Josh Posted December 1, 2025 Posted December 1, 2025 On 11/29/2025 at 8:53 PM, futon said: Hopefully airstrikes don't result in town populations getting displaced due to infrastructure hits. The place being so fragile though may have a bit of that. A quarter of the population has already fled anyway.
Josh Posted December 1, 2025 Posted December 1, 2025 (edited) 40 minutes ago, rmgill said: Somehow I suspect our Venezuelan members would disagree vociferously about Alan MacLead’s reports. The militias are real, though I suspect they are only useful for repression and creating a local security nightmare should Maduro fall. Keep in mind these people are often bought with food or other incentives, and that a huge proportion of the population has already left. I cannot imagine the administration is going to land troops in any case. Edited December 1, 2025 by Josh
Stuart Galbraith Posted December 1, 2025 Posted December 1, 2025 40 minutes ago, rmgill said: Somehow I suspect our Venezuelan members would disagree vociferously about Alan MacLead’s reports. Im sure. But when any regime is attacked, even people that hate it, will often come out fighting for it. It was the same with the Soviets, it was the same for the Nazis, and it was the same for the Iraqi's. And wouldnt you? If you had Obama as president, wouldnt you put that aside to resist a foreign aggressor, even if they had your best interests at heart trying to remove him? 'My country right or wrong.'
Stuart Galbraith Posted December 1, 2025 Posted December 1, 2025 1 minute ago, Josh said: The militias are real, though I suspect they are only useful for repression and creating a local security nightmare should Maduro fall. Keep in mind these people are often bought with food or other incentives, and that a huge proportion of the population has already left. I cannot imagine the administration is going to land troops in any case. We thought the same about Saddams militia. Eventually they spun off fighting for their own causes, but the point is, they were still fighting. There was precisely this fear about the Werewolves in Germany at the end of WW2, and they did have a few isolated successes. I cant imagine it either. OTOH, Ive given up predicting what this Government will do, because it always seems to do the precise opposite of whats logical or in its own interests.
TrustMe Posted December 10, 2025 Posted December 10, 2025 US coast guard sizes oil tanker off Venezuela .. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cy07yk63x80t
futon Posted December 15, 2025 Posted December 15, 2025 An opposition leader escaped Venezuela. Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace laureate Maria Corina Machado has declared that authorities in her home country would have attempted everything possible to prevent her journey to Norway, after she emerged publicly for the first time in nearly a year. Machado greeted supporters from an Oslo hotel balcony in the early hours of Thursday following a high-risk exit from Venezuela, where she had been in hiding since January. ... https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/11/venezuelas-machado-taunts-maduro-government-after-dramatic-exit-to-oslo
Mighty_Zuk Posted January 3 Posted January 3 Explosions and American helicopters flying in formation over Caracas. Finally.
Markus Becker Posted January 3 Posted January 3 If that's true the Venezuelan AD has to be, well not existing.
Markus Becker Posted January 3 Posted January 3 23 minutes ago, urbanoid said: Whoa! Grand Arrest El Presidente
Mighty_Zuk Posted January 3 Posted January 3 (edited) After years of talking about why drones and trenches and static killing fields are way overhyped, actual military strategy and force structure are once again vindicated. I don't want to hear another one of those "but muh drones" or "X is dead" ever again. Edited January 3 by Mighty_Zuk
seahawk Posted January 3 Posted January 3 I would be careful to draw a conclusion from this, as it looks like Maduro may have been betrayed.
Mighty_Zuk Posted January 3 Posted January 3 (edited) 13 minutes ago, urbanoid said: https://x.com/GunterFehlinger/status/2007362198319051009 Be funnier if he was snatched right before the meeting but this is indeed only getting funnier by the minute. Now waiting for Trumpy to do Iran. Edited January 3 by Mighty_Zuk
RETAC21 Posted January 3 Posted January 3 (edited) 37 minutes ago, Mighty_Zuk said: After years of talking about why drones and trenches and static killing fields are way overhyped, actual military strategy and force structure are once again vindicated. I don't want to hear another one of those "but muh drones" or "X is dead" ever again. The FANB have been a paper tiger for years. The regime cannot risk a coup and they have been under invested since Chavez died. When the bombs started falling, the Chavista soldiers started running away: https://x.com/agusantonetti/status/2007348507578118167?s=20 Edited January 3 by RETAC21
RETAC21 Posted January 3 Posted January 3 This one is for Glenn: F-35 vs S-300: https://x.com/BabakTaghvaee1/status/2007390756512661589?s=20
urbanoid Posted January 3 Posted January 3 (edited) Venezuela should stop provoking the US, trade land for peace, establish English as second official language, declare neutrality and elect a leader the US approves of. Edited January 3 by urbanoid
RETAC21 Posted January 3 Posted January 3 9 minutes ago, urbanoid said: Venezuela should stop provoking the US, trade land for peace, establish English as second official language, declare neutrality and elect a leader the US approves of. it should become the 51st state in fact.
urbanoid Posted January 3 Posted January 3 Yes, but only after a perfectly legitimate, transparent referendum.
Mighty_Zuk Posted January 3 Posted January 3 11 minutes ago, urbanoid said: Venezuela should stop provoking the US, trade land for peace, establish English as second official language, declare neutrality and elect a leader the US approves of. Perfectly reasonable. I agree. Rubio for president of Venezuela.
urbanoid Posted January 3 Posted January 3 Among other things, yes. https://x.com/Schizointel/status/2007380932307890239
urbanoid Posted January 3 Posted January 3 Rest in pieces nigga. https://x.com/AetiusRF/status/2007408137087910155
RETAC21 Posted January 3 Posted January 3 2 minutes ago, Mighty_Zuk said: Perfectly reasonable. I agree. Rubio for president of Venezuela. There's another state reserved for Rubio, one that starts with a "C" Trivia: I just realised he is one month and one day younger than me... now it's the time for the underachievers!!
ink Posted January 3 Posted January 3 This is starting to look like perhaps one of the most successful and audacious military operations... Ever?
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