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regnaD kciN

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3. "We didn't occupy a country"...

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Sun Jan 4, 2026, 06:52 PM

Jan 4

…but we’re still going to “run” it until we decide it’s ready, which will be after our charitable energy companies have charitably taken over their oil?

Oh, that’s right. It’s our oil that they “stole” by nationalizing their oil fields that belonged to us. How unjust!

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I've heard reports that at least 40 Venezuelans, including civilians, were killed EarlG Jan 4 #2

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"We didn't occupy a country"... regnaD kciN Jan 4 #3

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