Venezuela has a recent history replete with cases of failed opposition uprisings, rebellions, and coup attempts. US involvement is usually alleged, often with evidence, but rarely confirmed. This week, however, the US was quick to put its stamp on the coup attempt, and seemed highly confident that it would be a great success.
Once it failed, it was a bit too late for the administration to deny involvement. Days later, information continues to emerge on what happened, why the US was so confident, and how ultimately the assured victory they thought they had didn’t pan out.
Much of the coup, after all, is in the planning stages. The US spent weeks getting what thought was sufficient support on their side to force Maduro from power. This network of support was built by US diplomats and, in part, opposition figure Leopoldo Lopez.
Mike Pompeo and others have claimed the US got together a deal with the Supreme Court chief justice, the defense minister, and the head of the presidential guard. Lopez, despite the considerable disadvantage of being under house arrest, said he met with a number of generals.
All told, everyone seemed to think this would be enough. The plan was for the chief justice to rule Maduro’s inauguration invalid, giving Guaido pretext to name himself interim president. Then the defense ministry and generals would just fall into line.
Instead, almost none of the pieces fell into place, leaving the US just confidently predicting victory for a Guaido side, and then trying to blame Cuba, Russia, and everyone else when it didn’t go to plan.
The end result has Maduro still in power, Lopez managing to get from house arrest into the Spanish Embassy, and the Trump Administration with egg all over its face. Individual officials are scrambling for excuses, Pompeo claiming Russia talked Maduro off the tarmac at the airport, while John Bolton came up with allegations of 25,000 Cuban troops being present.
This embarrassing state of affairs is fueling a new round of threats for the US to invade outright and impose Guaido’s rulership. Large turnout at the pro-Maduro May Day rally, however, are raising questions about everything the US is claiming, particularly the unity behind Guaido.
Some officials are still suggesting there might be some other way to oust Maduro, and Elliott Abrams is even claiming a secret document exists that was supposed to guarantee that the coup would work. Since it didn’t, however, the value of the document seems questionable.
Illegal invasions to middle east policy it becomed terrorist manufacturing,and Regime change by sanctions is rubber stamp foreign policy and it’s not helpful to anyone.
All the war mongers instead of been in charged crime against humanity handling American foreign affairs and in order avoid American sanctions all other developed countries keeping silence. White elephant in the room getting bigger and whiter.
These Criminal Gang of Terrorists: Israeli Puppies are acting like Mad Dogs all over the world. Americans should Try Them for War Crimes Like Nazis were Tried.
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/community_petitions/Free_Web_Community_Stop_Trumps_grabbing_Venezuelan_oil
War is never an option:
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/community_petitions/Free_Web_Community_Stop_Trumps_grabbing_Venezuelan_oil
I wholeheartedly agree, Stanislav. War’s never an option. More countries were devasted through warfare than any other causes. Take Afghanistan, for example. The US alone has been there for over 17 years and still hasn’t conquered it. It’s one of a number of countries that have failed at learning from history.
According to the late Spanish writer/historian Georges Santayana, those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
Thanks: more is on: https://www.academia.edu/39018288/Trumps_Bay_of_Pigs
Should April 30 be celebrated as:
The Day of Pigs
By moving April Fools Day to the end of the month
I’d guess Trump will dump Pompeo sooner then later.
Actually, Trump should dump all 3 lunatics/traitors, not just Pompous Pompass .. Creepy Demon Elliott Abrams and Bonkers Bolton should also be dumped at the same time.
It’s impossible to know what’s actually going on in Venezuela by following MSM accounts or by listening to what lying neocons like Bolton and Pompeo have to say. Neocons have always covered up their ineptitude by denying defeat and doubling down. That they now have Trump’s ear (with Jared and Bibi at his other) means that anything could happen. That Congress is silent on Venezuela is also ominous. Bernie, where are you?
Expect the unexpected, folks. As Bolton and the PNAC crowd longed for before 9/11, “some catastrophic and catalyzing event – like a new Pearl Harbor” may be coming right up. Heaven help us.
I understand Bernie is with the neecons on this one.
This article says not…
https://www.businessinsider.com/bernie-sanders-opposes-us-military-intervention-venezuela-2019-4
He may not see Venezuela as a socialist paradise anymore like he did in 2011, but he’s not for military intervention. No one in Congress is saying much, though. Something’s up.
This socialist canard is for idiots. What is communism and socialism after all? Communism is Zealotism. It believes that it possesses the knowledge of the best way to organize a society. And they are right, others are wrong. So wrong they do not deserve to live. Embodimnt of communism is Leon Trotsky, as he rampaged through Russia killing backwards peasants, destroying churches, killing priests. And the entire royal family to insure all roots are destroyed. Socialism is a cautious Zealotism. It alliws lrivate property, business. But it still has an ideoligy of what is best? Best for whom?
We have zealotic communists running rampant in US and Europe, Brussels dictates the size of cucumbers, and toys for animals. No national memories please — you are converted into Homos Europeansis. In US many liberals qualify, but so do many so called conservatives. They lie, and lie. Trotsky would have been proud. And are converting Snerica into a newly defined Zealot to fux the workd.
He has been with neocons on many other things. He is useless.
He usually is. Never trust a social democrat. Rosa Luxemburg learned that the hard way.
It ia all clear, isn’t it? Trump is finished, neocons won. Whatever shaky steps he took to tackle foreign policy are squashed: Korea, promise withdrawal from Syria, Afghanistan. Mess in Libya in full swing — clueless in Iraq, and above all no free hands with Russia and China. He is done. And everytime they want him to act, additional circus is generated in Congress. The truth is — neither his party nor media is mentioning EVER hus foreign policy goals. In fact, the speech he gave at Press Club outlining foreign policy strategy has been erased from internet, some garbage substituted.
Fox is good to Trump only in Russiagate, but is FULL BLOWN NEOCON in Rusdia and everything else. Looks like kne master, kne ring to bind them all
This is all just f**king hilarious to me. The Dulles Brothers must be spinning in their graves like power drills.
The US is pathetic.
Yes, I’m actually turning from anger at my Government to pity.
Exactly…and the US administration represents and is serving the swamp.