Lunatic Mike Pence hell beng on turning South America into a warzone

[hater]

no, but goes to credibility and prestige. if we recognize Guaido then let him lose in a hot fight, the whole world sees the ultimate worthlessness of US support -- just like the Kurds have over and over again

Lol what hot fight? Maduro said he will talk to him and negotiate in peace. With Uruguay and Mexico as mediators.

The whole world already has seem the worthlessness of US support. Just look at Lybia, Iraq, Syria

We liberated the first 2 from their dictators look how much better off they are :lmao

[Winehole23]

Look, I'm just spitballing. No one knows what's going to happen, but sending in Elliot Abrams is more or less alarming.

[hater]

Look, I'm just spitballing. No one knows what's going to happen, but sending in Elliot Abrams is more or less alarming.

Yes it is

This is my take:
- Maduro under Russian advising is taking the Syria strategy. The latest strategy which is to not take an extreme measure vs rebellion and treason. Assad won the war by reintegrating rebels to spociety. All he asked was for them to lay down their arms.Maduro will do the same with any rebel and even with Guaido who clearly commited treason on live tv. Even if they kill a few of your soldiers, always extend a hand. But security is key here to avoid military rebellion or assassination. Russians are helping there.

- Guaido cannot do mich more from what he did. It would be too obvious for him to ask US military to come in and he would even seen as sellout to his own people. He is basically in a corner

- US has not much choices either but to start sending in CIA and mercenaries through colombian border and start killing and burning villages. To incite Maduro to respond in a big way. Sure US can try to come in in a Panama like mission but its very risky and it would take a massive organization. Chances of that are close to zero. Another option is a false flag that would kill and maim many civilians and pin it on maduro. The Maidan/Ukraine strategy.

- sure US can just squeeze venezuela till it breaks. But not else they can do besides a full naval blockade or stopping oil imports. The latter would hurt americans too. And both wpuld cause humanitarian disasters. They would basically be acting like saudis vs yemen. Bad publicity

[Winehole23]

With DJT's popularity cratering and the walls of the Mueller investigation closing in, starting a war somewhere might look like solution to Trump.

Might not be Venezuela, but it's hard to picture Trump passing on the gore and glory of war.

[hater]

Howso? Trump ran as anti war candidate and criticizing US regime change escapades. Why would he start one right before election cycle and risk losing his base and a big talking point?

His main Goal is to get reelected. Pence and Rubio on the other hand would love to see a blood bath

[hater]

:lmao UK envoy

https://twitter.com/soniakatimota/status/1089195642474426368?s=21

[Winehole23]

Howso? Trump ran as anti war candidate and criticizing US regime change escapades. Why would he start one right before election cycle and risk losing his base and a big talking point?

His main Goal is to get reelected. Pence and Rubio on the other hand would love to see a blood bathTrump ran as an anti-war guy, but has escalated US action everywhere. He's been objectively pro-war so far.

Just look at the frequency of bombing sorties and drone strikes.

[hater]

Called dat shit :tu

https://twitter.com/calebmaupin/status/1089195737437622272?s=21

https://twitter.com/llchristyll/status/1088835295590666240?s=21

[hater]

Trump ran as an anti-war guy, but has escalated US action everywhere. He's been objectively pro-war so far.

Just look at the frequency of bombing sorties and drone strikes.

Where has he escalated? We are de facto retreating from Syria and just minites ago started peace deal with the taliban

[diego]

Dude, I know I'm arguing what's better, a shit sandwich or a turd pie?... it's bad both ways. How you rank a potential dictatorship HoF is completely trivial, so if you want to put Pinochet atop, nobody will complain. It's like ranking players in basketball, tbh.

And I lived in a military dictatorship until the Malvinas war, so I know it sucks ball. My rationale for weighing years over atrocities is that for any civilian looking for a future, 25 vs 50 years is a big fucking deal, IMO. But hey, just explaining where I was coming from.


