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muriel_volestrangler

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Sat Jan 3, 2026, 12:39 PM Jan 3

When Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait to take its oil, the world united against him [View all]

Even previous pariahs like Syria said "no, you can't just march in and take another country's oil".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalition_of_the_Gulf_War

What to do, now that mini-Saddam has grabbed Venezuela by the pussy?

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