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I am being serious, but I don't know if you are. Look at the long-term outcomes in those countries, how it played out.

It develops pretty quick now. If you follow the news you already start to glimpse that I was spot on and it sounds like you try to move the goalposts now. Don't worry tho I'll take the high road.

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.

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

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

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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