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ancianita

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6. It's important to know, and wikipedia explains a LOT more than msm tends to; it uses 66 source citations.
Wed Jan 7, 2026, 05:31 PM
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One perspective is that this info kinda takes the edge off Lawrence O'Donnell's claim that Cuba is "Rubio's dream", since Rubio would have to watch his back when trying to neutralize Cabello, whose oil trade with Cuba is probably written in stone.

The whole idea that trump could eradicate communism is a red meat line to his base; that he'd have to deal with peoples' movements or cartels' power in the Americas is beyond even his own people's ability -- Hegseth thinks he can deliver for fossil fuel oligarch, but the US military's lessons from Afghanistan seem to hold it back from embarking on what could turn into a forever guerilla war with Cabella's cartel people. Seems to me that oil company oligarchs seem to show some hesitancy over what would look like a long term unstable situation for obtaining VZ's oil.

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