Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen
by thrance on Saturday January 03, 2026 @02:49PM
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You mean the lady that basically called for this invasion, praised Trump and MAGA, promised she would let western companies extract whatever they want in exchange for personal power? Yeah, surely this will end well for Venezuelans.
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Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen
by brewdad on Saturday January 03, 2026 @03:52PM
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She could had gotten everything she wanted if she only understood that blowing smoke up Trump's ass isn't good enough anymore. He demands bribes as well.
If $1-6 million buys a pardon, how much buys a country?
Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen
by 5ver on Saturday January 03, 2026 @05:55PM
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It’s reasonable for her to say such things in order to get support of the nation most capable of removing Maduro and allowing her to rule. It doesn’t make her a bad person or speak negatively on how effective a ruler she will be.
Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen
by JumpCrisscross on Saturday January 03, 2026 @06:13PM
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> the lady that basically called for this invasion
Like Jefferson lobbied France to help us out with Britain.
Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen
by morgoths_bane on Saturday January 03, 2026 @08:12PM
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I was completely unaware that Maduro was a foreign colonial power like Britain.
Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen
by thrance on Saturday January 03, 2026 @07:24PM
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I missed the part where Jefferson promised Louis the XVIth exclusive access to the colonies' wealth, and then France abducted the King.
Better analogy would be Pinochet's coup. Nationalists calling for the US to coup their own country and place them in charge in exchange for acting like docile puppets to US interests. This is exactly what is happening there, Trump said so a few hours ago.