Two planes belonging to the Russian Air Force arrived in Caracas,
Venezuela over the weekend. The planes were an IL-62 passenger jet, and
an AN-124 cargo plane, which were carrying Russian officials as well as an estimated 100 Russian troops.
The plane trip was subject to considerable speculation, coming amid US
efforts to impose regime change within Venezeula. Russia said that the
officials were sent there for “consultations,” which are related to
existing Russo-Venezuelan military contracts.
The Maduro government did not include a lot of details in their own
comments, either, with the Information Ministry so far refusing comment.
There are reports that the Russians are to be sending a shipment of
medicine to Venezuela soon.
The move is likely intended primarily as a show of support for the
Maduro government amid US threats to see him removed from power one way
or another. Russia is one of several nations that remains on good terms
with Venezuela, and has objected to US attempts to try to replace Maduro
with a more US-friendly choice.
No fears. Putin is a wuss.
Really, Solly??? A wuss wouldn’t send 2 planes carrying Russian officials and 100 troops to Venezuela. I suggest you stop believing the lies of the MSM; they’ve been brainwashing you for too long.
The Trotskyists aka Neocons just lost the chess match to one of the best in the world – Putin.
Putin’s a whole lot smarter than the 3 traitors/mass murderers Bonkers Bolton, Pompous Pompeo and the creepy demon Elliott Abrams. Trump should’ve never hired them, even though Nutty&Yahoo pressured him into doing so .. this only proves that Trump lacks the courage to say NO.
Realistically, Trump cannot say no. He may be allowed to tentatively go only so far, in order to keep the voting base for Republicans, and to allow the pretense of anybody giving a darn about what people actually think. If he crosses the line, not two bricks would be standing together along Hudson where his towers stand.
It fascinates me why so few oeople understand that we have been put under tight control of Trotskyites. This is why there is ZERO accountability for all catastrophies in foreign polucy, management of the financial infrastructure of the country, federal procurement process, and corporate governance.
Triotsky was likewise so firmly entranched through the network of his loyalists, that it appeared impossible to deal with their murderous excess and the ruthlessness of their policies against primarily the majority ethnic group in the Soviet Union, rhe Russians. Trotsky favored globalism, at his time called cosmopolitanism. The idea then and now, is to have chosen, ideologically “correct” elites to rule, with public going through the motions of decision making in committees. He founded First International, communist globalism, to direct policies. “Populsm” then and now has been banished as a deadly virus of “nationalism”. In US, it has gone so far, as to banish “Americanism”, and promote identity politics — fracuring social cohesion.
One can draw many ideological and sociological comparisons between our neocon zealotism and Trotsky, their inspiration. Such zealotism never ends well. Why do we keep listening to such people, I do not understand.
Putin always backs down and keeps saying he wants to have normal relations with the US/West. It hasn’t gotten thru to him that the US/West wants to clean his/Russia clock. The US wants all to come before it on bended-knee.
Maduro is no hero, and no angel,, but IF the people voted him in, and it was a fair election,,let the people arm themselves and see what happens!!!!!
The 2nd FOREVER!
The tragic crisis in Venezuela has signs of becoming internationalized, with the danger of unleashing a South American spring in the region, no benefit to anyone. There are already too many flash points for World War Three as it is.
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Maduro’s ace in the hole is that he can always sell his oil to the Chinese and depend on the Russians to circumvent the US sanctions and break up any attempted US blockade. That’s what the banksters and big oil corpse fear the most, that they will lose out on cornering the market on the largest oil reserves in the world. Expect the neocons to pull off some horrible false-flag event to drive us into a quagmire of a war once again.
Thus is a very good question. Can our economy wthstand this? Investors are now deciding if easy money promissed to eternity is good for stocks, or is the crumbling economy — hence easy money, bad for stocks. Once upon the time, money pumped into military, kept stocks up. But these are different times. Trump tax cut created jobs — almost 109% of growth in small bysiness. Corporations used the money for repurchase of own stocks. For the first time, corporate buyback of own stocks EXCEEDS amount spent on innvestment in own business growth. The jey to US economy is consumer, and he/she is not consuming. Small businesses are affected, and they stop hiring. With everyone being overleveraged, retail is dead in the water, car sales are down, student loans are deferring home purchases, etc. Which means that with all the molitary committmments globally, new military campaign would not improve economy, not help consumer. At present, first quarter is shaping to be s growth of .04%. Thus compared to Chinese “dismal” growth of 7.5%. So, considering that ALL Latin American countries are REJECTING. the idea of military solution — US has no ally in the neighborhood. Even crazy Bolsinaro is not that crazy to risk domestic backlash.
This will be a sliw process, this time US being engaged in its own back yard. This may affect future elections — from Argentina to Central America. This chess game US may have hard time winning. And it has no patience for long haull.
Cuban Missile Crisis Part 2: Electric Boogaloo.