And also, I think, more importantly for the men and women of our military, who again, did an incredible job before they get put in harm's way again in Venezuela. What is the plan? It's obviously not about drugs the way it was portrayed going into this. It appears to be entirely about oil. and our history of going into countries for oil. I mean, we all remember Iraq, but not to go way back in history, but in 1953, the CIA overthrew the elected government in Iran to try to protect Western interests in terms of Iranian oil. (07:31–07:41)
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Asserts that the U.S. involvement in Venezuela is primarily about oil, not drugs.
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