Saying drug cartels are trying to take advantage of the coronavirus for their own gain, President Trump ordered US Navy ships to the Venezuelan coast for counter-narcotics operations. Officials tied this directly to a recent US indictment of President Maduro.
This is just the latest US military posture adjustment to target Venezuela since President Trump declared Juan Guaido to be the president, and claimed Maduro was ousted. The administration has not ruled out imposing regime change militarily.
This will be one of the biggest US military operations of the sort since 1989, when the US invaded Panama and ousted Gen. Manuel Noriega on drug charges. Attorney General William Barr wrote the legal justification for Noriega invasion, and also wrote the recent justification for a bounty against Maduro.
Venezuela’s Communications Minister dismissed this as a “desperate attempt to distract attention” from the US coronavirus crisis. He also suggested that the US should, if it wants to cut off cocaine trade, worry about neighboring Colombia, a close US ally, instead of Venezuela.
90% of the drugs move out of Columbia, this is a false Flag. I wonder if trump is foolish enough to launch an attack against Venezuela using this as a diversion.
We are using seven military bases, with airfields, under an agreement between the Obama administration and the Colombian government.
He’s foolish enough to do just about anything.
I think the loons are using narcotic patrols as a cover for a blockade and will confiscate non-narcotic but sanctioned cargo, ie. piracy.
Trump is prohibiting Cuba from receiving a donation of Covid-19 medical supplies. http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=2490893&CategoryId=14510
It’s all about getting the Cuban vote in Florida in November.
The US is truly an evil empire. I look forward to the day when they get their well-deserved comeuppance.
What about US drugs traffic from Afghanistan.
They don’t want the competition
Waiting for a particular poster to blame everyone else but “DJT”.
LOL Got that right. Trump Savior Syndrome seems to *still* be a worse virus than coronavirus.
Why doesn’t some journalist confront Pompeo and Barr and ask them if it’s true that Gen. Manuel Noriega was not only put into power by the US government but actually received training at a Pentagon headquarters in Panama. This same headquarters is also nicknamed, “The School of Assassin’s”? Oh yea, I forgot. If a journalist were to do this, not only would they lose their job, they would also be thrown in prison.
When the US says it’s coming to help, you better run! Think if those financial and manpower resources were dedicated to aiding our situation here instead of forcing regime change in Venezuela? Only the threat of nuclear war (North Korea) or collapse of the US dollar will ever stop these warmongers.
It’s good to complain, but be sure to reach out to your selected/elected official and remind them this is some bull ship..!
Anti drug ships? Naval destroyers anti drug ships?
Maduro is being framed again, but America does get pissed every once in a while when leftists cut into their coke game. That’s why they killed Escobar. He got to egalitarian with his spending habits. No bueno.
Apparently the arms dealers in the US aren’t going to be getting enough of the “stimulus” so Trump is going to help them out the old fashioned way.
Venezuela is not Panama. They have an actual army and navy. I seriously doubt they will attack. It’s a show of force.
I hope you’re right. The US is crazy enough to do anything.
Is this finally the demise of our so-called anti-war president?
Wiki “cult”
If the United States thinks they can take the speaker of the house in Venezuela to be the new President of Venezuela . Can China now say Trump has to leave and let Nancy be America’s president