US special forces soldier arrested after allegedly winning $400k on Maduro raid

Re:US special forces soldier arrested after allegedly winnin... by jjk166 on Friday April 24, 2026 @07:58AM (#47889028)

People with guns don't stand much of a chance against people with armies. Sure armies can turn on an individual, but that just means that particular individual has lost power, and that power has been transferred to whatever new individual commands the loyalty of the many. It's not imaginary, it's emergent.

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Re:US special forces soldier arrested after allegedly winnin... by esseph on Friday April 24, 2026 @08:09AM (#47889124)

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Re:US special forces soldier arrested after allegedly winnin... by mystraline on Friday April 24, 2026 @08:25AM (#47889269)

> Trump has gotten shot once, almost twice.

No, he staged those demonstrations to win the election.

There is absolutely no picture evidence of any damage to his ear.

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Re:US special forces soldier arrested after allegedly winnin... by jjk166 on Friday April 24, 2026 @07:49PM (#47897207)

And how are the people who shot these politicians doing now? How about the US and Japanese governments? Clearly shooting a politician doesn't mean either that you gain their power or that the power structure they led evaporates.

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Re:US special forces soldier arrested after allegedly winnin... by esseph on Sunday April 26, 2026 @03:21AM (#47908146)

My point is that an Army can't protect someone that people really want to die.

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