On: How the US is preparing a Caribbean staging ground near Venezuela

[fakedang]

The more I read into this, the more I'm inclined to support the American stance, as long as it's a quick and dirty operation as the admin states. If the allegations are true (highly likely) that Maduro heads the Cartel of the Suns, then he is directly complicit in the overdose crisis.

[JKCalhoun → fakedang]

You need warships for one guy?

[fakedang → JKCalhoun]

Are the warships actively engaging the Venezuela? Didn't you bother to think that this might have been some form of posturing still?

[mmooss → fakedang]

> If the allegations are true (highly likely) that Maduro heads the Cartel of the Suns

I've read a lot about it but don't know: what is the Cartel of the Suns? And what allegations by who, with what evidence?

[IAmGraydon → fakedang]

Except fentanyl is not what’s being shipped through Venezuela (or any opioids). It’s cocaine. Fentanyl in the US almost entirely originates from Mexico. China is involved in a more indirect way because they ship precursor chemicals to Mexican labs.

With all due respect, how did you come to the conclusion you did without even 1 minute of research to verify that your beliefs were actually correct?

[fakedang → IAmGraydon]

So fent is the only narcotic entering into the US? And it's alright for them to ship whatever because it's not fent or an opioid?