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Trump says US has "captured" Venezuelan President Maduro and his wife in "large scale strike" - latest (www.bbc.com)

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[–] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 72 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I'm sure Venezuela will be a great and powerful democracy from this. Just like Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan.

[–] assassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.world 46 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Don’t forget Libya

[–] HurlingDurling@lemmy.world 35 points 4 days ago (1 children)

And Nicaragua, Cuba before Fidel, and hell Venezuela before Chavez

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Every country becomes Argentina. Or maybe Texas

[–] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 4 days ago

I have come across a load of people on lemmy who think that the invasion of libya is a good thing since it took down gadaffi. nevermind the open-air slave markets that sprung up afterwards.