Agreed there is plenty of subjectivity, and I've never been to cuba, though I have lots of Cuban friends and their views of Castro are mostly negative. Generally speaking, they recognize Castro as a positive leader who corrupted over time, and since they lived most of the bad part and less of the good one they have negative views. I still think murder and torture are a big difference, if pinochet just locked up / kicked out his detractors this country would probably be over it already, but the systematic rape, torture and murder followed by denials, excuses and little to no justice until very recently means that people are still very bitter. Pinochet wasn't in power 50 years but the scars of his methods will last that and more, because blood is thicker than water.

Much like Hillary v Trump or gore vs bush , theyre both turd sandwiches as you say, but I disagree that it doesn't make much difference where you rank them. One can still be much worse than the other.

[Winehole23]

Where has he escalated? We are de facto retreating from Syria and just minites ago started peace deal with the talibanBombing/drone strikes have increased everywhere, including Syria, relative to Obama. iT'S NOT EVEN A CONTEST.

I posted the troop levels upstream. That's up across the board, with one or two minor exceptions.

[Winehole23]

you drank the campaign rhetoric and took your eye off the ball, dude.

[hater]

you drank the campaign rhetoric and took your eye off the ball, dude.

Nope

What regime change escapade has Trump started? Venezuela would be his first.

We were already knee deep in Syria and Afghanistan. Raqqa was bombed back to the middle ages by us but that was because it was infested by ISIS and US was on a race to the Euphrates vs Assad

Can you please provide some links abou our drone strikes increasing considerably vs Obamas?

Main point isTrump did not start a new war like Bush and Obama. Him starting one would defeat one of his main campaign talking points tbqh furthermore he ordered withdrawal from Syria and Afghanistan. Those count

Not saying it wont happen just saying it would be a mistake on his part

[Winehole23]

Can you please provide some links abou our drone strikes increasing considerably vs Obamas? No problem.




“Obama launched 186 drone strikes on Yemen, Somalia, and especially Pakistan during his first two years in office. In 2017 and 2018 to date, Trump has launched 238 drone strikes there.”


https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-ramped-up-drone-strikes-in-americas-shadow-wars


Six months into Trump’s presidency, we now have enough data to assess his own approach. The results are clear: Judging from Trump’s embrace of the use of air power — the signature tactic of U.S. military intervention — he is the most hawkish president in modern history. Under Trump, the United States has dropped about 20,650 bombs through July 31, or 80 percent the number dropped under Obama for the entirety of 2016. At this rate, Trump will exceed Obama’s last-year total by Labor Day.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/08/09/donald-trump-is-dropping-bombs-at-unprecedented-levels/

[Winehole23]

rate of bombing in Afghanistan tripled under Trump:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/09/america-dropped-26171-bombs-2016-obama-legacy

[Winehole23]

really stepped it up in the Middle East:


For Trump, 2017 has already been an explosive year: The U.S. has said it dropped over 2,400 bombs on Afghanistan (http://www.afcent.af.mil/Portals/82/Documents/Airpower%20summary/Airpower%20Summary%20-%20August%202017.pdf?ver=2017-09-07-104037-223), up from 1,337 last year. In the fight against ISIS in Iraq and Syria, the U.S. has already dropped (http://www.defense.gov/OIR/) 32,801 bombs, compared with 30,743 in 2016. And the U.S. has also conducted more than 100 strikes (http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/09/18/u-s-bombs-falling-in-record-numbers-in-three-countries/) against Al Qaeda in Yemen in 2017, compared with 38 in 2016.Trump did promise in a campaign speech in 2015 to “bomb the shit” (https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-recent-history-of-bombing-the-shit-out-of-em) out of ISIS, and he seems to be living up to his word—with little regard for the consequences.


Under Trump, civilian casualties from America’s war on ISIS have reached an all-time high in Iraq and Syria (http://time.com/4713476/isis-syria-iraq-casualties-us-airstikes/).


