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Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by nwatson on Saturday January 03, 2026 @12:07PM (#46478981)
Capture might not be the aim. The coming decades will see anonymous effective asymmetric warfare with USA infrastructure and the USA political establishment as prime targets. That's the big concern.
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Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by fireflash38 on Saturday January 03, 2026 @12:18PM (#46479112)
A new cold war effectively, but with the goal of cementing local power.
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Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by jacquesm on Saturday January 03, 2026 @12:09PM (#46479015)
That is a very real risk. Action -> reaction.
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Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by chaboud on Saturday January 03, 2026 @12:34PM (#46479294)
Huh... they better build some readily-available hyper-powerful infrastructure, pronto, or that next election could hand power to folks that don't have the best interest of the country in mind:

https://thedreydossier.substack.com/p/trump-isnt-building-a-...

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