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[–] hoch@lemmy.world 179 points 1 week ago (19 children)

Maduro has been kidnapped by US forces, this is insane

[–] falseWhite@lemmy.world 64 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Nothing is insane anymore with this administration. It stopped being insane when Americans elected a convicted felon and pedophile. Everything after that was just the same level of insane. As expected by everyone sane.

[–] eronth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 6 days ago

No it's still insane, just common and expected.

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[–] Aljernon@lemmy.today 158 points 6 days ago (1 children)

As an American I fully condemn this, condemn the regime that ordered it, condemn the Military Officers that received orders to do this and didn't immediately resign, and fully hope that International consequences against the guilty parties will be forthcoming.

I get off work at this god awful hour to learn that the US has performed an extrajudicial kidnapping of a foreign leader and their spouse. This fucking wild and I hope it doesn't turn into regional conflict for all our sakes.

[–] Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 49 points 6 days ago

I hate my country. I hope class consciousness accelerates under Trump's shit management of the US so working class people can oust his ass. The US CANNOT be the world's bully for another century.

It's time for this empire to fall.

[–] qqq@lemmy.world 30 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

Congress please dear god grow a spine.

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[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 33 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Is the oil safe? I stand with Washington! Someone please tell me what flag I need to put on my X account, thanks!

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[–] AzuranAurora@piefed.ca 24 points 6 days ago (2 children)

The MeidasTouch Network has footage of all of this on their channel. Fucking insane shit, Trump has started an invasion without the approval of Congress.

[–] CircaV@lemmy.ca 19 points 6 days ago

US has been manufacturing consent for this for 20+ years.

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[–] ProfThadBach@lemmy.world 31 points 6 days ago (3 children)

I use this time in the morning to ease into my day. 5 am here in Western North Carolina. What the fuck is wrong with America? I am sick to my stomach right now.

[–] kadu@scribe.disroot.org 29 points 6 days ago (1 children)

What the fuck is wrong with America?

Same as always. Not the first time you invade or sabotage a foreign country in order to hide your crumbling internal issues.

[–] ProfThadBach@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] okmko@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

No to that user. This isn't the "same as always". The US just Pearl Harbored a country, and the excuse was "drug smugglers".

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[–] BoycottTwitter@lemmy.zip 30 points 6 days ago (2 children)

It really doesn't make sense to me. So they kidnap Maduro and his wife .... and then what? What do they expect to happen in Venezuela? It will probably be chaos there.

[–] nuko147@lemmy.world 33 points 6 days ago

Chaos until a Peace Nobel Prize winner takes the reigns and be Trump's puppet, giving all the resources to USA corps to stay in power.

[–] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 23 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Chaos is what they're likely striving for in my opinion.

[–] scroll_responsibly@lemmy.sdf.org 25 points 6 days ago (2 children)

So, another 20 year boondoggle like Afghanistan and Iraq?

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[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 16 points 6 days ago
[–] shapeofthings@piefed.ca 14 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The schoolyard bully is at it again. He wants their oil and he's going to take it, from the weakest kids he can pick on.

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[–] Luisp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 6 days ago

So officially the US is our enemy in the region, and of course the right is celebrating

[–] eurisko@lemmy.ca 7 points 6 days ago

I can't help but think that this is gonna be my home city of Montréal soon. Better prepare, I guess.

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