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11. unfortunately, we have to pay for that coal if we want it

Thu Dec 25, 2025, 10:06 PM

Dec 25

i'd rather pay the welsh for it than trump or an oligarch.

of musk needs something in greenland, why not buy it? isn't that what billions are for?

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So apparently under the foreign policy doctrine of [View all] moniss Dec 24 OP

anyone can play with the same justification rampartd Dec 24 #1

Indeed but from the standpoint of moniss Dec 24 #2

we all know that trump will whine about anything rampartd Dec 24 #3

Tell that to Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Ukraine maxrandb Dec 25 #9

i can not order an air strike in venezuela or anywhere else rampartd Dec 25 #10

Putin murders more Christians in an hour maxrandb Dec 25 #12

bombing the kremlin would not be prudent. rampartd Dec 25 #13

Let's steal Ireland, France, England. Irish_Dem Dec 25 #4

Even the Welsh? nt moniss Dec 25 #5

Wales is its own country. I said England, not UK. Irish_Dem Dec 25 #6

No I know but I thought maybe since moniss Dec 25 #7

Hell yes. All the coal in wales belongs to the US. Irish_Dem Dec 25 #8

unfortunately, we have to pay for that coal if we want it rampartd Dec 25 #11

When you are a plundering psychopath dictator you pay for nothing. Irish_Dem Dec 26 #14

They socialize the liabilities and costs, privatize the profits. Irish_Dem Dec 26 #16