Coulda Had A Pipeline

47 Drill, Baby, Drill Venezuela 24 Comments

“years of mismanagement and underinvestment have seen exports crater” – that’s the CBC unmentioning that Hugo Chávez stole billions in investment when he seized US oil assets.

Interesting hypothesis: Why has the US assembled the largest naval force in the Caribbean since 1962? It’s not about drugs. It’s not about oil.

Better late than never: “I will approve a pipeline”

24 Replies to “Coulda Had A Pipeline”

  1. US-Venezuela : It is about many issues … revenge (Rubio) to starve Cuba, revenge for Chavez nationalizing US holdings, oil (Israel is intent on attacking Iran) with the possible blockage of the Red Sea by Iran , China has infrastructure support in Venezuela and South America which the US wants to contest , a distraction from the humiliating US defeat in Ukraine and finally American hegemony which is slowly fading but which the US has yet to realize.

    Take your pick on any or all. Given the chaotic US foreign policy it could well be all of the above.

    The lesson that the Global South is learning from this is that if you buy a few Russian or Chinese hypersonic missiles (and contract to provide some satellite data from Russia or China included) it completely negates any US Carrier Task Force sent to threaten them into submission.

    1. You could add their role in hosting the voting machine controllers that have been involved in election fraud manipulation of all voting machinery used in North America.

      1. Hmm … Ukraine is winning after losing over 1.5 million and some 20 million have fled the country? A large portion of the Ukraine electrical grid has been destroyed and Ukraine is totally dependent on US , UK and EU for military and financial support for the ongoing US proxy war against Russia … but yes according to the West/EU media Ukraine is winning.

        Meanwhile Trump is attempting desperately not be the first US president to admit a humiliating defeat after spending untold billions after the best US, UK and EU weapons have been destroyed by the Russians in Ukraine.

        2. Perhaps you, and “the West/EU” have a very different definition of ‘winning’.. The Ukrainian meatgrinder has decimated the Russian nation in ways that will take decades to fully understand. The population has taken a massive hit to it’s prime demographic, so much so that it’s agricultural and manufacturing sectors are in serious trouble. It’s military machine is, not unlike Ukraine, is also depleted and on the verge of collapse, There is a free-for-all on it’s global assets (which, in a worst case scenario, can be ‘tied up in court’ and denied to Putin for decades). Russian ‘brain-drain’ is an extremely serious concern for their nation. Their oil is their only marketable export, and China/India set the price. The reliability of their export weapons is complete and utter bullsh!t, as proven in both Russia and Iran.. Their super-duper HSMs that you speak of, which they do not export to ‘the global south’ or anybody else, were thwarted by older generation patriot batteries on at least two very public occasions.. The U.S. and others are rushing to push Russian gas out of Europe, and replace it with their own. Their economy will take decades to recover, and all it cost the EU is a couple million Ukrainians, and a few billion of US taxpayer cash.. The EU would do it all again tomorrow, given the chance.

          1. Wow. Just wow. But you left out another myth … that Putin only has weeks to live as he’s dying of incurable cancer. Wow. Blind squirrel … an apt moniker.

          2. Are you refuting some, or all of what I wrote? Go ahead and pour some quality sauce on it then.. I’m all ears..

  2. People have frequently asked me why so-called environmentalists are against oil pipelines but seemingly have no problem with oil being transported by trains.

    I point out to them that Warren Buffet and Berkshire Hathaway own many of the railroads in North America. Knowing that, it’s then just a matter of following the money:
    https://x.com/i/grok/share/Qjx8nAIBCEthctWM5tr0LPpk1

    2. Robert … now we have enough Punjabi drivers (the entire Singh family) … that we can afford to TRUCK the oil to the USA! They’ll work CHEAP … and they have a stellar driving record.

