I think what’s difficult to grasp is how easy they kidnapped Maduro. If it’s as easy as a few months of training, simulation and intelligence and then just do it, how is it possible that none of the other much worse world leaders have not had this happen to them until now? Has this ever even happened in recent history?

You’re telling me the US had the capability to eliminate any of the worst ones in much more problematic countries and chose not to because there was no oil in it for them? That’s a grim thought.

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    North korea didn’t have them for the longest time. None of the middle east countries have them to this day. I wonder if Rusia would even retaliate like that, I suspect not.

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      pakistan has nukes, and they never signed on to the nuclear nonproliferation treaty. not that that matters anymore…

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        Does pakistan have a particularly problematic leader? Or why are we taking about them?

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            But Pakistan isn’t in the middle east.

            The only middle eastern country with nukes is Israel.

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                Technically you are right, but we already know the us is in love with Israel so them having nukes would have no effect on the hypothetical situation of clearing out the trash in that particular country.

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      It has had a lot of artillery pointed at South Korea for quite a while, so I guess that helps.