TrustedFeline [she/her, comrade/them]

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Cake day: March 19th, 2025

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  • They were military and security personnel (who had every right to be there, cooperating on defensive measures).

    «Nuestras condolencias al Pdte. Díaz Canel, al gobierno y al glorioso pueblo de Cuba. ¡Vuelen alto, combatientes! Su ejemplo queda sembrado en la tierra sagrada de Simón Bolívar como ejemplo de valentía y dignidad», expresó la presidenta encargada.

    «La República Bolivariana de Venezuela rinde homenaje a los 32 combatientes cubanos que ofrendaron su vida cumpliendo su deber, en el marco de misiones de cooperación y defensa, como consecuencia del ataque criminal e infame perpetrado por el Gobierno de los Estados Unidos contra territorio venezolano en la madrugada del 3 de enero de 2026», expresaba el comunicado oficial emitido por el gobierno venezolano.

    El comunicado especificaba que «este personal actuaba en el marco de la cooperación entre Estados soberanos y se encontraban cumpliendo tareas de protección y defensa institucional». Venezuela reconoció la actuación de los cubanos en el ejercicio de su profesión, en los que distingue «la valentía, la disciplina y el compromiso inquebrantable con la paz y la estabilidad regional».

    https://www.telesurtv.net/venezuela-cuba-muertos-ataque-eeuu/

    They were martyrs. The government of venezuela is specifically calling them combatants,


  • Fortunately by that time, I already fell out of the libertarian pipeline, after realizing it was just fascism with extra steps. The rise of the anti-sjw stuff then pushed me away and made it clear they were never serious about supporting gays with guns growing weed.

    Sidenote: It’s fucking insane how my early views on American empire were informed by Ron Paul. He was the only person who would bring up CIA coups in Guatemala and Iran, or how the US supported Saddam du8rring the Iran-Iraq war. He talked about the drug war, and how much violence that spread through latin america. He was the only person saying that Al Qaeda had political reasons for terrorism, it wasn’t just random anti-western violence. I learned the term “Blowback” from him. I think I even read Manufacturing Consent because of him. But I conveniently ignored all of his christofascist views, since that could be chalked up to “states’ rights”. Yes, I was dumb