BCBoy911@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.world · 6 months agoTrump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuelawww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square31linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squareceenote@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoAren’t non-covert covert operations basically just acts of war?
minus-squarecircuscritic@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-26 months agoCovert actions are also acts of war, but the plausible deniability can be used by both sides as an off-ramp from further escalation.
minus-squareNotSteve_@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoTrump needs a war and a fight with us (Canada) wasn’t really being bought by Americans :/
Aren’t non-covert covert operations basically just acts of war?
Covert actions are also acts of war, but the plausible deniability can be used by both sides as an off-ramp from further escalation.
Trump needs a war and a fight with us (Canada) wasn’t really being bought by Americans :/