From: bill.sloman@ieee.org   
      
   On 4/01/2026 7:55 am, john larkin wrote:   
   > On Sun, 4 Jan 2026 06:56:45 +1100, Bill Sloman    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 4/01/2026 3:00 am, E.Laureti wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> Bill Sloman  posted:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On 3/01/2026 7:56 pm, E.Laureti wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Bill Sloman  posted:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> On 1/01/2026 9:16 pm, E.Laureti wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> This is a promise rather than an achievement. Donald Trump promised to   
   >>>> Make American Great Again. He's just had president Maduro of Venezula   
   >>>> kidnapped with his wife, which isn't the sort of act usually described   
   >>>> as great. It looks a lot more like criminal racketeering.   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> Putin protesta   
   >>> non è più il primo   
   >>> a pulirsi il culo con la carta Onu  :-)   
   >>   
   >> Putin protests   
   >> he's no longer the first   
   >> to wipe his ass with the UN Charter.   
   >>   
   >> He wouldn't be so undiplomatic. Trump probably has more to fear from the   
   >> US Supreme Court. Kidnapping a country's president looks very like an   
   >> act of war, and you ought to get congressional approval to do that.   
   >   
   > Yes, we should have had hearings and votes in both houses of Congress   
   > before we sent in the marines to snatch Maduro.   
      
   Actually Trump should have asked a few congressmen how the house would   
   react to such an act of childish bullying. Any sensible adult would have   
   given the same answer, but sensible adults don't flatter Donald Trump   
   with the enthusiasm he needs and expects, so he avoids them.   
      
   --   
   Bill Sloman, Sydney   
      
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