XPost: talk.politics.misc, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh   
   From: NoBody@nowhere.com   
      
   On Sat, 03 Jan 2026 09:35:41 -0500, NoBody  wrote:   
      
   >On Sat, 3 Jan 2026 12:53:14 -0000 (UTC), bks@panix.com (Bradley K.   
   >Sherman) wrote:   
   >   
   >>>> | John Mearsheimer: Well, I think what the administration is   
   >>>> | trying to do here is figure out a way to get out of the   
   >>>> | corner that they've boxed themselves into in this Venezuela   
   >>>> | situation. I mean, we decided early on that we were going   
   >>>> | to get tough with Venezuela that it was this great threat   
   >>>> | to the United States and that we would be able to deal with   
   >>>> | it rather easily. But that's not proved to be the case at all.   
   >>   
   >>Now what?  Another attempt at regime-change-by-force?  That   
   >>trick never works.   
   >>   
   >>    --bks   
   >   
   >   
   >Do you ever get tired of being wrong?   
   >   
   >"US special forces have captured Nicolás Maduro in a daring helicopter   
   >raid on the capital of Venezuela.   
   >   
   >Donald Trump said the dictator and his wife had been detained in a   
   >“brilliant operation” that began with air strikes and saw Black Hawks   
   >and Chinooks flying low across Caracas.   
   >   
   >Both had been indicted in New York within hours of the operation,   
   >charged with narco-terrorism and possession of machine guns.   
   >   
   >“They will soon face the full wrath of American justice on American   
   >soil in American courts,” Pam Bondi, the US attorney general said."   
   >   
   >https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/us-bombs-venezuela-captures   
   maduro-110250024.html   
   >   
   >Done.   
   >   
   >Laughter!   
      
   And Bradley loses again.   
      
   Laughter!   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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