The pace of air attacks has led to dozens of civilian deaths, watchdogs say. From 28 to 88 civilians (https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/drone-war/data/get-the-data-a-list-of-us-air-and-drone-strikes-afghanistan-2017#strike-logs) have been killed in Afghanistan, according to the Bureau for Investigative Journalism. And Airwars (https://airwars.org/data/), which tracks international airstrikes against ISIS, estimated that U.S.-led airstrikes killed 1,060 civilians in Iraq and Syria in August 2017, compared with 138 in August 2016.


In its worst month, March 2017, it’s estimated the Trump administration killed 1,881. (The Pentagon admitted in May that a single airstrike in Mosul, Iraq, was responsible for 100 of these deaths.) In contrast, President Barack Obama’s bloodiest month, July 2016, claimed the lives of 312, according to Airwars.https://www.newsweek.com/trump-era-record-number-bombs-dropped-middle-east-667505

[Winehole23]

So yeah. worse than Obama in this respect.

Trump still has time to do a coup. Our policy toward Venezuela right now is basically a publicly declared coup de etat.

[Winehole23]

Larison skewers righty peaceniks who think Trump is one of them:


The analysis here is wildly misleading. The Trump administration has previously taken a keen interest in meddling in the internal affairs of several countries, including Yemen, Iran, Syria, and Venezuela, and he has publicly threatened to attack most of those countries along with North Korea. The latest decision to recognize the opposition leader as Venezuela’s interim president is an outgrowth of the administration’s consistent hawkish position over the last two years. Let’s remember that Trump has twice illegally ordered attacks on Syrian government forces, he has ordered the illegitimate reimposition of sanctions on Iran in an effort to strangle their economy and foment regime change, and he has continued backing the Saudi coalition war on Yemen, which is a massive interference in Yemen’s affairs with catastrophic humanitarian consequences. To believe that this week marks a “sharp departure” from a previously non-interventionist foreign policy requires ignoring many of Trump’s biggest and most high-profile decisions. On the whole, Trump’s foreign policy to date has not been aimed at “at extracting the United States from overseas quagmires,” but rather sinking deeper into them. Trump escalated every war he inherited, and has pursued more aggressive policies toward Iran and Venezuela than his predecessor did. Almost everything Trump has done or tried to do has led to deeper entanglements in foreign conflicts and crises. This is worse than bad analysis. It is an attempt to misrepresent Trump’s entire record to make the recent Venezuela decision seem more surprising than it is.https://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/venezuela-is-not-trumps-first-intervention/

[hater]

Thanks brotha will study these links but I see only 3 countries listed in drone strike #s not overall

We just struck peace deal with Taliban just moments ago also retreating from Syria. Such retreats imo have more weight in my book than bombings.

Put it this way:
- obama bombed lybia to the dark ages and deposed of ghadafi creating a major void and terrorist nest
- obama armed jihadis in syria and bombed them to try to overthrow assad

- trump maybe had more drone strikes but he made peace with taliban and retreqting from syria

In the end all those above will be written in the hostory books and guess who will seem like the less of a warmonger?

Now its still early so yea Trump could nd up the kore warmonger but up to right now, obama leads him with a few olympic laps ahead tbqh

And im not even mentioning North Korea negotiations tbqh

[Pavlov]

Yes it is

This is my take:
- Maduro under Russian advising is taking the Syria strategy. The latest strategy which is to not take an extreme measure vs rebellion and treason. Assad won the war by reintegrating rebels to spociety. All he asked was for them to lay down their arms.Maduro will do the same with any rebel and even with Guaido who clearly commited treason on live tv. Even if they kill a few of your soldiers, always extend a hand. But security is key here to avoid military rebellion or assassination. Russians are helping there.

