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He was not duly elected. He was leader of a designated terrorist organization.

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I'm very confident that we did NOT break any international laws.

I think the reactions from the various European countries basically confirm that. They ALL talk about "following international law", and then specifically state they did not accept Maduro as the legitimate leader of Venezuela.

If he's NOT the legitimate head of state, then we didn't "legally" overthrow him. He didn't have a legal position to be deposed from, technically. And that also means he doesn't have diplomatic immunity or otherwise be afforded the customary protections that a legitimate ruler would have.

He WAS on the US Most Wanted list, so what we did was go in and apprehend him, and bring him to face trial here. That's NOT against International Law. As of now, we are NOT occupying Venezuela, nor are we continuing to engage in any type of military attack on that country.

If you look at the social media posts of the actual leaders of France, Britain and Germany, you see this:
France (Macron) is openly saying it was good. That's a country on the UN Security Council along with us.
Britain (Starmer) is more measured, saying they weren't involved, and they want some more information on what happened.
Germany (Merz) says it's "complex"

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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Saturday that Nicolas Maduro had "led his country to ruin" after the United States snatched the Venezuelan leader out of the country during a raid on Caracas.

Merz noted Germany had not recognised the last Venezuelan election as it was "rigged" and that Maduro had "played a problematic role in the region", including by "entangling Venezuela in the drug trade".

But he also said that the legal aspects of the US actions were "complex", and in general "the principles of international law must apply in relations between states".

"Political instability must not be allowed to arise in Venezuela now," Merz added.

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There is no war. There was the apprehension of a wanted criminal, that the rest of the world overwhelmingly acknowledges wasn't the legitimate ruler of Venezuela.
The resulting change in Venezuela is technically a side benefit, in that it now frees the country up to get new leadership.

This is getting downvoted, but it's correct. And if any country questions the authority of the US to do what we did, it's really all we need to say.

All of Europe, and most of the world, state that Maduro was not the legit ruler of Venezuela. Go look at the statements being released, almost all do put that in as disclaimer. And as such, he isn't afforded the same protections and immunity from prosecution that a legitimate ruler would have.

Who's next...

I dont think it's Cuba. This is more of an individual takedown, not a dedicated military invasion.

Who do we know that is in another country, that we could accuse of crimes and terrorism against the US, a single guy to take down?

Regarding other world leaders' reactions... reading between the lines, i think most support it.

You have the opposition from China, Iran, Russia and their circles.

From Europe, there's a lot of carefully worded statements; talking about international law, but at the same time stating they did not accept Maduro as legitimate ruler of Venezuela.
So at the end of the day, they will say the US came in and apprehended someone illegitimate who was facing US charges.
Which is legal.

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No. That’s why I stopped watching college basketball.

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I'm glad you mentioned that;

players leaving doesn't bother me, but the rules changes to make it "more exciting" killed a lot of my interest.

With college basketball, I'm old enough to remember the no shot clock, no 3 pt shot era. And I liked that style of play a lot more. There was a lot more skill involved with getting a good shot, a lot more strategy in offenses. And defenses could still force the tempo with presses and traps.

With football, some of the crap in the NFL, especially with the kickoff and extra points, bugs me the same way. And with college, dicking around with the clock is doing the same thing.
The sport was perfectly fine, no reason to frick with it. Football is meant to have touchbacks at the 20, kicks where you could run fakes, onside kicks that could be surprises. Going out of bounds stops the clock, and in college getting the first down stops it. That's the way it was played for a very long time, teams did all sorts of things to make the most of that.

Changing from that annoys me far more than seeing a different set of guys on the field, as long as they're still wearing the jerseys I know and love.

I think this is definitely something we (the US) need to watch. It's going down with or without our help, at this point.

Just completely from an apolitical point of view (Left or Right), that country is about to implode. Go search about water shortages, they have run out of water for Tehran. The reservoirs are dry, there are sinkholes appearing from where the ground is collapsing due to that. They are rationing water, shutting off access at night.
Imagine a city of 10 million where they shut the water off daily. That coupled with the collapse of the economy, people are going to reach a point where going down from a bullet might be considered more desirable than slowly dying in your apartment trying to behave.

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Dante Moore is only a sophmore

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There is talk that he could be a top five pick if he enters the draft this season.

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Anyone with rd 1-2 projections needs to come out immediately.

Let's not forget going into this season, the top projected QBs were Nussmeier, Klubnik, and Allar. Nussmeier would likely have gone high had he left last year, maybe higher than Shough did (2nd rd). At this point all three are probably going day 3.

TL,DR version- don't frick around if you can get drafted.

I have an S22 ultra. Using chrome.

Past few days, if I'm on a thread with embedded content (youtube etc), when I thumb scroll down, it freezes at that content and becomes unresponsive for about 3-5 seconds. Can't go down or back up. I have to shrink the browser to get past this, or wait

Indiana doesn't look great. They do look focused and prepared.

Alabama looks like they don't know what to do. I dont like that offensive scheme, same as what LSU ran. No aggression on the o line, just standing up into pass blocks. Even on the runs.