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Why do your interests dictate who should or shouldn't get ousted? Will the new dictator work in the interests of other powers? If they are unfriendly to Chinese interest will it be fair game for China to launch an invasion?

So why bother with the earlier hypocritical pretence bringing up torture and murder? Just straight up say you approve of the move because a new U.S. stooge in Venezuela would be better for US geopolitical interests.

So “torture”, "disappeareance", “murder of thousands”, and “rigging elections” are fine if it's in US interests now? Then why use them as argument in the first place.

> Far better than a dictator unfriendly to our interests.

You’re contradicting yourself.

better for whom? It's, at best, a lateral move for Venezuelans (you know, the people who's country we just bombed) and it's very unlikely that the average American will benefit from a fascist junta in South America.