Speaking about the failed Venezuelan incursion, President Trump insisted the US had “nothing to do with it at all,” and that he personally knew nothing about it. He mocked it as a failed attack by a rogue group of “people from other countries.” Indications are that at least two American were captured in the plot.
Trump said that if the US had been in the plot, it would have been an overt invasion, and it would’ve been a successful regime change. The US has threatened the possibility of an invasion for over a year to impose a regime change, ousting President Maduro.
While the US already backed at least one failed coup in Venezuela, this latest plot was by a group of plotters led by two US veterans, and that the plot was being run by US-based Silvercorp USA company., on behalf of Juan Guaido.
The US wants Guaido to take over the country, and has claimed he is the rightful ruler. They have been bankrolling them, so despite denying any direct knowledge of the plot, the US likely paid for it, at least in part.
Had the plot been a success, Trump would have taken ownership of the plot and bragged about it until election day.
At least Abrams and Pompeo knew about it.
The plot has Eliott Abrams written all over it. He is dumber and less competent than even Pompeo
your right, all Abrams previous work have failed, whoever hired him has no brain.
The one with no brain has no choice. Hiring him is above his pay grade.
The real problem is they lost control of the Venezuelan military during the Chavez era. Chavez recruited heavily from the poorer districts. This was a priority for him so he could withstand a coup. He was very clever and charismatic. The only reason Maduro survives is the buildup of the military from the poor. It is too bad Maduro has no charisma. I hear there are other leaders in his party who could do better. The country misses Chavez.
Eliott Abrams, veteran of Reagan’s Central American War, with more notches on his gun (Bishop Oscar Romero, Maryknoll nuns, Jesuits, …) is the dean of neocon policy, master of the bald-faced Noble Lie. As for The Donald, after wasting Al Bagdahdi and Qassiem Suliemani, he’s got the taste for it, think’n hisself a real badass. Of course they did it.
Why now? Diversion?
I wondered about that. There are signatures in documents that clearly puts Guaido and some other opposition personalities in the limelight.
Has Guaido become dispensable? He might be more valuable arrested or killed. At that point, new options would be in play, from invasion to do nothing.
On the other hand — this administration has got itself into multiple secret plans.
One that flew below radar is attempted coup in Riyadh using our all time favorite, former Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Nayef. What made someone think that he was not under surveillance from the day he was deposed in June 2017? Our MSM was very clever by half, listed were co-conspirators as arrested in what they described one of those MBS tantrums. But what betrays MSM as in the know — listing key figure at the END if the list. Only a week later we had oil crash, followed by “punishment”, withdrawing some of our military.
I agree. They’ve been trying to provoke Maduro into dramatic brutal bloody reaction against opposition in order to justify open massive “Right-2-Protect” invasion.
And ultimately, if it doesn’t work there’s always false flag (“chem weapons, genocide, …”, the old standby of Obama’s Lady Hawks.
Certainly the Cuban advisors are coaching Maduro on overreacting. This part of the 5th column trap, either the coup succeeds, or the government crackdown is used as a propaganda tool for the coup sponsors. The Cubans know this from experience.
Now a 2 yr assignment for Abrams, it’s been on the Latin Am. desk for almost 30 yrs. It’s high priority because of its-largest-on earth oil reserves. And our elite still hold to the supreme importance of oil (and correlatively, the “childish nonsense” of green). Abrams has failed twice now with similarly brainless schemes. But its value as diversion during the plague is, like all their works, absurd; and, probably counterproductive even for the MAGA People. And probably for that and other even more basic tactical reason, Bloody Gina is having great difficulty recruiting talent for her CIA team. Thence, the contract was given the Rambo wannabe in Florida.
My vote, John Kelly. He left the Chief of Staff position as the Venezuela hype was peaking. He was commander of SoCom during both the Honduran, and Haiti coups. It was planes under his command carrying the kidnapped leaders, and, they brought them to Kelly’s bases. He was, or still is on the board of directors for the infamous School of the Americas, or, whatever it is called now.
