[hannahstrawbrry]

If somebody breaks into my house, fucks my shit up and leaves, are they not guilty of home invasion anymore because they didn't stick around for long enough?

[terminalshort]

Is Stuxnet not a virus because it isn't genetic material inside a protein capsule? It's almost as if words have different definitions depending on the context.

[hannahstrawbrry]

Well if Polymarket says it's not because they use that definition who are we to say words have meaning? It's all bullshit all the way down

[WackyFighter]

When you are referring to a military action, invasion has a particular meaning.

The definition on Wikipedia seems reasonable:

> An invasion is a military action consisting of a large armed force of one geopolitical entity entering the territory of another with the goal of militarily occupying part or all of the invaded polity's territory, usually to conquer territory or alter the established government

What the US did wasn't a military invasion by that definition as they left after they grabbed Maduro.

[johanyc]

They left so that doesn't count as an invasion?? They have already invaded when they enter Venezuela with military force.

> transitive. To enter in a hostile manner, or with armed force; to make an inroad or hostile incursion into.

https://www.oed.com/dictionary/invade_v?tab=meaning_and_use

[roenxi]

Arguing over whether a different situation qualifies as a different sort of invasion doesn't move the conversation forward as much as you might intuit.