- Guaido cannot do mich more from what he did. It would be too obvious for him to ask US military to come in and he would even seen as sellout to his own people. He is basically in a corner

- US has not much choices either but to start sending in CIA and mercenaries through colombian border and start killing and burning villages. To incite Maduro to respond in a big way. Sure US can try to come in in a Panama like mission but its very risky and it would take a massive organization. Chances of that are close to zero. Another option is a false flag that would kill and maim many civilians and pin it on maduro. The Maidan/Ukraine strategy.

- sure US can just squeeze venezuela till it breaks. But not else they can do besides a full naval blockade or stopping oil imports. The latter would hurt americans too. And both wpuld cause humanitarian disasters. They would basically be acting like saudis vs yemen. Bad publicity
:lol you think Trump will do all that

[Winehole23]

Thanks brotha will study these links but I see only 3 countries listed in drone strike #s not overallYou haven't studied them yet: Trump is far less transparent than his predecessors.


Overall airstrikes—manned and unmanned—in Afghanistan during the Trump administration reached nearly 9,600 over the past two years (https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2018/11/13/the-u-s-never-dropped-as-many-bombs-on-afghanistan-as-it-did-in-2018-infographic/amp/), a total not seen since Obama’s 2010-2011 surge, and 2018 was the single most intense year for the air war ever. June to September 2017 in Iraq and Syria (https://airwars.org/data/) represent an all-time high in that war, as well.

It’s hard to disaggregate drone strikes from those totals; the military has become less and less transparent about how it conducts its operations. In 2016, reporter Oriana Pawlyk obtained Air Force figures (https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2016/03/30/isis-kill-missions-1-in-5-drone-flights-includes-a-missile-strike/) indicating that one out of every three sorties over Iraq and Syria was flown by a drone, and a further 17 percent of those drone sorties accounted for strikes. But it’s unknown if those percentages still apply two years later.

[Winehole23]

And im not even mentioning North Korea negotiations tbqhThere's still time for Trump to botch that too. Hopefully the Koreas will do a deal without him.

He is a terrible dealmaker.

[hater]

Maybe so but even if # of airtrikes increased as ai said the fact that Obama started 2 wars (3 if you count Ukraine), still going to overshadow any airstrike increase.

Add to the fact that Trump ordered retreat from Syria, peace with taliban, potential peace with N Korea and has not started additional wars (yet)

IMO its an overwhelming victory by Obama in warmonger category (so far)

[Pavlov]

lol hater

[Winehole23]

passion can be blinding

[hater]

passion can be blinding

Agreed :tu

[hater]

There's still time for Trump to botch that too. Hopefully the Koreas will do a deal without him.

He is a terrible dealmaker.

Agree but IMO it would be CIA deep state / Bolton and neocons who would botch Trumps deal

Hes an egomaniac he wants to be in history with this historic peace deal and even win a nobel.

Dont get me rong I never said Trump is doing this dor world peace. Its all about himself :lol

[Winehole23]

The egomania could just as easily lead him to think himself as Napoleon Bonaparte.

[hater]

The egomania could just as easily lead him to think himself as Napoleon Bonaparte.

Agree 100%

But it would break his campaign promises and would surely lose his reelection

If thats gonna happen it would happen on his 2nd term

[Winehole23]

We'll see.

If Mueller indicts a family member, Trump might do worse than bomb a Sudanese pill factory to rally the country behind him.

MSM loves that shit.

[Winehole23]

statistical post-mortem at the time of Chavez's death:

https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2012/oct/04/venezuela-hugo-chavez-election-data

[hater]

Agree

That or a false flag a la gulf of tonkin would do the trick

[Winehole23]

European leaders give Maduro eight days to call new elections:

https://thehill.com/policy/international/europe/427091-european-nations-to-recognize-venezuelan-opposition-leader-if

[Winehole23]

European leaders give Maduro eight days to call new elections:

https://thehill.com/policy/international/europe/427091-european-nations-to-recognize-venezuelan-opposition-leader-ifswiftly rejected:

1089214876902477824

[hater]

https://twitter.com/novashpakova/status/1089231534782062593?s=21

[Winehole23]

Close
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dx22fU7XcAERr9E.jpg:large

[cheguevara]

https://twitter.com/novashpakova/status/1089231534782062593?s=21

Makes sense as Guaido is more an american asset than venezuelan.

