he also threatened greenland, mexico, other s american countries, just to add more content to the news to distract from PDF island.

they were never, anti war.

then saying so was such an obvious lie, they were always vocally pro war.

It's really easy to change your positions when there were never any principles behind it either way.

This is what I'm so desperate for people to understand: these are empty people. In terms of politics, they don't have beliefs in the way you and I do. They have hollowed out that part of themselves. This is why debate or the introduction of new facts never changes their minds, because it never made up their mind in the first place. Such a change requires your positions to be propped up by genuine belief in what you think is the right thing, where that prop can be knocked over.

These people belong to a team, a clan, a cult, however you want to phrase it. The only thing that matters is that their side is in power and uses that power to act against those who aren't. Any means to that end is valid to them. They'll happily switch to whichever position is most convenient for them without missing a beat. They're only justifying it to you to keep you busy and distracted, they never really believed a word they said. They just chose the words they thought would be most effective to win.

right wing propaganda is a hellava drug. especially for venezuelans in USA. its not like venezuelas is suddenly going to elect a democratic president, it almost never is when USA/UK backs a coup.

"communism bad" has been hammered into the heads of Americans for decades, it's easy to exploit that reflex

France never let theirs go. That said WTF!?

Say you're living in a house with a shitty landlord. The local mobster turns up at his house, beats him up, and steals the keys to his tenants' houses. The tenants cheer! The mobster then proceeds to turn up at your house, open the doors with the keys, and steals all your shit.

The mobster is not on your side and never was.

Agreed. But, going forward. Don't even give the first "hand" point. It's meaningless. All it does is give a "both sides" opening for the normies to think there is debate.

This isn't 2010. The fascist don't arguing in good faith. Just state that this shit is wrong, why it's wrong, and move on.

We ARE the Nazis. There isn't a "well, you would invade if Hilter was leader" argument to be had. This is the equivalent of Hilter invading Venezuela. There are no scenarios in which "one hand" needs to be said.

I really hope people start to understand this. Because, at this point, any "hand" given to America is like giving justification for Nazi Germany.

It’s unclear that they’re illegitimate.

Yes, they certainly manipulated an election.

…but “the west” was manipulating the same election.

Maduro's leadership is a helluva lot more legitimate than the orange pedophile.

Dictators around the world are getting too comfortable. They're seeing too many examples of other dictators getting away with war crimes, illegal invasions, and other atrocities.

Putin emboldened Netanyahu, Netanyahu emboldened trump, and I don't even want to think about who's going to feel emboldened by trump.

Rules based order, multilateralism, and international law seem to be crumbling with no enforcement. Arguably the greatest achievements of the twentieth century, disappearing like vapor...

Nah. Just a targeted police action to arrest the rogue elements who purport to be the lawfully elected government.

They'd be justified in sanctions, but I don't think that it would actually accomplish anything. The people doing this shit don't give a flying fuck about them because it would hurt you and me, not them.

it's makes him look strong

It makes him look like a huge dumbass

Why did they use a Eurocopter AS350 for this poster?