Short answer: No.
Long answer: Nooooooooooo.
this post was submitted on 03 Jan 2026
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I'm gunna be honest: I don't really give a fuck if it was legal or not; it was wrong. It's wrong to mutate the histories, identities, and fates of other nations and it always opens a portal to new monsters. Venezuala's problems are Venezuala's to solve and grow and learn from. If Canada sent JTF-2 to kidnap Trump and his inner inner circle while they're visiting Africa or some shit, pretty sure every fucking American would be upset about that, and most Canadians, though momentarily relieved, would fear the reckoning. The US's leadership is foolish to not fear the reckoning because they think they're untouchable. Foolish. At this point it would be a "who shot Mr Burns" situation.
Venezuela's problems aren't even Venezuela's to solvd, their problem is an economic embargo by the USA, how are they supposed to solve that?
Of course there isn’t. Posing the question is doing the work to help Trump normalize it.
There’s no major media left that will deal in reality.
Well, Petey Kegsbreath said they were f'ing around. That sounds kind of lawyer-y, doesn't it?
Yes, technically it's known as Might Makes Right, or We Have The Bigger Stick. Very similar to Give Me Your Lunch Money or I'll Beat You Up.
Nope
Ok, then do tramp and elon next.
Is wine beer? Do bears read Nietzsche? Did Epstein kill himself?
It's asking the obvious. The answer is yes.
I was joking, it's clearly NO duh