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		hippo22 11 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional... If you use War on Terror as justification, then why not use War on Drugs? How many citizens have died due to illegal drugs? How many lives have been ruined?

emodendroket 11 days ago | [–]

I would say it is pretty hard to take that seriously as a justification when they’re also letting Juan Orlando Hernandez go.

bdangubic 11 days ago | [–]

except there is no war on drugs - quite the contrary - https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/02/trum...

and if you were serious about war on drugs you’d start in America, not Venezuela

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