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(DIR) Post #AzdrfEl0zH6XJOw0IK by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-10-27T17:55:56Z
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I wish there was more that I could do to stop these irresponsible callous killings by the US government in Venezuela. I wrote notes to my congresspeople. But, is there any thing anyone else is doing?Rand Paul* pointed out that for some drug dealers we say “go back to your country” and turn them away but for these people they are murdered. Why?It’s provocation and bullying. The US military is trying to start a war. We all SEE it. I’m outraged. *shows how universal the disgust is
(DIR) Post #AzdrkSIs3D6glwG6PQ by Geisseltierchen@troet.cafe
2025-10-27T17:56:48Z
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@futurebird <3
(DIR) Post #Azdrti6Igc72NAnAVU by timo21@mastodon.sdf.org
2025-10-27T17:58:12Z
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@futurebird What the USA has done in the past is sanction the countries violating human rights like that. But the other countries are not doing that to the USA.
(DIR) Post #Azds15OAV2wkcvfOIy by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-10-27T17:59:52Z
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@timo21 Those of you not in the US should bring it up this is madness. If the US did this to China we’d have a world war. It’s bullying.
(DIR) Post #Azdsxx4X440Pv0YFRg by tobinbaker@discuss.systems
2025-10-27T18:10:28Z
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@futurebird unfortunately Rand Paul is an extreme outlier among the GOP (always has been a principled noninterventionist), so his response doesn't tell you much about the general "conservative" attitude to these extrajudicial killings.
(DIR) Post #Aze75sYj7tQZb3Lgi8 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-10-27T20:48:47Z
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@tobinbaker He wasn't even all that upset about the ... you know the murder part. It was more "nyah I don't want my tax dollars in this war" I ... I will take it I suppose.
(DIR) Post #Aze8iMOAlgk54QKECW by tobinbaker@discuss.systems
2025-10-27T21:06:56Z
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@futurebird well he did protest the Obama admin's droning of a US citizen back in the day, and has called these "extrajudicial killings" and faulted them for lack of due process.https://newrepublic.com/post/202275/rand-paul-donald-trump-caribbean-strikes-extrajudicial-killings
(DIR) Post #AzeFunxemQVHjqntom by clew@ecoevo.social
2025-10-27T22:27:36Z
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Another frightened hypothesis: the worst would be us warlords are planning to keep Canada and Mexico from trading around us@futurebird
(DIR) Post #AzeP7Ueam8DHD30mzg by mcsquank@mastodon.online
2025-10-28T00:10:46Z
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@futurebird sort of feels like this is a pretext to hands on the oil
(DIR) Post #AzePBsnsvdGRGdS3F2 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-10-28T00:11:35Z
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@mcsquank It doesn't make much sense otherwise. Though I'm happy to have anyone fill me in more.
(DIR) Post #AzeTp2K1sACvtmPbWK by kevinrns@mstdn.social
2025-10-28T01:03:23Z
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@futurebird Agreed, the creepy orange monster is trying to hide that he is starting wars.Canada, Venezuela, Greenland, Columbia.
(DIR) Post #AzfKPXIBOmJjzbH2jg by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-10-28T10:52:42Z
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The US Military has bombed ten small boats under the thin pretext of "drugs" and has not explained to the American public why they are doing any of this.What is the win condition? The president says "we are just going to kill people bringing drugs into our country" how long? To what end?This is wrong.
(DIR) Post #AzfKc4fn7DsizpIMuO by SnowyCA@social.vivaldi.net
2025-10-28T10:54:57Z
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@futurebird They don't need to explain it, the rest of the world understands why. You are about to start another "police action" ie, war.
(DIR) Post #AzfKz0907Ua1butGDo by SKleefeld@retro.pizza
2025-10-28T10:59:06Z
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@futurebird I caught this piece recently that persuasively suggests these illegal attacks are a prelude to miliatry regime change.
(DIR) Post #AzfLC57Gwe4ynPJpce by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-10-28T11:01:28Z
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@SKleefeld The US has done this before. If this turns into Vietnam whose kids will get sent? Whose bridges are being left to rust and hospitals being shut down to pay for a war that the US is starting? We could just trade with these countries and make money, arrest any drug dealers at the border. Be normal.
(DIR) Post #AzfNvrAPLAx6lHjxsu by SueDiOh@mastodon.social
2025-10-28T11:32:08Z
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@futurebird Where's the proof of drugs?
(DIR) Post #AzfRgMa1BBZxN3aSbg by graydon@canada.masto.host
2025-10-28T12:14:10Z
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@futurebird Venezuela (a Russian ally) is threatening Guyana (a close American ally); there's been a referendum and everything. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/04/venezuela-referendum-2023-results-guyana-region-claim-succeeds-sovereignty-essequiboOwning Essequibo means owning the offshore rights to the Stabroek Block and a lot of easily accessed light sweet crude. (Venezuela's reserves are large but not generally the good stuff.)For whatever reason, the official story is "drugs", and the USG has stuck rigidly to that and there isn't any actual news reporting in the US to speak of.
(DIR) Post #AzfSFfzYzvg7iBNGpk by Thorium@social.linux.pizza
2025-10-28T12:20:33Z
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@futurebird Why is the US military going along with these clearly illegal actions? Those participating need to be identified for future court martial. Obviously not going to happen under the current regime...
(DIR) Post #AzfXrFbw1vPWfQ3gtU by donlamb_1@mastodon.online
2025-10-28T13:23:22Z
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@futurebird killing as media distraction. it's beyond sick.
(DIR) Post #AzfZ8m9OOxUeSpd1V2 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-10-28T13:37:48Z
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@SueDiOh There is none. The Trump administration does not want public open discussion of the real motives. They want us, the public to just trust that they are “getting the bad guys” and not starting a boondoggle that will be expensive in lives and the US budget.
(DIR) Post #AzfcNMdVqQq9XVMfzs by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-10-28T14:14:03Z
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@graydon Thank you for the context, Graydon!
(DIR) Post #AzffVRmQu4m1fj5D04 by SueDiOh@mastodon.social
2025-10-28T14:49:05Z
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@futurebird Our courts used to require proof, aka evidence, or it's murder and you go to jail. Lawsuits need to start - everywhere.
(DIR) Post #AzgebPEPO3h6hzPDsG by dec23k@mastodon.ie
2025-10-29T02:13:39Z
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@futurebird @SKleefeld 1983:"Citizens of Grenada!Military forces from neighbouring Caribbean nations, and the United States, have arrived in Grenada to protect lives and restore order. Your cooperation will ensure that peace and democracy are restored in the near future."