May 16, 2022
'Three Stooges': Biden team's bright idea to get Venezuela to pump oil for us panned by senior diplomat
By Monica Showalter
A few weeks ago, the Joe Biden team, in response to Congress cutting off Russian oil imports, tried to get Venezuela to pump some oil for us.
The logic, of course, was to let bygones be bygones, and ignore the inconvenient little detail about Venezuela's oil company being full of drug dealers, which is among the things that got them sanctioned and cut off in the first place. Why not have Venezuela replace Vladimir Putin for oil? It sounded so logical, so easy. Anything but pump our own.
Well, now the details of that caper are out and let's just say it isn't pretty.
Here's an amazing YouTube video webinar featuring former U.S. ambassador to Venezuela, Michael Skol, who is an experienced professional diplomat. His counterpart is Pedro Burelli, the most knowledgeable Venezuelan oil expert anyone knows of, whose work combines deep knowledge of Venezuela, its oil sector and many of the complex international issues that surround his country: Cuba, Colombia, and Russia. Burelli has been in Washington for a long time and is the perennial "go to" guy who's known for dealing with facts, well received or not.
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https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/05/three_stooges_biden_teams_bright_idea_to_get_venezuela_to_pump_oil_for_us_doesnt_impress_senior_diplomat.html
