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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Subject: Re: Kuwait Air Defenses Down US Jets
Date: 03/03/26 1:22 PM
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But they didn't personally get any ass-kicking. This was an incredibly well-done, but incredibly narrow operation. They took Maduro and killed a few dozen security staff....and that's it. Because that's all Trump wanted to do - take out Maduro, claim victory, and leave everything else unchanged.

Let's ask this guy:

A Venezuelan security guard, who was on duty during the US operation to capture the country's leader Nicolas Maduro, has revealed what transpired during Operation Absolute Resolve on January 3. Reshared by White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on X, a post, quoting an interview with the guard, detailed what the guard called a “massacre.”

“It was a massacre. We were hundreds, but we had no chance,” the Venezuelan guard said. “They (US forces) were shooting with such precision and speed, it seemed like each soldier was firing 300 rounds per minute. We couldn't do anything.”


He sounds eager for a Round 2.

Therefore, there is literally nothing currently existing among the people that can serve as the nucleus for any kind of resistance - which makes incredibly long odds that they could ever overcome an entrenched, organized, well-armed, and ruthless military trying to hold onto power.

The Iran National Council might be somebody to work with.

It's not up to them.

Yes, it is. Today we blew up the people who were going to pick Khamanei's successor. The Mullahocracy is running out of people to sit in chairs. If the Iranian people want to go for it, now is the time. It's totally up to them.

The people don't get to decide, because the people don't have the guns.

Who knew you were a Second Amendment supporter? :)
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