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[–] pucker4676@lemmy.ml 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Another win for the world's worst terrorist organization.

[–] Calfpupa@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Arguably the most effective terrorist org of the last two centuries

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 1 points 16 hours ago

at some later date, when the united states is barely a regional power, the venezuelans will forget why there was any animus in the first place and i don't know how to feel about that.

[–] doleo@lemmy.one 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

2? At least 6. EDIT: *I take this back, I misread/read too lazily. It was 2 centuries, not decades. *

[–] Calfpupa@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I've been reading Open Veins so I pause at claiming the US was out-terrorizing Spain in the Americas, and British Empire deserve credit for their atrocities as well though it's easy to argue USA is the continuation of that.

[–] doleo@lemmy.one 2 points 23 hours ago

No, you're quite right. I take it back. I read far too hastily. You clearly said centuries and I read decades.