Many were killed and wounded in Friday night's operation in Venezuela

I am not particularly more left of center than most Americans.

I am not an intellectual, just one wants the sources.

You are not a wise old owl sitting in a tree advising the creatures of the forest about what is and is not.
 
"Everyone paying attention yet?
The world just changed course. Venezuela holds 303 billion barrels of oil and the largest reserves on earth. That oil is now under U.S. control in every way that actually matters.
Access, movement, financing, and who is allowed to profit from it. That means hostile regimes, narco-states, and cartels no longer use Venezuela’s oil to bankroll cocaine, fentanyl pipelines, money laundering, or proxy wars against Americans. In a wartime scenario, this is decisive. Whoever controls energy, controls logistics, manufacturing, transportation, and the ability to sustain a fight.
By locking down Venezuela’s oil, ports, and maritime routes, the United States chokes enemy fuel supplies, stabilizes our own energy position, pressures global markets, and denies adversaries strategic depth in the Caribbean and Gulf of America.
Energy equals power in modern war. Controlling Venezuela’s oil doesn’t just stabilize U.S. energy, it denies fuel, money, and strategic depth to our adversaries. It weakens China economically and industrially, and Iran financially and militarily without firing a single shot. That’s how you win before a war ever starts.
Modern warfare isn’t about occupying land, it’s about controlling supply chains, chokepoints, and cash flow. And that balance just shifted hard, without an occupation, without a drawn-out war, and without losing a single American soldier. That’s not chaos. That’s power. 🇺🇸"
Blah, blah, blah. The answer is we're stealing it.
 
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