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RoeVWade

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5. Anyone see a problem or a difference between

Reply to RoeVWade (Original post)

Mon Jan 5, 2026, 08:43 AM

Jan 5

"We demand you stop drug trafficking or else!"

Vs

"We demand access to your oil or else!"

And even if it's a coup, don't you start addressing things through international law or some law instead of rogue demands as we're not at war, or are we? Even war has laws for that matter. Or what the fuck is going on? Same thing I say everyday with Trump.

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