US launches strikes against Venezuela, captures Maduro

[crimsonaudio]

Venezuela latest: Trump says US has 'captured' President Maduro in strikes on country - latest

The US president says Maduro and his wife have been "flown out of the country", as Venezuela declares a national emergency.

www.bbc.com

 

[92tide]

this is going to be a complete crap show

 

[selmaborntidefan]

Those Epstein files must really be bad.

 

[DzynKingRTR]

this is going to be a complete crap show

Just think, everyone will soon have zero debt. We will have zero life too, but at least we won't have the far left in charge.

 

[81usaf92]

Those Epstein files must really be bad.

Please tell me I’m watching Wag the Dog and we didn’t just carry out a military operation that could be considered an act of unprovoked aggression.

 

[92tide]

Please tell me I’m watching Wag the Dog and we didn’t just carry out a military operation that could be considered an act of unprovoked aggression.

they totally provoked us. ask steven miller and marco rubio

 

[selmaborntidefan]

Please tell me I’m watching Wag the Dog and we didn’t just carry out a military operation that could be considered an act of unprovoked aggression.

That was my immediate thought.

And did we actually capture Maduro?

It's not like this President didn't recently LIE about having the shooter at Brown University in custody or about the FBI being there at a time they were not.

I understand that every politician lies.
I even understand politicians and military planners HAVE TO LIE about things, even if they come clean later.

Problem is, this rat hair wearing convicted felon has used this same modus operandi his entire life, courtesy of Roy Cohn. "You're accused? Accuse them and create a distraction."

He's acting more like Saddam Hussein than like a US President.

 

[bamaga]

Donald Trump to Russia and China-

DO AS I SAY, NOT AS I DO!

 

[bamaga]

BTW, SEAL Team 6 are some Baaaaad Operators. It’s good to know we have such capabilities. A snatch and grab in a very hostile environment without no casualties.

 

[bamaga]

Venezuela latest: Trump says US has 'captured' President Maduro in strikes on country - latest

The US president says Maduro and his wife have been "flown out of the country", as Venezuela declares a national emergency.

www.bbc.com

This was a law enforcement action, not a military operation. THE carrier how blue lights and siren.

 

[Tidewater]

My question is what is the follow-on?
Military occupation of the entire country until they have an honest election? Arrest and imprisonment of Maduro and leave Venezuelans to run their country as they wish?
I suspect it is the latter because the former will be a mess and I seriously doubt the Army is postured to execute this.

 

[Bazza]

The only persons not happy, are non-Venezuelans......

 

[selmaborntidefan]

My question is what is the follow-on?

Yes, but you (like I) am burdened with the outcomes based reality of military service and how crap like this can go sideways. Corporal Bone Spurs thinks "order arms" is something you do at a cannibal restaurant.

Before I was on active duty, I asked my Dad (retired E-9) in 1991 why we didn't just "take out" Saddam Hussein, admittedly a quite common question back then. He looked at me and said, "Okay, and then what do you do? Taking him out is the easy part." I later read a biography of GHW Bush that said while he would have been okay if Saddam had been an "almost accidental casualty" in an attack, he had no desire to turn the man into an Arab martyr or - worse - deploy US troops on the ground to keep order in the country for the next 25 years.

And as we learned when his boy took us back, it wasn't the smartest thing we've ever done.

 

[Bazza]

 

[bamaga]

My question is what is the follow-on?
Military occupation of the entire country until they have an honest election? Arrest and imprisonment of Maduro and leave Venezuelans to run their country as they wish?
I suspect it is the latter because the former will be a mess and I seriously doubt the Army is postured to execute this.

This exactly. The U.S. doesn’t want Venezuela, regardless of the Pottery Barn rule. Many , if not most Venezuelan migrants are dancing in the streets this morning. I had one tell me last month, that Maduro has no friends and no one will really grieve his demise. The question really becomes the power vacuum. Does Machada rise to power? Or does one of Maduro’s followers rise to power with a grudge against the U.S.

Surely, we had a plan and exit strategy!

 

[Huckleberry]

NYT Gift Article

Trump’s Attack on Venezuela Is Illegal and Unwise​

Washington Post gift link

Justice in Venezuela​

The next challenge is setting the country up for long-term success.






Two very different opinions.

 

[Huckleberry]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2007464472265257295

FOX & FRIENDS: What do you see as the future of Venezuela's oil industry?

TRUMP: Well I see that we're gonna be very strongly involved in it. That's all. What can I say. We have the greatest oil companies in the world.

 

[bamaga]

The only persons not happy, are non-Venezuelans......

This is true. I have 10 Venezuelans that work for me. They are telling me it’s New Years Eve all over again, with no thought of what comes next.

 

[Bazza]

This is true. I have 10 Venezuelans that work for me. They are telling me it’s New Years Eve all over again, with no thought of what comes next.

This also helps Ukraine because it will reduce oil going to Putin.....

 

[Bazza]

This makes me happy.........