  3. Without the funding of US foundations, Canada’s green NGOs would be a shadow of their current size and reach. Those of us involved in the “war in the woods” thirty plus years ago are familiar with all those money laundering NGOs. While attempting and succeeding in turning much of BC into Parks few will ever see or visit and forcing fish farms to leave, the largest employer of Indians on the coast, all through indirect tax exempt political lobbying, whether consciously or not, they are working for US oil and Alaska fishing interests. The BC NDP are their puppet regime now partnered with the feudal chiefs in eliminating property rights for all.

  4. RE: “largest (US) naval force in the Caribbean since 1962”

    Fascinating read:
    … “strategic framework prioritizes the China threat above all else… diverting high-end assets to the Caribbean, the threat assessment must have been serious enough to override that instinct”

    … “Both sides may now be deploying a weapon (UUV ) that neither can defend against, in theaters where the other’s commerce is exposed”

    But since, as this paper infers, the US has leading edge experience in developing & deploying UUV’s,
    they’ve certainly developed leading edge capabilities in defending against them.

    If the US, as infered, provided the UUV used in Ukraines December 15th attack on the Russian sub,
    it would be imprudent to “open a new chapter in naval warfare” without any defence capabilities,
    while intentionally exposing large naval targets in the Caribbean.

    Also, that Ukraine attack effectively tested Russia’s level of UUV defensive capabilities.

    1. That attack on the Russian sub was most likely the work of CIA, and or MI^, and or Mossad, the Ukes are basically unable to effect such attacks, which is why there are so many special forces from the USA, Brittan, and Lithuania (14) work in the Ukraine. USA admitted that they “painted” that first Russian war ship that was sunk in 2022.

  7. The US may have assembled a large military assembly of naval assets in the Caribbean, but I wouldn’t dwell too much on the expense of this as those assets are paid very nearly the same while training in the US, training at US Territory, or roaming around the Gulf of America making their presence known.
    Venezuela announced they’re going to have naval assets patrol with the oil tankers leaving Venezuela, though I’m not certain how far from mainland they’ll get before they’re out of supplies or out of onboard fuel.

    I do hope the US is working on preventative measures to combat sea drones.

  8. Interesting hypothesis: Why has the US assembled the largest naval force in the Caribbean since 1962? It’s not about drugs. It’s not about oil.
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    These “experts” really should take an historic look of how real estate moguls do business. First they prepare the field. Then establish leverage to be used in negotiation towards a chosen goal.

    The White House is trying to broker a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine. Russia, surprisingly, took a bold step in Venezuela (before the US Navy showed up in force) and extended an energy/security deal with Venezuela that extended leases (in some cases, 15 years). The basis for Russia doing so was to try and get around sanctions currently placed on them for their various actions in Eastern Europe.

    All that being said, I can assure you that Russia is going to be much more receptive at the Ukraine negotiating table now that a good portion of the US Navy is sitting off the coast of Venezuela confiscating tankers. Do I think Trump has any intention displacing Russia’s energy interests in Venezuela? No. But, he could if he wanted to. And, Russia’s primary source of GNP is energy. He could hurt them, and they know it.

    Trump’s been doing this on every major issue. Set up tariffs, to prepare the field. Negotiate a new fair trade agreement. And, then the bigger picture that by negotiating these trade agreements and expanding trade in advance of the USMCA re-negotiation (US’s #1 and #2 trading partners respectively), he is building trade leverage in advance of next year’s talks.

    Side bonus: A rather lethargic and poorly led Navy gets much needed hands on training. Drug trade is curtailed to some extent. And, though it isn’t talked about, the influence of Venezuela in US politics takes a hit as they keep their heads low. If you don’t think Venezuela is involved in political corruption (payoffs, threats, bribery etc) in the border states like New Mexico and Arizona, you haven’t been paying attention.

    1. Very insightful Orson. I agree with you having worked my entire career with Developers. It’s exactly how it’s done.

  10. Hate to break it to everyone, but those refineries were long built for Venezuelan and Mexican oil, both of which have depleted to squat, and it’s been Canadian oil that’s been backfilling them as our production has increased and thanks to the original Keystone pipeline, as well as rail.

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