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0 pointsdpark2mo ago0 comments

> Is Maduro and his wife "plunder?" That would stretch this meaning, I think.

Sure. But “We are going to run the country” sounds an awful lot like “conquest”.

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When a standing army is involved, then we will all agree that it is an invasion.

If it comes by financial aid to the elected president and oil deals to rehabilitate PDVSA, then it is not.

dparkOP2mo ago

Okay but you chose to point to the Mirriam-Webster definition that doesn’t say anything about a standing army or holding territory.

"the incursion of an army for conquest or plunder."

We sent in an army for conquest but now you don’t like that definition anymore.

chasil2mo ago

What exactly was the object of conquest?

"something conquered, especially : territory appropriated in war"

Is this Maduro and his wife?

The object of conquest remains to be seen, and if a standing army is used to achieve it.

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chasil2mo ago

When a standing army is involved, then we will all agree that it is an invasion.

If it comes by financial aid to the elected president and oil deals to rehabilitate PDVSA, then it is not.

dparkOP2mo ago

Okay but you chose to point to the Mirriam-Webster definition that doesn’t say anything about a standing army or holding territory.

"the incursion of an army for conquest or plunder."

We sent in an army for conquest but now you don’t like that definition anymore.

chasil2mo ago

What exactly was the object of conquest?

"something conquered, especially : territory appropriated in war"

Is this Maduro and his wife?

The object of conquest remains to be seen, and if a standing army is used to achieve it.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse