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Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by morshu9001 on Saturday January 03, 2026 @03:31PM (#46481204)
What's the implication here, we're supposed to threaten to nuke them instead? It only works if you're willing to follow through.
Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by boston_clone on Saturday January 03, 2026 @07:57PM (#46483620)
Instead of strawmanning and presenting yet another false dichotomy, try answering their question.
Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by morshu9001 on Saturday January 03, 2026 @08:21PM (#46483773)
I'm not the one who brought up nukes and legit don't understand what they meant by that. To answer the other question, yeah I can generally see some valid reasons to remove a foreign leader from power. Not sure about Maduro.
Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by amrocha on Sunday January 04, 2026 @02:33AM (#46485816)
Who’s we? I’m guessing you’re not a general in the US military, so I don’t know why you’re inserting yourself into this decision.

Do you think a nuclear war would be good for you? Obviously not, so you shouldn’t want your government to threaten to start one. And you shouldn’t support your government when they signal to the world that the only way to be safe from interventionism is to develop nuclear weapons. Or when they signal to other superpowers that they don’t respect international treaties, or the sovereignty of other nations.

Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by morshu9001 on Sunday January 04, 2026 @11:31AM (#46489511)
Nuclear war with who?
Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by amrocha on Monday January 05, 2026 @01:32AM (#46495898)
Does it matter?
Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by morshu9001 on Monday January 05, 2026 @04:48PM (#46505467)
If the answer is "nobody" then yeah. Venezuela doesn't have nukes. North Korea or Russia aren't going to nuclear war over a country they don't even have a security agreement with, or even if they did. The US has already attacked Iran, Iraq, and Syria (under Assad).