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BumRushDaShow

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12. There is reportedly a U.S. deployment going on

Reply to EX500rider (Reply #11)

Sat Aug 30, 2025, 03:20 PM

Aug 30

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143519475

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/why-are-us-warships-heading-toward-venezuela/

US builds up forces in Caribbean as officials, experts, ask why

By Idrees Ali, Patricia Zengerle and Andrea Shalal
August 29, 2025 3:42 PM EDT Updated 5 hours ago

WASHINGTON, Aug 29 (Reuters) - A large buildup of U.S. naval forces in and around the Southern Caribbean has officials in Caracas and experts in the United States asking: is the move aimed at combating drug cartels, as the Trump administration has suggested, or is it for something else entirely?

Seven U.S. warships, along with one nuclear-powered fast attack submarine, are either in the region or are expected to be there soon, bringing along more than 4,500 sailors and marines.

U.S. President Donald Trump has said combating drug cartels is a central goal for his administration and U.S. officials have told Reuters that the military efforts aim to address threats from those cartels.

Stephen Miller, deputy White House chief of staff, said on Friday the military buildup was aimed to "combat and dismantle drug trafficking organizations, criminal cartels and these foreign terrorist organizations in our hemisphere."

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U.S. guided-missile cruiser spotted crossing the Panama Canal after warships deployed to Venezuela [View all] BumRushDaShow Aug 30 OP

Trump really wants to win something, it doesn't matter what. ananda Aug 30 #1

Note to writers: traversing is not the same as crossing and the Isthmus is not the same as the Canal. Bernardo de La Paz Aug 30 #2

Apparently the content source (and charactization) BumRushDaShow Aug 30 #4

Thanks. Language confusion may be the cause if composed in English by non-native speaker, or poor translation. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 30 #8

I'd go with "transit" (nt) GJGCA Aug 30 #6

Good word, shorter than "traverse", and possibly understood by a greater number of people. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 30 #7

Very old pun... GJGCA Aug 30 #10

We still won't forget about Epstein but CBS, NBC and ABC will. They like Trump. twodogsbarking Aug 30 #3

"Wag the Dog" stuff. Sept. 3 is the day of Epstein victims' press conference Ritabert Aug 30 #5

Anything to distract from the Epstein files. n/t area51 Aug 30 #9

Not sure it has anything to do with Venz. EX500rider Aug 30 #11

There is reportedly a U.S. deployment going on BumRushDaShow Aug 30 #12

But 3+ USN vessels go thru the canal every month, so may or may not be related. nt EX500rider Aug 30 #13

I understand that BumRushDaShow Aug 30 #14

Pedofelon one is high on that failed 20th-Century "war on drugs" Justice matters. Aug 30 #16

"Just say NO!!11!!!!!!" BumRushDaShow Aug 30 #17

Yeah the Aegis DD's are already on station I believe and the Lake Erie is a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser EX500rider Aug 30 #18

Saber-rattling BumRushDaShow Aug 30 #19

Kremlin linked military contractors are currently protecting Maduro. Xolodno Aug 30 #15