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sheshe2

(97,914 posts) Sun Apr 12, 2026, 10:24 PM Apr 12

"I do believe I'll be the honor of -- having the honor of taking Cuba,"

The U.S. just killed five more people in its latest boat strikes. The death toll of these extrajudicial killings is almost 170 civilians.

And more deaths are on the horizon.

Pentagon Reveals Attacks in Latin America Are Just the Beginning

theintercept.com/2026/03/23/t...

The U.S. just killed five more people in its latest boat strikes. The death toll of these extrajudicial killings is almost 170 civilians.

And more deaths are on the horizon.

Pentagon Reveals Attacks in Latin America Are Just the Beginning
theintercept.com/2026/03/23/t...
— Nick Turse (@nickturse.bsky.social) 2026-04-13T00:02:40.585Z

Pentagon Reveals Attacks in Latin America Are Just the Beginning

With “Operation Total Extermination” and Trump’s threats against Cuba, expect more U.S. military strikes in the region.

As the Trump administration continues to bombard Iran, a top Pentagon official revealed that U.S. wars in the Western Hemisphere are also expanding, unveiling an effort dubbed “Operation Total Extermination.”

Attacks on Latin American drug cartels are “just the beginning” Joseph Humire, the acting assistant secretary of war for homeland defense and Americas security affairs, told members of the House Armed Services Committee last week.

Humire indicated that many more strikes in Latin America are on the horizon. The comments came a day after President Donald Trump again teased American annexation of Cuba. “I do believe I’ll be the honor of — having the honor of taking Cuba,” Trump said last week. “Whether I free it, take it, I think I can do anything I want with it.”

https://theintercept.com/2026/03/23/trump-operation-total-extermination-ecuador-colombia-cuba/

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"I do believe I'll be the honor of -- having the honor of taking Cuba," (Original Post) sheshe2 Apr 12 OP

Repukes do your damned job & get this lunatic out of office! SheltieLover Apr 12 #1

And, the Military.... why are they obeying Cha Apr 12 #3

We Mustn't Overlook Military MAGA... WizumbODaSage Apr 12 #7

Great question, Cha! SheltieLover Apr 12 #11

Aloha, Sheltie..🌺 Cha Apr 12 #14

This must be said over and over. Every stain is on their hands. Maru Kitteh Monday #21

Absolutely! "Justice Remembers" Cha Monday #24

Cholesterol, blood pressure, heart attack and a stroke could help as well. sheshe2 Apr 12 #8

Any or all possibilities from Orrex's threads would work! SheltieLover Apr 12 #12

SICKENINGLY HEARTBREAKING. Cha Apr 12 #2

Every damn day he is at it. sheshe2 Apr 12 #10

And, We're Fighting Back Every Damn Day! Cha Apr 12 #13

I miss that man so very much, Cha. sheshe2 Apr 12 #15

"When you're a star they let you do it. You can do anything." tanyev Apr 12 #4

Gotta Put a Foot In It To Win It! WizumbODaSage Apr 12 #9

Rapist mentality leftstreet Apr 12 #5

courtesy of the "pro-life Christian" party Skittles Apr 12 #6

And the peace 'Resident. sheshe2 Monday #20

"I always briefly feel better after killing somebody" struggle4progress Apr 12 #16

Total extermination of whom? 2naSalit Apr 12 #17

Will he lead 'the charge' ??? Jack Valentino Apr 12 #18

This is on the ENTIRE republican party and the republican-controlled news BComplex Monday #19

This this this. IcyPeas Monday #25

"Operation Total Extermination"?! Like "The Final Solution"?? ColoringFool Monday #22

Yeah. No shit. calimary Monday #23

SheltieLover

(81,229 posts)

1. Repukes do your damned job & get this lunatic out of office!

Reply to sheshe2 (Original post)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 10:26 PM

Apr 12

Cha

(319,586 posts)

3. And, the Military.... why are they obeying

Reply to SheltieLover (Reply #1)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 10:33 PM

Apr 12

Illegal orders with War Crimes, Killing Civilians.!?

WizumbODaSage

(39 posts)

7. We Mustn't Overlook Military MAGA...

Reply to Cha (Reply #3)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 10:43 PM

Apr 12

... aided & abetted by JAG lawyers like Lindsay Graham was... "atrocity whisperers" who will nurse illegal orders through the chain with favorable interpretations of Trump's criminality.

