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cab67

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2. I respectfully disagree.

Reply to obamanut2012 (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 10, 2025, 12:11 PM

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I've been to Venezuela.

I have a good friend and (scientific) collaborator from that country who had to flee Venezuela in the middle of the night with his family. Being an academic, he was being targeted by the Maduro government. He made it to Colombia in time.

I have no respect for what Trump is trying to do with Venezuela. He should be tried for war crimes. So should the Secretary of Defense and any military personnel who opened fire on Venezuelan boats. But Maduro is not a good guy.

I don't want Trump to invade, but opposition to Maduro is a rational point of view, and those who openly oppose him in Venezuela are putting their lives at risk.

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