Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes

Post by phtrivier » Sat, Jan 03, 2026, 8:23 AM UTC

Post by whatsupdog » Sat, Jan 03, 2026, 8:25 AM UTC

sedan_baklazhan wrote: post #64

That easily makes a Nobel Peace Prize. An attack on Iran will make it into the world's first Double Nobel Peace Prize. Now, it's also very important to even further unite the entire world against Russian agressive war.

Post by skibidithink » Sat, Jan 03, 2026, 8:27 AM UTC

slg wrote: post #82

As someone old enough to have seen the US invade too many countries, I'm struck by the lack of effort put into justifying this sort of military action these days. There is going to be a lot of debate over whether this specific operation was legal and I have no idea where the courts or history will ultimately land on that decision. But the way they don't even try to convince us this is necessary anymore is a sign that…

Post by SilverElfin » Sat, Jan 03, 2026, 8:29 AM UTC

slg wrote: post #82

As someone old enough to have seen the US invade too many countries, I'm struck by the lack of effort put into justifying this sort of military action these days. There is going to be a lot of debate over whether this specific operation was legal and I have no idea where the courts or history will ultimately land on that decision. But the way they don't even try to convince us this is necessary anymore is a sign that…

Post by OgsyedIE » Sat, Jan 03, 2026, 8:31 AM UTC

phtrivier wrote: post #101

That's not going to play well with DJT's bid for Nobel Peace Prize. Although I guess invading Sweden would be a solution, and there are probably plenty of reasons to invade Sweden - they must be looking badly at Russia, or he can mix it up with Groenland, or something. That being said, how many continents are we left from being able to call that a bona fide world war ? Can we count Africa as "in a state of war per de…