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Posted by: Michael Ixer
Date/Time: 05/01/26 16:58:00

Steven. Maduro wasn't a very savoury character. However, I think it sets a worrying precedent. On that basis, shouldn't the EU remove the dictator who suppressed the opposition in Belarus during the last election. It also seems odd that the Venezuelan VP, who one is assumed to be tainted by her association with Maduro, is considered preferable to the opposition Nobel Peace Price winner - although I see social media posts from the US saying he's upset that she stole his prize!

In my opinion, it's very much about the oil and other resources. Drugs are a problem but why attack Venezuela rather than, say, Columbia, and why pardon the Honduras President for sending cocaine to the US? Anyway, wasn't Fentanyl developed by a US pharmaceutical company who claimed it wasn't addictive, which sparked the addiction crisis; I don't think anyone involved in that scandal went to prison? I find it all inconsistent and puzzling! There's a suggestions that US oil companies might not want to invest in developing Venezuela's oil at the moment because of current low prices; after all, renewables are the future ...

I think, with regard to Greenland, Denmark provides its defence so any discussions would need to involve the Danish government as well as Greenland's.

It's also interesting that President Trump expresses a desire to take over Canada and Greenland but ignores the territories of St. Pierre and Miquelon. Is that because France is a nuclear power?


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Trump in the Atlantic yesterday05/01/26 10:09:00 David Ainsworth
   Re:Trump in the Atlantic yesterday05/01/26 11:28:00 Ivonne Holliday
      Reply05/01/26 11:51:00 Michael Ixer
      Reply05/01/26 11:52:00 Sue Hammond
         Be afraid05/01/26 12:09:00 David Ainsworth
            Re:Be afraid05/01/26 14:51:00 John Hawkes
            Reply05/01/26 17:49:00 Sue Hammond
         Re:Reply05/01/26 12:16:00 Ivonne Holliday
            Re:Re:Reply05/01/26 17:56:00 Sue Hammond
         Re:Reply05/01/26 14:34:00 John Hawkes
            Reply05/01/26 15:00:00 Michael Ixer
               Re:Reply05/01/26 15:46:00 Ivonne Holliday
                  Re:Re:Reply05/01/26 16:03:00 Steven Rose
                     Reply05/01/26 16:58:00 Michael Ixer
                        Re:Reply05/01/26 17:40:00 Ivonne Holliday
                        Re:Reply06/01/26 12:04:00 John Hawkes
                           Reply06/01/26 17:22:00 Michael Ixer
                              Re:Reply06/01/26 18:38:00 David Ainsworth
                                 Reply06/01/26 18:47:00 Michael Ixer
               From the heart of MAGA05/01/26 15:58:00 David Ainsworth
                  Re:From the heart of MAGA05/01/26 18:44:00 Steven Rose
                     Reply05/01/26 20:16:00 Michael Ixer
                     Might makes right apparently05/01/26 21:33:00 David Ainsworth
                        Re:Might makes right apparently06/01/26 14:13:00 John Hawkes
                  Re:From the heart of MAGA06/01/26 13:44:00 John Hawkes
            Reply05/01/26 18:33:00 Sue Hammond
               Re:Reply05/01/26 22:12:00 Steven Rose
                  5 years ago tomorrow05/01/26 22:49:00 David Ainsworth
   Reply05/01/26 22:45:00 Michael Ixer
      Re:Reply05/01/26 23:22:00 Gerry Boyce
      Re:Reply05/01/26 23:30:00 Jonathan Callaway
      Re:Reply05/01/26 23:34:00 Steven Rose
         Re:Re:Reply05/01/26 23:58:00 Steven Rose
         Re:Re:Reply06/01/26 00:19:00 David Ainsworth
         Re:Re:Reply06/01/26 00:39:00 David Ainsworth
            Re:Re:Re:Reply06/01/26 00:54:00 David Ainsworth
         Reply06/01/26 01:32:00 Michael Ixer
            "A dog’s obeyed in office"06/01/26 09:18:00 David Ainsworth
               Re:"A dog’s obeyed in office"07/01/26 11:42:00 John Hawkes
            Re:Reply06/01/26 09:23:00 Steven Rose
               Re:Re:Reply06/01/26 10:03:00 Ivonne Holliday
               Reply06/01/26 10:33:00 Michael Ixer
                  Handy Dandy06/01/26 10:48:00 David Ainsworth
                     Reply06/01/26 11:56:00 Michael Ixer
                     Re:Handy Dandy07/01/26 12:51:00 John Hawkes
                        Re:Re:Handy Dandy07/01/26 13:27:00 Robert Wheeler
   Reply07/01/26 13:49:00 Michael Ixer
      Re:Reply07/01/26 14:20:00 Robert Wheeler
         Re:Re:Reply07/01/26 14:58:00 Gerry Boyce
            Re:Re:Re:Reply07/01/26 15:03:00 John Hawkes
         Re:Re:Reply07/01/26 15:01:00 John Hawkes

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