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[–] Janx@piefed.social 31 points 2 days ago

"If I didn't assault them, someone else would have!"

Absolutely psychotic.

[–] N0t_5ure@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

Why, was Venezuela flooding Russia and China with drugs as well? /s

[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

For all we know, China and Russia did do this lol

[–] Failship@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 2 days ago

Right? This is basically him admitting one or both of those countries told him to do it.

Oh, so you wanted to out-shitty a couple of the shittiest countries out there?

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 3 points 2 days ago

Why would Russia ever start another geopolitical conflict, WAY AWAY FROM LAND when they are literally spending all their resources on Ukraine just for a warm water port, when Venezuela giving them oil is a lifeline to them.

[–] HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago

Ah so that's the new line.

Cool.

So Canada, better lube up and relax and just let it happen, cause China and Russia.

[–] Noite_Etion@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

If I didn't bully that kid and steal his money, someone else might have... They at least should say thank you.

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 days ago

Oddly enough, China and Russia don’t need to kidnap the leader of Venezuela to have power there. They just need to use “diplomacy” which I admit is a pretty long word for the Trump administration to pronounce.

Shitty gangster and and extremely ambitious (even capitalist anxious) logic.