• Lembot_0006
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    4 months ago

    That depends how useful that leader is. Some leaders’ kidnappings will just end in a “good riddance” mood.

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      4 months ago

      Most leaders are supported by a massive state apparatus which does not take removing its tools lightly.

      Fuck Maduro, man, but that’s not the same as giving this the thumbs up. Not only is this deeply illegal, but batshit insane to boot. It could end up well, but I could also buy a lotto ticket tomorrow and become a billionaire.

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        That “massive state apparatus” was probably the very same people who sell Maduro to the USA. You don’t think that Americans kidnapped him ninja style, don’t you?

        And what does “legal” even mean on an international level? Deep concerns and memorandums? Nobody cares about them anymore…

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          That “massive state apparatus” was probably the very same people who sell Maduro to the USA.

          There are much easier ways for a state apparatus to remove an unpopular leader than contracting with a foreign power to kidnap him from their soil, undermining the authority of that same state apparatus.

          You don’t think that Americans kidnapped him ninja style, don’t you?

          Bruh, of all the things that I think the US is shit at, military operations is not one of them.

          I have no doubt that some Venezuelans were bribed. I also have no doubt that this was a legitimate kidnapping, not a strange form of autocoup by Venezuelan authorities.

          And what does “legal” even mean on an international level? Deep concerns and memorandums? Nobody cares about them anymore…

          That’s kind of a fucking issue and why we’ve been looking at renewed nuclear proliferation the past decade.

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          4 months ago

          Maduro’s vice president and entire party apparatus are still there and still in power

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          Military strikes to keep the military busy while delta grabs the president, this wasn’t a complex operation.

          If it stops now like Rubio said there won’t be much international condemnation especially by countries the US cares about.