Venezuela - US Conflict: News, Updates

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[Hamartia Antidote]

1959, four months after leading a successful revolution in Cuba, Fidel Castro began an 11-day visit to the United States.

11-day visit! Castro wanted to be a US ally, rejected and had to go Communist.

That's not what happened...and you know it.

He didn't show up in the US on some state visit...he came over for some interview with the American Society of Newspaper Editors.

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Fidel Castro Speaks at Harvard In 1959​

 

[RescueRanger]

Not OT btw.

 

[sphinxpasha]

Wouldn't surprise me in the least we know as much about their systems as they do. And, found ways to defeat.

Will agree in principle there was inside assistance.

The Chinese AD radars have been proved sub optimal time and again. Waiting to see how Taiwan invasion stacks up, since US has high stakes in Taiwan.

 

[wangdefa]

The Chinese AD radars have been proved sub optimal time and again. Waiting to see how Taiwan invasion stacks up, since US has high stakes in Taiwan.

Yes, the Americans can pay the insider and everyone to act against the president, but they can't pay the radar operator because he's operating the Chinese radar. Please keep your voice down. Don't let the operator know.

 

[Khansaheeb]

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[LeGenD]

So what else is NEW? US & her allies did use overwhelming force to "fix" things post 9/11. How did that work out for them in the long run?

Cold War era threats were nuetralized

- Al-Qaeda Network dismantled (Operation Enduring Freedom)
- Saddam regime in Iraq dismantled (Operation Iraqi Freedom)
- Qaddafi regime in Libyq dismantled (Operation Odyssey Dawn)
- Assad regime in Syria dismantled with support of Israel and Turkey (Shadow Warfare)

Israel have become a regional power

The Axis of Resistance is degraded with support of Israel in a series of operations. Iranian defenses and nuclear infrastructure were struck and degraded (Operation Rising Lion; Operation Midnight Hammer). These developments have paved way for Israel to become a regional power.

Iraqi and Syrian political landscape is rebooted

Saddam regime in Iraq was dismantled followed by the Assad regime in Syria as noted above. The ISIL movement across Iraq and Syria was crippled (Operation Inherent Resolve). Iran-backed groups in Iraq were struck and monitored. Iraq and Syria now have a government that is open to business with the US.

That is how it turned out in the long run. Now they are monitoring Somaliland, Yemen and Iran for further developments. They have learned a lot from these expeditions. Now all can see how Venezuela capitulated.

 

[Fatman17]

Was it before or after this military operation?

They were there all along while everyone else left

 

[RescueRanger]

They were there all along while everyone else left

"Spheres of Influence" Sir...



Please take note of the state of the EU in above image.

 

[PakFactor]

Venezuela strikes $2bln oil deal with US amid export blockade

Venezuela agrees to export up to 50 million barrels of crude to the U.S., easing sanctions pressures and redirecting oil from China, Trump announces.

www.samaa.tv

@PakFactor

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@jhungary

Trump be like: "That is how it's done, son."

Cold War era threats were nuetralized

- Al-Qaeda Network dismantled (Operation Enduring Freedom)
- Saddam regime in Iraq dismantled (Operation Iraqi Freedom)
- Qaddafi regime in Libyq dismantled (Operation Odyssey Dawn)
- Assad regime in Syria dismantled with support of Israel and Turkey (Shadow Warfare)

Israel have become a regional power

The Axis of Resistance is degraded with support of Israel in a series of operations. Iranian defenses and nuclear infrastructure were struck and degraded (Operation Rising Lion; Operation Midnight Hammer). These developments have paved way for Israel to become a regional power.

Iraqi political landscape is rebooted

Saddam regime was dismantled as noted above. The ISIL movement in Iraq and Syria was crippled (Operation Inherent Resolve). Iran-backed groups in Iraq were struck and monitored. Iraq now have a government that is open to business with the US.

That is how it turned out in the long run. Now they are monitoring Somaliland, Yemen and Iran for further developments. They have learned a lot from these expeditions. Now all can see how Venezuela capitulated.

The U.S. is on course to checkmate Russia and China, or, as others call it, the Global South, which has all but splintered. The Global South was frozen in response. The Western Hemisphere has been sanitized of Chinese influence.

I will say this: the Russians and Chinese have a hand in giving the U.S. what it wants on a silver platter, but some on this forum will argue against this without understanding why I said it.

@Fatman17 on the previous page made the post below, and it's something the Chinese and their partners fail to grasp. Tens of thousands of examples were shown through live fire over the last twenty years, and the Chinese & Co. failed to take lessons. You can have all the Belt and Road initiatives, CPECs you want, but without strength or a show of force, it's meaningless. [They've lost their chance in Ukraine to establish a frontier. As you know, I've advocated for this for the last four years.]

As the Chinese love Sun Tzu, who offers timeless insights, but if you cling exclusively to his philosophical approach, you risk being overtaken by states that have developed modern, institutionalized theories of war. Western strategy, shaped by Clausewitz and refined over centuries, integrates politics, industry, and military force in a way that Sun Tzu’s framework simply doesn’t address.

