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0 pointsSideburnsOfDoom5mo ago0 comments

I'll repeat, we don't know the long term outcome yet. Years not hours are what matters. The track record is very poor.

> you try to move the goalposts now

I do not agree. Long-term outcomes are what matter to the ordinary people in these countries, regardless of what scores points for internet posters today. Guessing outcomes today is very premature.

> I was spot on ... I'll take the high road.

What a smug and self-contradicting statement. This is no longer a serious conversation, have a good day.

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varjag5mo ago· 2 in thread

Notice how I said nothing about long-term outcomes yet you insist on arguing in those terms. Have a nice day.

thunderfork5mo ago

What kind of non-long-term outcomes are worth looking at?

jeltz5mo ago

If you read the original comment I think he only cares about the effects on Trump, not on Venezuela. People in Venezuela will likely celebrate in the streets which will bolster Trump to keep doing stupid things. The backlash will come in a couple of years for the Venezuelan people and the world but then Trump will have been able to fuck up more things.

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