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Ponietz

(4,164 posts)
Thu Nov 13, 2025, 07:45 PM Yesterday

Hegseth announces military operation to remove 'narco-terrorists from our Hemisphere'- live

Source: The Guardian

A massing of forces in the region have prompted widespread speculation that military action against Venezuela are imminent
Is US preparing to attack Venezuela and how has Maduro regime responded?
Pentagon’s largest warship enters Latin American waters as US tensions with Venezuela rise

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/nov/13/donald-trump-jeffrey-epstein-files-us-government-shutdown-latest-news-updates



Wag the dog. Here it is. No real surprise.
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Hegseth announces military operation to remove 'narco-terrorists from our Hemisphere'- live (Original Post) Ponietz Yesterday OP
That didn't take long Blues Heron Yesterday #1
Hedwig says Venezuela, I hear Grenada... wcmagumba Yesterday #2
EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN!!! poli-junkie Yesterday #3
Remember the Maine AND Easterncedar Yesterday #4
Look at the sparkly spinning jewel. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Yesterday #5
"narco-terrorists" Bayard Yesterday #6
That is a Declaration of War. James48 Yesterday #7
Without Congress purr-rat beauty Yesterday #9
Military? Ya gonna let them pimp you too? purr-rat beauty Yesterday #8

Easterncedar

(5,271 posts)
4. Remember the Maine AND
Thu Nov 13, 2025, 07:58 PM
Yesterday

Gulf of Tonkin, Grenada, weapons of mass destruction in Iraq (Do NOT look at the Saudis). Weak republicans are always hot for the distraction of destruction

5. Look at the sparkly spinning jewel.
Thu Nov 13, 2025, 08:17 PM
Yesterday

Don't watch the real threat to democracy -- T***p's BFF. And the TangerineMan himself.

Bayard

(27,774 posts)
6. "narco-terrorists"
Thu Nov 13, 2025, 09:01 PM
Yesterday

Prove it. They keep destroying any evidence.

This is the admin's, Weapons of Mass Destruction.

James48

(5,048 posts)
7. That is a Declaration of War.
Thu Nov 13, 2025, 09:35 PM
Yesterday

He just issued the equivalent of a declaration of war, allowing the U.S. to blow up any boat any time in the general area. Where U.S. Congress to check this???

purr-rat beauty

(828 posts)
8. Military? Ya gonna let them pimp you too?
Thu Nov 13, 2025, 10:31 PM
Yesterday

Don't let these pervs, molesters, and rapists conform you into their cult.

WE WILL REMEMBER

My guess is....some big ass brass is in the files

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