You think Trump will try to take over Venezuela. Why? They broke from Columbia and many thought Maduro was a Christian. He became that same sort of dictator that Trump wants to be. Why would America be taking over Venezuela?

@DenoPenno Something to do with the world's largest oil reserves, more than Saudi Arabia.

That door is wide open already

@puff That door was simply cracked open a little compared to what it is now. Now the Ukranians and Palestinians have no chance at all ... and neither do a lot of us.

@Lauren Ukrainian's should have accepted military neutrality thus peace early 2022. The USA/ NATO were always going to cut and run for the mission for them was always to weaken the Russian Federation. A destroyed country with 100's of thousand's dead is the result of rejecting this peace which is Biden 100% and the USA and NATO are now the ones weakened ie a total disaster that Ukrainian's have paid for in blood. Russia was always going to win militarily (pure logistics), regardless who held the US presidency.
The USA is beholden to Israel is a blanket statement, no need to be party affiliated. Their aggression will destroy themselves, aggression enabled by unquestioned US support. If the US tempered Israeli aggression, the nation may have been saved. It is an economic and cultural ruin now.
The Jewish state will fail, to be replaced by a secular one. The people who inhabit the land will be called Palestinians, people of all faiths and ethnic backgrounds. No religion will be allowed to dominate. Because all religions are incapable of sharing in the Holy land.
Symbolically, the fall of the Israeli experiment is reflective of the fall of the American Empire. Trump will need to find the US's place in a multipolar world.

@puff Putin has been losing power all along and it's only this infusion of military, weapons, and money from Trump that will give him the power to complete what he set out to do, which is to re-absorb Ukraine and use it as a stepping stone to other countries he intends to acquire ... countries which also have a vested interest in keeping Putin at bay. You don't get to decide whether a peoples get to keep their independence and autonomy, and certainly not when they should agree to the euphamistic "military neutrality" just because it's convenient to you.

Thanks in part to Trump, the Jewish state will not fail but will continue being ruled by a madman authoritarian just like we now will.

@Lauren Your information on Russia is not complete. Your point is taken, but why was NATO allowed to decide regarding military alliances? Has it turned out NATO plans to absorb Ukraine has increased European security and peace?
Look at your propaganda eh which is it? Is Putin/ Russia so weak he needs help to win Ukraine? Or is he threatening the rest of Europe?
Can't be both. And with NATO nations depleting their ammo supplies for Ukraine, this tells me they see no Russian threat either. Otherwise they would be stockpiling ammo.

I absolutely understand how you feel - I'll slap their other cheek!

I don’t know about the toxic positivity thing, but I’ve been reading up on stoicism and the various behavioral therapies before last night. I need something to keep me sane if not positive. Winter is truly coming now. I have also been reading Katherine May on Wintering for what that’s worth. Fucking hell.

@Lauren Thank you kindred spirit!!

@Redheadedgammy You're very welcome! Each other is all we have left