While oil availability is a legitimate political concern, it is not a sufficient national security argument on its own for intervention; there are larger strategic issues at stake that justify the intervention.

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Speaker

John Bolton

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the idea that uh that that that somehow that is uh a legitimate motivating factor on its own uh is is just is not part of any national security argument that that really is important.

Source

Venezuela after Trump’s strike: John Bolton vs John MearsheimerSwitzerland with Tom Switzer
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:01:05 PM

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