Feb 14, 4:52 AM EST Newsletter Signup Business Technology World National Media & Culture Opinion Sports Luxury World By Vaishnavi Vaidyanathan 02/14/19 AT 4:30 AM Statements by President Donald Trump and the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee over the last few days have indicated the option of U.S. military intervention in Venezuela is a possibility. On Sunday, Trump said he was looking at “all options” to deal with the Venezuelan crisis. Though Trump refused to say if he was planning to send troops to the South American country, he also did not rule out the possibilities of military intervention. Two days later, Sen. James Inhofe, the Republican chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said a U.S. military intervention could take place if Russia placed weapons in the country. “You’ve got a guy down there that is killing everybody. You could have him put together a base that Russia would have on our hemisphere. And if those things happen, it may be to the point where we’ll have to intervene with troops and respond,” he said, the Hill reported. When asked about the type of military action U.S. could take, Inhofe said, “Whatever is necessary should they bring in some armaments on our hemisphere that would be, in the smart peoples’ opinion, something that would be a threat to the United States of America. Then we have to take whatever action necessary to stop them from doing that.” A senior Russian diplomat, however, said Tuesday that Venezuela had not approached… [Read full story]
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