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Andrew Yang: "Bringing Maduro to stand trial feels like a win for the region and the world."

Could be!

Could also be really bad.

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Wonder where that trial would be considering US doesn't recognize ICC

Southern district of New York

> Wonder where that trial would be considering US doesn't recognize ICC

It has nothing to do with ICC.

Maduro will be tried in New York and then in Florida. Those are the two places where prosecutors charged him, according to CNN.

Law of unintended consequences weighs heavy…

There is no unintended consequence. Regime change was the explicit consequence of wars in the Middle East, it was the intended consequence. It went very badly.

The intended consequence here is to demonstrate to an organized crime group that being part of the government does not mean they are safe. There is no other intention, it has worked.

So you’re backing the rapist, paedophile and fraudster again the criminal?

I have no idea who you are talking about. Politics isn't a team sport for me so I have no idea about the memes.

There are always unintended consequences... always.

No. It couldn't be. Not even a remote chance.

One possibility is that Maduro’s security detail, mostly Cuban counterintelligence, have access to damaging Epstein records. Epstein was in contact with Castro as of 2003 and was able to travel there despite sanction which would have prevented less-connected people.

FWIW, traveling to Cuba from the US (via flight from Canada, Mexico, or a dozen other convenient spots) has never been difficult, even for completely non-connected citizens.

https://theonion.com/this-war-will-destabilize-the-entire-mi...

Let’s do the same for Trump. Same base idea, right?

"If they didn't have double-standards, they wouldn't have any standards at all."

He used “I feel” language. He didn’t say it is or isn’t. Every small change, like a butterfly flapping its wings, can have profound negative effects in the future. Inaction too can have profound effects. It’s not a useful question imo other than to notice that radical changes are typically favored by progressives, while no change is favored by conservatives. Here we have an inversion of that, which to me is interesting.

He’s also angling for the Supreme shortlist.

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