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markodochartaigh

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26. "If

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Fri Jan 23, 2026, 04:25 PM

Jan 23

an enemy is rich, they are greedy, if he is poor, they crave glory. Neither East nor West can sate their appetite. They are the only people on earth to covet wealth and poverty with equal craving. They plunder, they butcher, they ravish, and call it by the lying name of 'empire'. They make a desert and call it 'peace'".
Calgacus, reported by Tacitus, AD 84

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Two founding members of Board of Peace did not show up to the signing ceremony because they would be arrested [View all] LetMyPeopleVote Jan 22 OP

Can't wait for arrest warrants on shithole....................... Lovie777 Jan 22 #1

I 'might' or SHOULD BE arrested, if I had shown up--- Jack Valentino Jan 22 #18

Board of Peace wendyb-NC Jan 22 #2

As stated by others it is Bev54 Jan 22 #5

Men who are also bored of peace. tinrobot Jan 22 #16

There was one woman dressed in a red suit who was fawning all over djt. Wondered allegorical oracle Jan 22 #3

She is the President of Kosovo, Vjosa Osmani. Celerity Jan 22 #15

Kosovo Albanian leadership ethnically cleansed all Jews out of Kosovo from 1999 to the early 2000s. SunSeeker Jan 23 #20

It was Serbian, but the Kosovo Albanians zorbasd Jan 23 #22

It was the Kosovo Albanians who drove the Jews out of Albania during the 1990s war. SunSeeker Jan 23 #24

Life is soooooi unfair no_hypocrisy Jan 22 #4

Those two are on the Board of Peace doc03 Jan 22 #6

Named members of the so-called Board of Peace... Wikipedia has the most comprehensive reporting on this. ancianita Jan 22 #7

Whole lot of man-spreading going on, there. allegorical oracle Jan 22 #12

Seriously. Ain't no room for half the planet when the oligarch tools take over. ancianita Jan 22 #13

... orangecrush Jan 22 #8

! Marcuse Jan 22 #9

Bored of Peace. nt Xipe Totec Jan 22 #10

Like dingoes on the board of baby protection IronLionZion Jan 22 #11

I think Orwell saw the future - the dystopian future ....the title was just off by 40 years. OAITW r.2.0 Jan 22 #14

Trump lied, Putin has not joined yet. Celerity Jan 22 #17

What I found amazing with that news conference was.... William Gustafson Jan 22 #19

Yes "War Crimes" but Traitor is a War Cha Jan 23 #21

A board about rebuilding Gaza angrychair Jan 23 #23

Why can't we have Chump arrested at the airport? FakeNoose Jan 23 #25

"If markodochartaigh Jan 23 #26

So is "Wendi" posting fake news? onenote Jan 23 #27

Putin wants to use frozen Russian funds to pay Russia's $1 billion contribution if the rest is released to Putin LetMyPeopleVote Jan 23 #28

Irony Deficient! n/t aggiesal Jan 23 #29

And yet the founding member and chair dickthegrouch Jan 23 #30

Nothing says "board of peace" like having two founding members not show up to the signing ceremony LetMyPeopleVote Jan 23 #31

The Despot's Club moondust Jan 23 #32

Trump could 'pardon' them like he did for that prisoner in Colorado. Norrrm Jan 23 #33

Netanyahu skips Trump's Board of Peace ceremony over fears of arrest in Switzerland for Gaza war crimes. LetMyPeopleVote Jan 24 #34

Putin is asking trump to unfreeze Russian assets so that Russian can pay Board of Peace membership fee LetMyPeopleVote Jan 24 #35