Thats really saying something. He is dumber than Pompeo. WOW
In the middle of a pandemic that has 40 million people unemployed and food chains disrupted and the Federal Reserve buying up the country as collateral for the stimulus that has drained the coffers. An administration that has isolated us from the world. The greatest threat to global security continues to mess in others affairs. Lol.
yes, the capture of nicky “pockets” maduro is instrumental in the survival of the free world. we’ll get him sooner or later you can count on that. can’t wait to see what all his supporters do then.
We have to stop Maduro. The Venezuelan navy is steaming toward the US and ready to shell Fort Lauderdale at any time. If we don’t fight them in Venezuela, pretty soon we will have to fight them in San Francisco. Remember the Lessons of Munich and the danger of appeasement.
They may have kept Trump ignorant of the plot, but the US/CIA/NSA, etc. were behind it 100%.
Could be a campaign stunt. Obviously the ‘deplorables’ will be pissed at who ever is responsible.
Which makes it even more frightening. Can they be any more incompetent?
But Venezuelan military is taking no chances. They are checking — and finding — other incursion spots.
how good are they intercepting tomahawk missiles. one is headed for the maduro’s sunday dinner table with pinpoint accuracy.
How many US-sponsored “regime change” operations have been successful lately? None.
we have some in the planning stages. we’ve lost interest in venezuela’s oil but we still have to get him out of there. a little too friendly with china for our taste.
…. No, an alphabet agency could probably have pulled it off.
There’s just no incentive too, given that discrete personnel are being paid government wages, not multi-million dollar bounties.
How is offering a $15 million dollar reward for Maduro not being involved?
“I know nothing about it. I think the government has nothing to do with it at all, and I have to find out what happened”
Translation: I’ll have to check with Mike and Jarrod. They are who I have entrusted to run the country while I insult people on Twitter and eat cheeseburgers.
$15 million reward of TAXPAYERS MONEY for Maduro’s head is essentially making it official — the reward money does not stipulate that ONLY peaceful transition qualifies.
The problem in our foreign policy is always same — start with a lots of wrong and unsubstantiated assumptions. Then when confronted with reality there is no backing out. Backing out is unthinkable.
How about firing all peddlers of foreign policy snakeoil? Many have been proven wrong but are STILL dispensing their advice.
incidentally from what budget does such reward money come from?
Defense? State department?
The Bay of Pigf**kers wasn’t a big, beauuuutiful! success, so of coarse Trump wasn’t behind it. By such sound logic, he apparently wasn’t behind the derelict Coronavirus response or the new great depression either. Aren’t anti-social personality disorders convenient.
Follow the money and it will lead back to a few conspirators in Florida.
However to think that Abrams and Pompeo are not hatching these schemes would be naive.
Yeah, Trump had nothing to do with it.
After all, he wouldn’t personally collect the Justice Department’s $15 million dollar bounty on Maduro, just be shelling out taxpayer’s money for it.
Actually, 15 million seems kind of cheap given the scope of the operation. Well, you get what you pay for…
it was just a test run. when we decide to go in and actually get him we will. we always get our man. we’ve rid stronger countries than this panty waisted place known as venezuela of their dictators. we just want to make him sweat a little. wondering if today will be his last.
… Maduro isn’t with taking alive, geopolitically speaking. That just creates a living martyr. Dead martyrs, are usually eventually just a name when a cuase piles them up.
Unlike Noreiga, Madura stands for Chavism. Not very well, but being the only game in town helps.
How does it feel to be so thoroughly brainwashed by American propaganda?
This clears things up. We did it. Trump says we didn’t, and he always lies.
But then, of course we did. It has been our policy there and throughout the region, and it is being run by Eliot Abrams, a true ghoul.
Maybe Trump is honestly saying what he believes, but how much control over foreign policy does Trump have to begin with?
Venezuela would be in much better shape if it weren’t for the crippling sanctions put on that country by the Evil Empire.
we would have lifted all the sanctions if they hadn’t gotten all buddy buddy with china and russia. we can be trusted. those two double cross every country they deal with eventually.
amerikans have always been violent savages—observed by all sociologists—feminized by “the tyranny of the school mar’m”. as Boorstin wrote….a crude primitive people that cannot think nor feel…as G G Marquez wrote, “without Fidel, we would all be speaking English from Patagonia northwards”
Funny how people use the word “feminized” as an insult when all feminism means is equality between men and women.
Two completely different words… as are their meanings…