In his Jan. 3 statement concerning our two-hour military/justice action in Venezuela, Congressman Chris Deluzio touts his Navy and Iraq experience as the lead-in sentence. He also states that “young people” should not participate in our actions in Venezuela. And that our military action is unconstitutional. Then he states that Congress needs to “take back” authority over war powers. He cannot have it both ways. If Congress must “take back” authority, does that not suggest the president has the authority?
I do not remember Congress declaring war on Iraq. So why did Deluzio serve as a warrior in an “illegal war” in Iraq? Why didn’t he risk a court martial to protest the illegal action? After all, that is what he and the Seditious Six suggest to current military. Hugo Chavez is the perfect example of a military officer going rogue.
I worked in Venezuela. I was there when Chavez took over a TV station on his first failed coup attempt. I know people, highly skilled and professionals, who were forced to leave, their property and pensions and family ties and friendships forfeited. I know what that communist/socialist dictatorship has done to that country. It used to be a beacon of wealth, democracy and stability in Latin America. Millions left the country starving for food and medicine. Chavez and Maduro turned Venezuela into a dirt poor narco-state and sent Tren de Aragua and other bad people to terrorize this country.
Deluzio just doesn’t get it.
David Fredley
West Deer