In those twenty-some odd years, while the Chinese economy advanced, its strategic pull has been nonexistent.

According to Stephen Miller, brute force is the Trump administration’s preferred way to conduct itself on the world stage. “We live in a world in which you can talk all you want about international niceties and everything else, but we live in a world, in the real world, Jake, that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power,” Miller told Jake Tapper of CNN.

Read more: https://trib.al/qoJkZun

 

[retaxis]

Looks Like Europe is talking about end of NATO now. Trump has done 2 things: 1. promised a better life for venezuelans which he won't be able to deliver on. 2. Trump has caused the world to ally against him especially if he invades another country.

 

[retaxis]

The U.S. is on course to checkmate Russia and China, or, as others call it, the Global South, which has all but splintered. The Global South was frozen in response. The Western Hemisphere has been sanitized of Chinese influence.

I will say this: the Russians and Chinese have a hand in giving the U.S. what it wants on a silver platter, but some on this forum will argue against this without understanding why I said it.

@Fatman17 on the previous page made the post below, and it's something the Chinese and their partners fail to grasp. Tens of thousands of examples were shown through live fire over the last twenty years, and the Chinese & Co. failed to take lessons. You can have all the Belt and Road initiatives, CPECs you want, but without strength or a show of force, it's meaningless. [They've lost their chance in Ukraine to establish a frontier. As you know, I've advocated for this for the last four years.]

As the Chinese love Sun Tzu, who offers timeless insights, but if you cling exclusively to his philosophical approach, you risk being overtaken by states that have developed modern, institutionalized theories of war. Western strategy, shaped by Clausewitz and refined over centuries, integrates politics, industry, and military force in a way that Sun Tzu’s framework simply doesn’t address.

In those twenty-some odd years, while the Chinese economy advanced, its strategic pull has been nonexistent.

There won't be a show of force because its not in China's interest. Why doesn't Pakistan do a show of force? China loves dealing with Trump and taking advantage of him. He is transactional leader and with a bit of glazing will settle like any business man. Biden on the other hand was morally driven and hard to make deals with.

 

[j_hungary]

This is about forcing Venezuela to continue to use the petrodollar. That's the main goal.

Trump is not going for a full regime change because in order to do that and install someone weak like Machado, he would basically have to commit boots on the ground and that means large American casualties.

Trump is a showman. He likes to act tough but he is very adverse to losing American lives. Therefore, he loves doing assassinations, kidnappings or these one off agreed upon attacks but he is very adverse to being caught in a long drawn out war.

However, his main goal here is to make sure that Venezuela continues to use the petrodollar. That is an achievable goal that can be done using limited military force and I believe he has achieved that.

First of all, petrol dollar is not something that big that is the issue, I don'tn know what or where this "Petrol Dollar Dominates The World" comes from, but if you compare the Petroleum Trade vs USD daily transaction rate, you would know SWIFT is a way better way to weaponise USD than the Petrol Dollar ever will be. In fact, according to data, it's almost 5000% better

Second of all, Venezuela didn't remotely produce enough oil to have its trade "valued" by any OPEC country; you are talking about 8-10 million barrels a day in the likes of Saudi and UAE to 750,000 to 800,000 barrel a day in Venezuela.

 

[Flotilla]

When it comes to pin-point, precision strikes, no one does it better.

Maybe you can teach israelis.

 

[j_hungary]

Venezuela strikes $2bln oil deal with US amid export blockade

Venezuela agrees to export up to 50 million barrels of crude to the U.S., easing sanctions pressures and redirecting oil from China, Trump announces.

www.samaa.tv

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@j_hungary

Trump be like: "That is how it's done, son."

If they can pump that much, sure......

It will take them a decade if not a few decades, to reach that level

The Mystery of Venezuela's Oil: Why the World's Largest Reserves Are Barely Being Pumped

Venezuela sits on more barrels of oil than Saudi Arabia. So why does it pump less than 1% of the global supply?

www.investopedia.com

By then, Trump would be dead, and this deal is probably going to be replaced. Any changes toward Venezuela need to be immediate; you can't depend on what will happen in 10 years and use it to judge this operation.

Also, noted that she is going to be in office for at most 90 days (or 30 if the National Assembly did not side over), and then she has to call an "election" to fill the role of the Presidency, which is going to be the thing to watch, because

a.) Would she be willing to step down
b.) How would she fare if she were seen as pro-Trump to the Maduro regime-mate, which is what actually controls the government at this point
c.) How would Machado fare if the Venezuelans call an election in 90 days?

She cannot be seen as very pro-Trump and fold if she wants to keep power, and if this is not what she wanted, then again, it will be depending to who, at the time, the Maduro clan supports. That's why it's weird for Trump to be trying to push her into the spotlight and not Machado as I said many time.