’t think having troops on the ground in Venezuela is a good idea,” Sen. Dan Sullivan told HuffPost two weeks ago. “Putting pressure, in terms of the sanctions on the oil — a lot of that oil has already been sanctioned, as you know — I think it’s fine.”
I suspected Sullivan would utter some version of “I think it’s fine,” reversing his position of two weeks ago, supporting Trump’s takeover of Venezuela and claiming that this is what Sullivan has wanted all along.
The New York Times reported Saturday that “Trump indicated there will be a U.S. military presence in Venezuela ‘as it pertains to oil.’”
Trump claimed it will not cost anything to run Venezuela. He also claimed the U.S. needs oil from Venezuela.
Sullivan, who is running for reelection, helped block a measure in the Senate two months ago to keep Trump from unilaterally bombing Venezuela.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, on the other hand, supported the idea of getting approval from Congress.
“A lot of us have been asking the president: What are you doing out there?” Murkowski told HuffPost. “Is it a war on drugs, or is it regime change? We haven’t heard.”
Now we’ve heard.
The U.S. kidnapped the president of Venezuela and Trump says the military will run the country for some undisclosed period.
Later Saturday, Sullivan did indeed say he was fine with the Trump invasion, pretending that the “remarkable operation” was legitimate and justified, contradicting the claims Sullivan made in December.
Rep. Nick Begich the Third also praised Trump for the “flawless execution of American power and capability.”
Begich the Third said the invasion was “lawful,” repeating Trump’s lies.
Sullivan and Begich the Third didn’t mention anything about Trump’s desire to “run” Venezuela or Trump’s demand to force oil companies to invest large sums. They didn’t mention that only oil companies run by fools will take Trump’s word for it and put great sums at risk. And they didn’t seem to understand that removing the dictator is the easy part.
“We’re going to have our very large United States oil companies, the biggest anywhere in the world, go in, spend billions of dollars, fix the badly broken infrastructure, the oil infrastructure and start making money for the country,” Trump said after overthrowing the government.
Murkowski had more intelligent comments than Sullivan or Begich, no surprise, though she was far too restrained, also no surprise.
“While I am hopeful that this morning’s actions have made the world a safer place, the manner in which the United States conducts military operations, as well as the authority under which these operations take place, is important. When the Senate returns to Washington next week, Congress has been informed that we will receive additional briefings from the administration on the scope, objectives, and legal basis for these operations,” Murkowski said.\
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