Trump's snatching of Maduro shows a new level of unrestrained global power
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No, this is just flouting the understandings which support what peace we have in the world. The only people cheering are those who assume this kind of chaos could never touch them. It will end badly.
That is one hell of a way to distract from Epstein. I was expecting war, but kidnapping was a surprise.
There is a history, of killing, as in Saddam, Bin Laden, and Soleimani,notably.
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