He graduated from GW University in DC under a Lockheed Martin Scholarship

He is also a 13 level freemason

You know, a real man of the venezuelan people

[Winehole23]

Abrams laughing on Charlie Rose about his involvement in the torture and mass murder of indigenous people in Gautemala:

1088947458942603265

[Mikeanaro]

1089254220820344832

[Mikeanaro]

Makes sense as Guaido is more an american asset than venezuelan.

He graduated from GW University in DC under a Lockheed Martin Scholarship

He is also a 13 level freemason

You know, a real man of the venezuelan people
And some dumb uneducated bus driver is more akin to the venezuelan people?

[Winehole23]

1089254220820344832same shit with ration cards, I've heard

[pgardn]

Hater getting by far the best info on OUR escapes in South America from the US press.
Go figure.

South American strong men into wiping the truth out but he still masturbates over Putin.
Dumbass.

[ElNono]

Abrams laughing on Charlie Rose about his involvement in the torture and mass murder of indigenous people in Gautemala:

1088947458942603265

The best people

[Winehole23]

The best peopleall Pence's fault, no doubt.

[Winehole23]

Venezuela Wants $1.2 Billion in Gold Back From Bank of England

Nicolas Maduro’s embattled Venezuelan regime, desperate to hold onto the dwindling cash pile it has abroad, was stymied in its bid to pull $1.2 billion worth of gold out of the Bank of England, according to people familiar with the matter.

The Bank of England’s decision to deny Maduro officials’ withdrawal request comes after top U.S. officials, including Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and National Security Adviser John Bolton, lobbied their U.K. counterparts to help cut off the regime from its overseas assets, according to one of the people, who asked not to be identified.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-25/u-k-said-to-deny-maduro-s-bid-to-pull-1-2-billion-of-goldBrazen theft.

[hater]

:lmao :lol Little Marc:lol Rubi:lol still getting obliterated :lol

https://twitter.com/MikePrysner/status/1089275636474998784?s=20

[pgardn]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZtCfBR8ZZQ

Look at how Pence completely guides Trump during this conversation.
Hater! excellent analysis of the pivotal decision making Pence has made during the Trump presidency.

[hater]

https://twitter.com/domihol/status/1089654190518005760?s=21

https://twitter.com/georgebkk/status/1089665499099734016?s=21

Shits getting real

[Winehole23]

1088001839218544640

[boutons_deux]

'This Is Very Dangerous':

Trump Administration Seizes Venezuela Oil Assets,

Renews Threat of Military Action If Maduro Stays

The Trump administration intensified its interference in politically-fractured Venezuela on Monday by announcing the seizure of billions of dollars in assets connected to the nation's state-owned oil company,

executive order (https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-taking-additional-steps-address-national-emergency-respect-venezuela/)against Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PdVSA)—a primary source of income and foreign currency for the country

Bolton also issued a fresh threat of military action by telling reporters in the White House briefing room that Trump "has made it clear that all options are on the table" when it comes to next possible steps.

Wall Street Journal report published last week revealed (https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/01/25/confirming-us-orchestration-report-details-pences-key-phone-call-venezuelan) that

Guaidó's coup attempt has been highly coordinated with Trump administration officials and Republican lawmakers.

"The U.S. instead appears to be aiming for regime change and tightening sanctions to bring Maduro to his knees," Sachs concluded.

"Such an outcome is perhaps feasible, though it would leave a very bitter legacy.

More likely, though, it would occasion further violence and an escalation of the economic crisis, possibly leading to war."

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/01/28/very-dangerous-trump-administration-seizes-venezuela-oil-assets-renews-threat?cd-origin=rss

[Winehole23]

Not saying he's wrong, but what's wrong with these people? This is not the way you get Venezuela -- or the region -- on your side.


