If they want to have Democracy they need an outright ban on islamic parties in the constitution, we don't want another egypt situation were they had a vote and they voted for the Muslim brotherhood.
it is unlikely that happens as the current regime is the Islamists.
But you are holistically correct that if Iranians don't want to be back where they are now in 30 years, they need to secularize the constitution and ban Sharia parties.
So far we've given them kind words and literally nothing else. We aren't helping shit yet, which, frankly, is infuriating, but I digress.
Publicly. Wonk is out that there are US special forces & related in-country and working with some of the protest leaders to help organize and coordinate. This is why the protests have not collapsed despite the government doing everything to shut them down.
We just haven't done anything publicly to assist them.
It's not going to happen. "We're running Venezuela" was a point blank lie. I have no idea why he said it. Also, as has been stated, US firms have told him, under no uncertain terms, to absolutely get fucked. Nobody wants it, and stealing their president doesn't magically mean we run it now. Venezuela will continue on mostly as it has been, under a shitty communist government, until there is an actual, real invasion and regime change.
Point of order:
Conoco-Phillips is going in. Chevron is already in. BP-A and Mobile may follow suit - it depends on how hungry investors are. (
that is, I worked for a company that made software sold on perpetual licenses for specific versions, but investor pressure forced them to off a Subscription model despite executives not wanting to and our marketing division having customer studies that showed none of them wanted it. But SaaS was the hot buzzword so we had to show our SaaS revenue and growth or the stock would be dumped. So Mobile may not want to go into VZ, but investors may feel "you are an oil company, you need to be taking advantage of this newly re-opened market)
CP & CHV are going in because they have WTO settlements in hand - what they are owed and the terms of repayment are clearly spelled out even if Maduro refused to pay, and they are making sure any rebuilding or infrastructure they put in is paid for upfront with funds in non-VZ controlled escrow.
Exxon is trying to play hard ball because they never settled with VZ and want that situation resolved before they commit - they have list of grievences but not redress, and they want that matter settled before they go in, but investors could force their hand.
So please update your NPC programing to reflect CURRENT YEAR reality.
This doesn't negate your point that the US doesn't run Venezuela (at least not yet), we just have the current government shitting its drawers and doing what it is told because it was shown how absolutely worthless their defense is. The force demonstration has let the current VZ administration feel secure enough to start to kick out the cuban puppeteers that were running VZ from the shadows.
Especially since Delcy & friends know that if they don't, they are due for the next helicopter ride.
Rebuilding Venezuela? lmao oil companies told him they dont want to invest
See above.
