Venezuela's response 
From the makers of the unwinnable jungle war and it’s unasked-for sequel, the unwinnable mountain war comes the brand new unwinnable jungle-mountain war.
this post was submitted on 19 Dec 2025
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a ground invasion will be the worst boondoggle since vietnam if not even worse
I don't know, arms companies really want to sell weapons
Andruil has pivoted to clothing and walkmans: https://www.andurilgear.com/
holy shit that merchandise is radioactive
That headphone and device look eerily similar to many many Chinese made products 🤔
Hey guys its really important to not support Maduro okay?
Ground invasion is out of the question, a couple weeks of aerial bombardment, most likely
Chance of actually overthrowing Maduro, 0%
Ground invasion is out of the question
We said the same thing about Ukraine back in the day. It seems to me as though the people in charge are incredibly arrogant about what they can get away with. It's not like popularity or approval rating seems to matter a whole lot to them right now
We said the same thing about Ukraine back in the day
Ukraine didn't require a massive amphibious operation, neither did Iraq for that matter, we can't compare apples and the equivalent of a prickly cactus, the geography of Venezuela is a deathtrap for ground forces coming in from the coast, without the Colombian border route open, the US has no chance of a viable ground based assault
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Ukraine is flatter than me on Estrogen. It's incredibly easy to just roll on in there.
Venezuela is incredibly mountainous, including its coastline. Even an amphibious landing would be very difficult.
Its a lot of tall mountains, and narrow river valleys. The white guy who named it, called it Venezuela because it reminded him of Venice, Italy.
Ukraine is flatter than me on Estrogen
Advanced topography studies :kelly:
"Incredibly easy" is a bit of an overstatement, iirc Ukraine is muddy as hell in a lot of places, like Siberia.
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Didn't the oil fields of America's vassals in the Middle East originally belong to the UK or America as well? I wonder how they're handling this excuse; if perhaps they're making the same mistake of 'Oh America would NEVER invade US! We're their SPECIAL friends!'
In Iran it was British Petroleum. Yes you are correct
Do your part on this year's War on Christmas and slap 🇻🇪 flags on all boxes of Yellowcake 
mix.
may every soldier of empire die screaming
Vietnam + iraq = the forever war that finally breaks the back of empire?
Senile cunt
~~ableism~~
edit: my bad, I assumed on your use of slur
Absolutely fair
If I take the time to call someone out I should really take the time to make sure it's right, but thanks for being chiller than me
Wait I'm confused, what did they mean instead?
spoilered slur in initials
It was a different slur, not an ableist one >> "C U Next Tuesday"
Ah, thanks (the curiosity was driving me crazy, lol)
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Most Lemmy instances seem to have a far more lenient slur filter than us, the C-word isn't filtered and far more shockingly m****loid doesn't seem to be filtered by other instances either 
Wow, english is my second language and I genuinely had no idea this word is a slur
It is regional. From my understanding in Australia it is almost a term of endearment, but in the US it is very much perceived as a gendered slur.
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I thought the removed word was the ableist "r-word".
Does this mean we're in the avatar timeline?