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must be 'legally'...
Did they get it legally?***
I don't know much about the gold of Venezuela; early in this century Venezuela was the third richest country in this hemisphere. When Maduro came to power he recalled all of their gold, which they had stored in Europe - in Germany, IIRC.
How much that amount of gold was influenced by the drug trade and foreign operations, I don't know. If we take control of Venezuela and we take control of their oil and their gold, how much control do we exercise over their resources before we are accused of 'stealing'? ❓ Does it really matter since we are the 'bull in the china closet'?
Its been
47 years since the Ayatollah Khomeini took control of Iran in 1979.
Amir Tsrfati:
An intelligence report cited by The Times claims that Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has prepared a contingency plan to flee Tehran potentially to Moscow if nationwide unrest escalates and security forces begin to defect or disobey orders.
The report says the plan involves a small inner circle, pre-positioned assets abroad, and draws on the precedent of Bashar al-Assad’s flight to Russia, reflecting concerns about Khamenei’s declining health, isolation during recent protests, and fears that loyalty within the security apparatus could fracture amid mounting economic hardship and public anger.
(Joe Truzman on X)
