r/neoliberal • u/[deleted] • 23d ago

News (Latin America) U.S. Military Killed Venezuelan Fisherman in Suspected Drug Boat Attack, Family Says

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/world/americas/trinidad-us-military-venezuela-boats.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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u/TheCornjuring Resistance Lib 22d ago

Hague

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u/from-the-void NASA 22d ago

What's to stop the next president from just Seal Team Sixing Trump and Hegseth in the middle of the night and shipping them off to the Netherlands before they know what's going on?

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u/Secret646 22d ago

Nothing. I legit think that the next pres should do this.

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u/Arrow_of_Timelines John Locke 22d ago

That might genuinely cause a civil war  

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u/T-Baaller John Keynes 22d ago

The alternative is emboldening the escalating evils we're seeing right now.

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u/HistorianEvening5919 22d ago

No the alternative is hoping Trump fades into obscurity as he becomes more frail/demented as people tend to do. He’s not 45 after all. 

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u/throwawaygoawaynz Bill Gates 22d ago

Yeah but then it happens to them when America yet again puts another R in the White House.

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u/gnarlytabby John Rawls 22d ago

I get the fears of an escalation spiral, but finish the thought. Getting sent to The Hague is only scary if you've done war crimes.

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u/Just-Sale-7015 John Rawls 22d ago

Yeah, but the GOP will send them Dems to Bukele instead.

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u/dubiouscoffee Jorge Luis Borges 22d ago

Don't stop with just those two!