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Uncle Joe

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1. I wouldn't call it a "capture" as Maduro wasn't trying to escape, and he's the President of a sovereign nation that

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Mon Jan 5, 2026, 09:30 PM

Jan 5

we haven't even declared war against.

It was an abduction or kidnapping which matches up well with the MO of murdering people on the high seas, none of that was legal or moral either, not even the first strikes much less the second one against two survivors clinging on to wreckage.

Thanks for the thread Rhiannon

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'What does it mean to run Venezuela?': Nicolle Wallace on the capture of Nicholas Maduro - Deadline - MS NOW [View all] Rhiannon12866 Jan 5 OP

I wouldn't call it a "capture" as Maduro wasn't trying to escape, and he's the President of a sovereign nation that Uncle Joe Jan 5 #1

To "run" a country is to "loot" a country. blm Jan 5 #2