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[conuly]

What the hell did I just see on the news.

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[angelofthenorth]

Welcome to hell

[conuly]

There is no way I’m making the protest, I was up all night and don’t get to go home until 8

[greenwoodside]

Yeah. Trump's new year gift to the world: fucking up 2026 by day 3.

[moxie_man]

Anything to distract from the Epstein files. I'm sure we'll be bombing Tehran next week.

[conuly]

Ah, if only it was Moscow. (I kid, I kid. We shouldn't bomb anybody.)

[armiphlage]

Russia only has the sixth-largest proven oil reserves, so there's lots of invading to do before getting to them.

[conuly]

Also, Trump wants to get in Putin's pants, so there's no way he'll invade except as a weird courtship ritual.

[armiphlage]

Venezuela has the world's largest proven oil reserves, five to eight times larger than the US (depending on how you measure).
Saudi Arabia would be next, but has already been funneling money to the Trump family, so no benefit from invading.
Iran or Canada after that (depending on how you measure proven reserves)
And the US already took over Iraq, although it's debatable if the profits are greater than the lifetime disability payments to the US forces injured in the process.

[lightbird]

Also Guyana. The territory around the Essequibo_River (and the river itself) have been in dispute between Venezuela and Guyana. Lots of oil and gas resources - this is a way in there too.

[armiphlage]

But the border between Venezuela and East Venezuela is an 'artificially drawn line' that can easily be adjusted by His Biglyness, once ownership of Venezuela is returned to Exxon and Mobil's shareholders.

[lightbird]

exactly.

[elainegrey]

I know. BBC announcer said this was the 36th anniversary of Noriega being taken to the US. (Wikipedia: After ten days, Noriega surrendered on January 3, 1990.)

[ioplokon]

Operation Just Because... :(

[dewline]

Yep.

[siliconshaman]

It says something when I was initially wondering which news story...

Still, look at it this way. He's just committed treason in plain sight by declaring war without Congressional authorization.

It remains to be seen if anyone in DC has the balls to call him on it. Although it does answer the question whether the military will obey illegal orders or not.

[conuly]

DID he declare war? Or did he just send troops somewhere? We never seem to declare war, even though we sure fight a lot of them.

[siliconshaman]

That's one of those legal grey areas... he certainly committed an act of war, which can sometimes be considered an declaration. Either is an act of treason without Congressional Authority, and also a war crime.

But Trump seems to have decided fuck it, he's just going to commit crimes now.

[ioplokon]

One of those days where you check the news and go immediately back to bed.

[conuly]

I couldn't! I was at work! One of the women turns on the news every morning and I stood in her doorway saying "What the hell".

"You said a bad word!"

"Yes, I certainly did."

[kyrielle]

That is SUCH A MILD BAD WORD for this. SUCH a mild one.

[conuly]

I was too shocked and appalled to think of a better one.

Probably just as well - "hell" didn't upset her too much, but something more appropriate might well have.

[sabotabby]

JFC.

[dewline]

Yeah, this is a mess and a middle-finger message.

[kaffy_r]

There are no words. Well, there are some: illegal. invasion; banana republic; spineless congresscritters; liable legacy media ... you know those words.

Fuck.

That's another word.