tisza
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Never about drugs. Even DEA have admitted very little goes via Venezuela.
We'll find out at some stage what exactly the ulterior motive was for this particular pardon -certainly not the bs spouted to the wider world
Never about drugs. Even DEA have admitted very little goes via Venezuela.Some alleged drug traffickers are more equal than others - https://edition.cnn.com/2025/12/02/politics/juan-orlando-hernandez-pardon
I think you misunderstand people’s frustration. It’s not that we don’t see it advances their interests it’s that we think it’s morally wrong.Agree to disagree on that point but we’ll find common ground that the intervention is ultimately taken to forward US interests one way or the other.
Yes I’m sure the pictures coming out via the broadcasters reflect the true picture…..
In your view, why is it morally wrong?I think you misunderstand people’s frustration. It’s not that we don’t see it advances their interests it’s that we think it’s morally wrong.
It’s all quite simple:
Ukraine: Graphite, Titanium, Lithium, Uranium
Venezuela: Oil
DRC: Cobalt, Lithium, Uranium
Pakistan: Oil
Palestine: Gas
It’s just pure resource imperialism - and the US autocrats / electorate know it, but don’t really care as it strengthens their strategic interests and further enriches the country.
Watch out, Cornwall, the tin mines are probably next…
Does that really need explaining?In your view, why is it morally wrong?
I think you mean a foreign power that then runs the country before installing a puppet.Of course - but you’ll probably find more people unhappy at Starmer than happy with him. Shall we overthrow him whilst we are at it?
Can’t say I know much about Panama and Granada, but basically you’re saying the best case scenario dates back 70 or 80 years?It’s a v narrow question, but to name a few:
Japan
South Korea
West Germny
Panama
Granada
They are sending money to the taliban. D”They definitely have interests in afghanistan still.IS that not a big "if"? Afghanistan,Iraq, Libya (all worse regimes than Venezuela) haven't become flourishing democracies when leaderships were removed.
Don’t tell me spit the dogs been captured too.At times like these the UK shows it is best in the world at stepping in to make a pointless gesture.
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In a dog pound in Guantanamo Bay sadly.Don’t tell me spit the dogs been captured too.
It's not Micky Quinn, you're not old enough to know the truth.I am not entirely sure what offering Micky Quinn political asylum will achieve but have an open mind.
Zelensky has had to change his pants twice today.Khamenei must be getting nervous over in Iran.
Nah, the ‘precious earth’ deal ensures his safety…Zelensky has had to change his pants twice today.
Never about drugs. Even DEA have admitted very little goes via Venezuela.
We'll find out at some stage what exactly the ulterior motive was for this particular pardon -certainly not the bs spouted to the wider world
Most predictable news of the day.Reports coming through now from Nicolás Maduro’s vice president in Venezuela, Delcy Rodriguez, that contrast sharply from the portrayal given by Donald Trump at the presidential press conference in the US earlier.
Netanyahu it is thenI think you mean a foreign power that then runs the country before installing a puppet.
I don't think it's all that hard to work out.Never about drugs. Even DEA have admitted very little goes via Venezuela.
We'll find out at some stage what exactly the ulterior motive was for this particular pardon -certainly not the bs spouted to the wider world
Shmepstein and Schhhoil.
No, on the contrary. The interventions in more recent times (Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Haiti, Somalia) failed because the institutions to support liberal democracies were either v weak or didn’t exist.Can’t say I know much about Panama and Granada, but basically you’re saying the best case scenario dates back 70 or 80 years?
Well, no, because that support is very much conditional. Being a continuation candidate is kind of the point of a political party if you're following a set of policies and ideologies you believe in - it's nothing like a personality cult. If they did even 10% of what Trump has done almost everyone would be calling for them to be removed and locked up.Literally none of it applies to the USA. What are you talking about?
You could argue that Trump’s domination of the Republican constitutes a ‘cult of personality’… but would you apply the logic to the Democrat party? Hillary Clinton and Biden were Obama continuation candidates and the Democrat machine actively conspired against Bernie Sanders. Obama also ‘strongly suggested’ Biden make way for Kamala Harris. Then there’s a the weird obsession Democrats have with wanting Michelle Obama to run for president which is similar to how some republicans want a Trump dynasty. A desire for dynasties in US politics is actually deeply weird, for what it’s worth.
Trump dominates the Republican Party, I’ll absolutely agree with that. If we’re being balanced, you cannot argue that Obama doesn’t dominate the Democrat party today.
I guess we'll see won't we.You need to move on. The American people had their say and they elected him despite Jan 6th and everything else you said. Ironically, he may have lost the Republican nomination had the lawfare against not been initiated.
Jan 2029 he’ll leave office and they’ll be the end of it.
I’ll ask for a final time, do you think Maduro is a dictator?
Yep, nothing gets you votes in a sane place like being arrested! And with a ton of video evidence of you actually doing what it was you were arrested for.Thank you, that wasn’t hard.
Back to Trump, he wasn’t polling well before the legal proceedings against him commenced. The Republican presidential debates went from attacking Trump’s first term to all candidates pulling ranks and backing him. The image of mugshot galvanised his base and like or not, propelled him to be the Republican nominee and President.
Trump hasn’t faced criminal charges and the opportunity to charge him was lost when he won the Republican nominee for President.
That’s the cause and effect, whether you like it or not.
There were reports of a meeting with an 'expert' at the end of last year.He started talking about having a third term almost immediately after the last election. That will only intensify over the next couple of years.
White House says US would be ‘lucky’ if Trump stayed for third term
Comments follow reports that US president discussed idea with constitutional scholar Alan Dershowitz
The US would be “lucky” if Donald Trump remained in office for a constitutionally prohibited third term, the White House has said following revelations that he discussed the possibility with the lawyer and constitutional scholar Alan Dershowitz.
The bold assertion came despite successive polls showing plunging approval ratings for Trump amid widespread discontent over his administration’s economic performance and lingering controversy over his links to the disgraced late financier and pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
“There has never been an Administration that has accomplished as much in less than one year than the Trump Administration,” White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson told Axios.
“The American people would be lucky to have President Trump in office for even longer.”
Steve Bannon gave an interview to The Economist just a few weeks ago where he said he was certain there would be a third term and they had several ideas in place to make it happen.I guess we'll see won't we.
He started talking about having a third term almost immediately after the last election. That will only intensify over the next couple of years.
Unless he dies or is rendered completely incapable, I fully expect to see his name on the ballot at the next election.
I’m not entirely convinced that Sleepy Old Don will even last the current term at this rate.I guess we'll see won't we.
He started talking about having a third term almost immediately after the last election. That will only intensify over the next couple of years.
Unless he dies or is rendered completely incapable, I fully expect to see his name on the ballot at the next election.
What about Spit the dog? What was his part in all of this?At times like these the UK shows it is best in the world at stepping in to make a pointless gesture.
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Fuckin hell!In your view, why is it morally wrong?
Does that really need explaining?
Yes, it dos need explaining.Fuckin hell!
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