▲ 93 ▼ Report: Trump Used Grok to Help Talk Him Into Illegal Invasion of Venezuela (truthout.org) submitted 6 days ago by NightOwl@lemmy.ca to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml 10 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] green_goglin@thelemmy.club 12 points 5 days ago (3 children) Odd, I thought it was lobbyists for Exxon and Chevron. permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 days ago (2 children) If I remember correctly, Chevron was already buying oil from Venezuela. Exxon maybe. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] green_goglin@thelemmy.club 2 points 4 days ago* (1 child) Welp now they own the state assets (again) too. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 1 point 4 days ago They always did. I'm not saying they are clean or innocent in general. But in this specific case, they (1) already had a beneficial agreement, and (2) don't seem to have gained anything from the war. So, in this specific case, I don't think they were responsible (or they miscalculated horribly, which is also possible). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 days ago (2 children) If I remember correctly, Chevron was already buying oil from Venezuela. Exxon maybe. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] green_goglin@thelemmy.club 2 points 4 days ago* (1 child) Welp now they own the state assets (again) too. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 1 point 4 days ago They always did. I'm not saying they are clean or innocent in general. But in this specific case, they (1) already had a beneficial agreement, and (2) don't seem to have gained anything from the war. So, in this specific case, I don't think they were responsible (or they miscalculated horribly, which is also possible). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] green_goglin@thelemmy.club 2 points 4 days ago* (1 child) Welp now they own the state assets (again) too. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 1 point 4 days ago They always did. I'm not saying they are clean or innocent in general. But in this specific case, they (1) already had a beneficial agreement, and (2) don't seem to have gained anything from the war. So, in this specific case, I don't think they were responsible (or they miscalculated horribly, which is also possible). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 1 point 4 days ago They always did. I'm not saying they are clean or innocent in general. But in this specific case, they (1) already had a beneficial agreement, and (2) don't seem to have gained anything from the war. So, in this specific case, I don't think they were responsible (or they miscalculated horribly, which is also possible). permalink fedilink source parent