XPost: soc.culture.venezuela, soc.culture.latin-america, talk.politics.misc   
   XPost: alt.politics, misc.legal   
   From: f00@0f0.00f   
      
   Attila wrote:   
   > On Sat, 03 Jan 2026 22:04:49 -0330, David Dalton   
   >  in alt.atheism with message-id   
   > <0001HW.2F09FB390143BAE170000AAFF38F@news.eternal-september.org>   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> There did need to be a democratic regime change in   
   >> Venezuela, but that did not justify Trump’s violation   
   >> of international law in invading a sovereign country.   
   >   
   > Just exactly where did this "international law" come from?   
   > Who passed it?  Who enforces it?  By what authority?   
   >   
   >>   
   >> Certainly now he should never be considered for   
   >> the Nobel Peace Prize.   
   >>   
   >> Also there needs to be some international condemnation   
   >> of his action so he might not be emboldened to   
   >> further territorial aggression against Panama,   
   >> Cuba, Greenland, and even Canada.   
   >>   
   >> And his supporters should remind him that before the   
   >> last election he promised to not get involved in foreign   
   >> wars.   
   >   
   > He hasn't.   
   >   
   >>   
   >> Also any oil royalties should go to the Venezuelan people.   
   >   
   > How about the companies that bought the rights from the   
   > country years ago?   
   >   
   >>   
   >> And Trump has stated that he thinks that   
   >> María Corina Machado is not suited to lead Venezuela.   
   >> He should let the Venezuelan people decide that   
   >> and not try to install his own toady/puppet regime.   
   >   
   > As I understand it Maduro was the President, lost an   
   > election, and refused to step down.   
   >   
   >>   
   >> I hope the world will move towards peace tonight.   
   >>   
   >> Also note that actors Winona Ryder and Percy Hynes White   
   >> have peacemaker special ability, which must be applied   
   >> by willing, not by prayer or by talking. And if my attempt   
   >> at instigating sudden evolution, including evolution of   
   >> special abilities, works tonight, then Antonio Guterres   
   >> and Stevie Nicks will also gain that ability.   
   >   
   > Another nut sounds off.   
   >   
      
   companies can be thrown out by host countries anytime, for any   
   reason, there is no rule which says they have to abide by their   
   past terms. that is the gamble any company takes when working in   
   multiple countries.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)