It will make a big difference to the United States economically if we could have American oil companies invest in and produce the oil capabilities in Venezuela.

[Winehole23]

https://cbsnews2.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2019/01/28/0c18931a-510a-4595-836a-85e7bca1fc39/thumbnail/620x362/0abae2725b294799578b7979c139e439/screenshot-2019-01-28-17-31-18.png#

[boutons_deux]

US military lies to, suckers naive recruits into the Army, Marines, to risk their bodies and brains "to serve and our great country, to spread freedom and democracy ",

when really the military is nothing but a resource extraction and protection force for the predatory oligarchy's amassing of Capital from wherever on the planet they can find it.

After VN, and now Iraq and Afghanistan, you have to very fucking naive and stupid to be "cannon fodder". to risk your body and mind to enrich the oligarchy.

But DoD spends $500M? EVERY year on suckering cannon fodder

The old VN era poster: "What if they gave a war, and nobody came?"

Of course, Trash invading VZ would be a great distraction from Mueller bringing down Trash and his mafiya.

[CosmicCowboy]

A lot of you guys are buying Venezuelan oil already if you use Valero.

[Winehole23]

Not much here on Guaido. What's his story?

[Winehole23]

alright, here's a mini-roundup of stories on Guaido:

NYT describes Voluntad popular as "more hard-line": https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/22/world/americas/juan-guaido-facts-history-bio.html

CBC describes Voluntad Popular as "centrist": https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/juan-guaido-bio-who-is-he-1.4990248

wikipedia describes Voluntad Popular as "social-democratic": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Guaid%C3%B3

a pro-Bolivarian take: https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/14218

mintpress passes out the tinfoil, says Guaido has been grromed as an imperialist stooge for a decade. (Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're *not* out to get you.) : https://www.mintpressnews.com/the-making-of-juan-guaido-how-the-us-regime-change-laboratory-created-venezuela-coup-leader/254387/
:

[hater]

https://twitter.com/abbymartin/status/1091840005868158976?s=21

[hater]

https://twitter.com/abbymartin/status/1091836605847851008?s=21

[boutons_deux]

US's interest in VZ is strictly $$$, the oil.

Both Dems and Repugs, MSM, all support "regime changing" Maduro behind the lie of "freedom and democracy" while the truth is It's All About The Benjamins.

Above, Bolton blatantly admitted it.

[boutons_deux]

A Forecast of Trump’s Coming Fiasco in Venezuela (https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/02/07/a-forecast-of-trumps-coming-fiasco-in-venezuela/)

Just four months ago, President Trump said at the UN that

he respected

“the right of every nation to practice its own customs, beliefs and traditions. :lol

The United States cannot tell others how to live, work or worship. :lol

In return, we should only ask respect for our sovereignty.” :lol Pootin disagrees :lol


“Unfortunately, it seems that these were just empty words.

We know from what happened in Iraq, Libya, Syria, etc. that this will not end well for Trump… or

for the United States.

We must leave Venezuela in peace!”

concludes Ron Paul whom no one can accuse of being a defender of Socialism.

https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/02/07/a-forecast-of-trumps-coming-fiasco-in-venezuela/ (https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/02/07/a-forecast-of-trumps-coming-fiasco-in-venezuela/)

[Winehole23]

1091848921771638785

[boutons_deux]

St Ronnie the Diseased should have been impeached for Iran-Contra, but he was probably too far gone to understand.

So that's Nixon, St Ronnie, dubya, Trash that were or should have been or will be impeached.

Show how much Repugs LOVE American Values

[Winehole23]

You're full of it, boutons.

The Dems are mostly on board with this and joined the GOP resolution criticizing hasty withdrawal from Syria and Afghanistan in significant numbers.

When push comes to shove, it'a one big happy war party.

[boutons_deux]

You're full of it, boutons.

