Speaking on “Fox News Sunday,” US national security adviser John Bolton denied that the US government had at all been involved in the reported Saturday assassination attempt in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas.
There were conflicting reports on what happened, but the government reported seven National Guard soldiers were injured by a pair of “drone-like devices that carried explosives.” They believe this was a failed attempt to assassinate President Maduro, who was unharmed.
Firefighters at the scene said that there was no attack at all, and the explosion was from a gas tank inside an apartment near the parade. Maduro had blamed the Colombian government for the attack and arrests were made.
Bolton said it was “a pretext set up by the regime itself, or something else,” covering all possible bases. He added that if Venezuela had any hard information of US involvement the administration would “take a serious look at it.”
Well, I tend to believe the firefighters at the scene, not any politician, there or here. Obviously filming drones might catch fire near any big explosion and start crashing. Also, it seems like very feeble attempt. What kind of explosives hanging in the air at some distance will be that effective? Maybe a dirty bomb on a closer range but reports do not describe that. Just asking the questions….
If Bolton says we didn’t do it, we did. That lying POS is incapable of telling the truth.
Title should be “Bolton Confirms US involvement through denial”.
Vic Pittman, you’re 100% right; If Bonkers Bolton says we weren’t involved in the assassination attempt on President Maduro of Venezuela, we certainly were. As you rightly said, that lying POS is incapable of telling the truth.
I also agree with Bill Baly, in response to your post; the title of the story should be “Bolton Confirms US Involvement Through Denial”. The attempt was made with a drone, btw. Now, isn’t that a bit cowardly, eh?
If America wanted Maduro dead he would be dead not by a failed attempt like this but, by using the hatred his people feel against him and, arming them so they could do something about it.
Well it tried with Castro dozens of times and failed.
Had to laugh out loud at Bolton’s statement that If ant hard evidence of an American attempt at assassinating Maduro should arise, the administration “would take a serious look at it”. Sure, as in, Lets do a better job of hiding our tracks next time.
Well, if Bonkers Bolton said that, then it must be the unvarnished truth.