SheltieLover

(81,229 posts)

11. Great question, Cha!

Reply to Cha (Reply #3)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 10:50 PM

Apr 12

Mahalo & aloha. 🌺

Cha

(319,586 posts)

14. Aloha, Sheltie..🌺

Reply to SheltieLover (Reply #11)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 11:00 PM

Apr 12

Mahalo to you ☮️🌻🕯️🕊️💜🌈🌊

Maru Kitteh

(31,874 posts)

21. This must be said over and over. Every stain is on their hands.

Reply to Cha (Reply #3)

Mon Apr 13, 2026, 01:04 AM

Monday

And justice remembers.

Cha

(319,586 posts)

24. Absolutely! "Justice Remembers"

Reply to Maru Kitteh (Reply #21)

Mon Apr 13, 2026, 01:48 AM

Monday

Molte Bene, Maru. 💔☮️🌻🕯️🕊️💜🌈🌊

sheshe2

(97,914 posts)

8. Cholesterol, blood pressure, heart attack and a stroke could help as well.

Reply to SheltieLover (Reply #1)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 10:44 PM

Apr 12

SheltieLover

(81,229 posts)

12. Any or all possibilities from Orrex's threads would work!

Reply to sheshe2 (Reply #8)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 10:51 PM

Apr 12

Cha

(319,586 posts)

2. SICKENINGLY HEARTBREAKING.

Reply to sheshe2 (Original post)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 10:30 PM

Apr 12

sheshe2

(97,914 posts)

10. Every damn day he is at it.

Reply to Cha (Reply #2)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 10:48 PM

Apr 12

He is taking America apart one step at a time.

Cha

(319,586 posts)

13. And, We're Fighting Back Every Damn Day!

Reply to sheshe2 (Reply #10)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 10:57 PM

Apr 12

Like Pres Obama Encouraged us..

Most of all, it’s a testament to the resilience and determination of the Hungarian people — and a reminder to all of us to keep striving for fairness, equality and the rule of law.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=21169792

☮️🌻🕯️🕊️💜🌈🌊

sheshe2

(97,914 posts)

15. I miss that man so very much, Cha.

Reply to Cha (Reply #13)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 11:06 PM

Apr 12

I was able to sleep at night for 8 years and not feel tense 24 hours a day.

tanyev

(49,420 posts)

4. "When you're a star they let you do it. You can do anything."

Reply to sheshe2 (Original post)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 10:35 PM

Apr 12

For all the flip flops and endlessly changing explanations that come out of Donald’s mouth, there are a few things on which he remains remarkably consistent.

😒

WizumbODaSage

(39 posts)

9. Gotta Put a Foot In It To Win It!

Reply to tanyev (Reply #4)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 10:47 PM

Apr 12

Nothing Beats a Fail Like a Try. 80 years old and ONLY 34 convictions.

leftstreet

(41,066 posts)

5. Rapist mentality

Reply to sheshe2 (Original post)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 10:38 PM

Apr 12

Rapist talk

Get this guy the F*CK out of office

Skittles

(172,172 posts)

6. courtesy of the "pro-life Christian" party

Reply to sheshe2 (Original post)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 10:40 PM

Apr 12

sheshe2

(97,914 posts)

20. And the peace 'Resident.

Reply to Skittles (Reply #6)

Mon Apr 13, 2026, 12:57 AM

Monday

struggle4progress

(126,443 posts)

16. "I always briefly feel better after killing somebody"

Reply to sheshe2 (Original post)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 11:11 PM

Apr 12

What happens when an angry vindictive psychopath can do what he likes without consequence?

2naSalit

(103,328 posts)

17. Total extermination of whom?

Reply to sheshe2 (Original post)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 11:11 PM

Apr 12

Jack Valentino

(5,143 posts)

18. Will he lead 'the charge' ???

Reply to sheshe2 (Original post)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 11:25 PM

Apr 12

I doubt it....

And Teddy Roosevelt, when he became President,
turned out to be a 'progressive'... quite likely among the last Republicans who WERE such....

BComplex

(9,938 posts)

19. This is on the ENTIRE republican party and the republican-controlled news

Reply to sheshe2 (Original post)

Mon Apr 13, 2026, 12:52 AM

Monday

throughout the United States, and covered by the totally corrupt republican supreme court members.

This is the world republicans have worked toward for decades.