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Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by stickfigure on Sunday January 04, 2026 @02:39AM (#46485839)
The Trump administration is incompetent to manage a pre-school, let alone world affairs. We're not going to get a plan. The best we can hope for is an occasional random steps vaguely in the right direction.

Maduro in prison is an improvement from Maduro still in power. Accept it as a tiny win and move on.

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Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by estearum on Sunday January 04, 2026 @08:19AM (#46487672)
Frankly insane position to hold ~24 hours after the events and with the information currently available.

You are aware you're allowed to say, "it'll take some time for this to shake out sufficiently to understand whether it's a tiny win, a huge win, net-neutral, or regionally catastrophic," right?

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Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by stickfigure on Monday January 05, 2026 @03:27PM (#46504432)
The future is always uncertain. Sometimes you just have to take the rare chances afforded. "Maduro suddenly recognizes the value of democracy and transitions power to Gonzáles" wasn't on the table.

I'd push the delete button for every unelected dictator on the planet if I could. Repeatedly. It's morally offensive not to.

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