Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen
by doom2 on Saturday January 03, 2026 @08:17AM
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That you have to reach back to the 80s for a "good" example says something. Even more recent is Afghanistan, safely back in the hands of the Taliban.
Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen
by lm28469 on Saturday January 03, 2026 @07:38AM
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You forgot quite a few...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_r...
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202112/1240540.shtml
But you're the good guys and do that to deliver freedom and democracy so it's OK. I think you're under estimating how the world is rapidly updating their views on the US, and the lasting damage to your soft power.
Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen
by UncleMeat on Saturday January 03, 2026 @07:36AM
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Germany was two countries for nearly fifty years following ww2.
The fascists are also advocating for an end to foreign aid. Gonna be hard to repeat post war rebuilding efforts.
Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen
by AnonymousPlanet on Saturday January 03, 2026 @06:56AM
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This is exactly the kind of ignorant chest thumping arrogance that lead to the American invasion of Iraq in 2003, destabilised the entire region, lead to the rise of IS, and eventually to streams of refugees heading for Europe. It's outright disgusting.
I suppose South Korea is doing fine as well, so let’s just hope Chinese troops do not flow over their land border with Venezuela.
If we need a more recent and perhaps more relevant comparison point, Operation Just Cause had a successful outcome.
I know it’s trendy and important to mock Iraq and Vietnam but it’s not all a failures.