The Dems are mostly on board with this and joined the GOP resolution criticizing hasty withdrawal from Syria and Afghanistan in significant numbers.

When push comes to shove, it'a one big happy war party.

... has nothing to do with my post, better luck next time

[Winehole23]

My bad, thought you were commenting indirectly on the present instead of spinning your wheels.

[hater]

You're full of it, boutons.

The Dems are mostly on board with this and joined the GOP resolution criticizing hasty withdrawal from Syria and Afghanistan in significant numbers.

When push comes to shove, it'a one big happy war party.

Truth bomb

Demo party is new party of war.

They go toe to toe with the MIC. They are actually the MIC puppets moreso than repubs now since Trump does what he wants and not what hes told (usually)

[boutons_deux]

My bad, thought you were commenting indirectly on the present instead of spinning your wheels.

I was posting directly after your Iran-Contra post about St Ronnie the Diseased as Iran-Contra criminal

[Winehole23]

You missed the point.

The point was the past and current point man, Elliott Abrams , in connection with the delivery of "humanitarian" aid.

[Winehole23]

Michael Hudson's economic gloss of power relations between Venezuela and the US is typically interesting and limpid, but this odd detail related to BOE's theft of Venezuela's gold stood out to me:


There was never real trust in the Bank of England or Federal Reserve, but it seemed unthinkable that they would refuse to permit an official depositor from withdrawing its own gold. The usual motto is “Trust but verify.” But the unwillingness (or inability) of the Bank of England to verify means that the formerly unthinkable has now arrived: Have these central banks sold this gold forward in the post-London Gold Pool and its successor commodity markets in their attempt to keep down the price so as to maintain the appearance of a solvent U.S. dollar standard?

Paul Craig Roberts has described how this system works. There are forward markets for currencies, stocks and bonds. The Federal Reserve can offer to buy a stock in three months at, say, 10% over the current price. Speculators will by the stock, bidding up the price, so as to take advantage of “the market’s” promise to buy the stock. So by the time three months have passed, the price will have risen. That is largely how the U.S. “Plunge Protection Team” has supported the U.S. stock market.


The system works in reverse to hold down gold prices. The central banks holding gold can get together and offer to sell gold at a low price in three months. “The market” will realize that with low-priced gold being sold, there’s no point in buying more gold and bidding its price up. So the forward-settlement market shapes today’s market.


The question is, have gold buyers (such as the Russian and Chinese government) bought so much gold that the U.S. Fed and the Bank of England have actually had to “make good” on their forward sales, and steadily depleted their gold? In this case, they would have been “living for the moment,” keeping down gold prices for as long as they could, knowing that once the world returns to the pre-1971 gold-exchange standard for intergovernmental balance-of-payments deficits, the U.S. will run out of gold and be unable to maintain its overseas military spending (not to mention its trade deficit and foreign disinvestment in the U.S. stock and bond markets). My book on Super-Imperialism explains why running out of gold forced the Vietnam War to an end. The same logic would apply today to America’s vast network of military bases throughout the world.https://michael-hudson.com/2019/02/venezuela-as-the-pivot-for-new-internationalism/

[Mikeanaro]

https://twitter.com/abbymartin/status/1091840005868158976?s=21
So you are telling me that people supports a government with a more than a million inflation... yeah 1000000% per year?

Wow and we complain about an insignificant 40% :fight

[Winehole23]

So you are telling me that people supports a government with a more than a million inflation... yeah 1000000% per year?

Wow and we complain about an insignificant 40% :fightMaduro's 25-30% approval level is Macron-like, but the guy the US is supporting up got literally zero votes in the last election.

[Winehole23]

Pelosi backs the US coup:

https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/2819-2/

[boutons_deux]

Pelosi backs the US coup:

https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/2819-2/

Dem establishment is just a war-mongering, bullying, meddling, murderous, imperialist as Repugs.

"Why Do They Hate Us?"

[Winehole23]

Why was Chavez loved, besides being "negro e indio"? He was able to divert part of the social product from energy kleptocrats to invest in the real economy and the Venezuelan people.

The following quote is from the CIA factbook:


“Social investment in Venezuela during the Chavez administration reduced poverty from nearly 50% in 1999 to about 27% in 2011, increased school enrollment, substantially decreased infant and child mortality, and improved access to potable water and sanitation through social investment.”https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ve.html

[Winehole23]

:wow that didn't take long

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[Mikeanaro]

Maduro's 25-30% approval level is Macron-like, but the guy the US is supporting up got literally zero votes in the last election.
Thats because elections are rigged, its a dictatorship.
There is no way to fix this with an election, Maduro must resign and thats it.
Think about it, 1 million % inflation, nobody can do better than that?

[Mikeanaro]

Why was Chavez loved, besides being "negro e indio"? He was able to divert part of the social product from energy kleptocrats to invest in the real economy and the Venezuelan people.

The following quote is from the CIA factbook:

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ve.html
Sure, they said that crap because the states were buying dirty cheap petroleum from them.
Do you believe that shit?

https://www.msn.com/en-xl/latinamerica/top-stories/the-rich-kids-of-venezuela-including-socialist-revolution-leader-hugo-chavezs-daughter-flaunt-their-wealth-with-fist-fulls-of-cash-and-lavish-holidays-while-the-nation-starves/ar-BBTbyIj

4 fucking billion, did she make that money because is ¨pretty¨?

[boutons_deux]

I bet Trash invades VZ as soon as gets news the he, Jr, and/or Ivanka, etc are to be indicted.

[Ghazi]

:lol bringing the Hezbollah/Iran boogeyman into this

:lol Trish Regan

:lol Pompeo

[hater]

Thats because elections are rigged, its a dictatorship.
There is no way to fix this with an election, Maduro must resign and thats it.
Think about it, 1 million % inflation, nobody can do better than that?

No proof election was rigged. On the contrary it was a fair election where all the opponents who ran agreed. Multiple foreign monitors said it was a good election. Jimmy Carter said Venezuela has one of the best election systems in the world.

Stop believing fake news.

[Mikeanaro]

No proof election was rigged. On the contrary it was a fair election where all the opponents who ran agreed. Multiple foreign monitors said it was a good election. Jimmy Carter said Venezuela has one of the best election systems in the world.

Stop believing fake news.
:lmao WTF!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRWtiKp1THA

The truth will set them free, he starts slow at 1:30 but then the crescendo leads them to glory.

[hater]

:lmao WTF!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRWtiKp1THA

The truth will set them free, he starts slow at 1:30 but then the crescendo leads them to glory.

And? Every country brainwashes its kids:

_kOEg55vewU

Feel free to post evidence of rigging last elections tho tbqh

[Mikeanaro]

And? Every country brainwashes its kids:

_kOEg55vewU

Feel free to post evidence of rigging last elections tho tbqh
You are mixing up things, dont do that.

Its the last great dictatorship in South America, enjoy it while it lasts.
Lol fake news, do you know any exiled Venezuelan to at least have a reasonable opinion?
More than 1 Million % inflation, do you have that where you live?

Lol, they know who you voted for, also electronic vote, also opposition gets jail time, too much freedom I guess, except a couple months ago when they killed more than 100 protesters, and you were worried about people getting arrested (not killed) in France.

This hurts your legacy.

[hater]

So no proof of election fraud huh?

Lets just parrot whatever Bolton, Rubio and Pence say :rolleyes

[Mikeanaro]

I dont live in the states, so I dont care about their opinion, lets just say this, Chavez/Maduro were partners with Kirchner/Lula and did a lot of corrupt shit, how are Kirchner and Lula doing?

[hater]

I dont live in the states, so I dont care about their opinion, lets just say this, Chavez/Maduro were partners with Kirchner/Lula and did a lot of corrupt shit, how are Kirchner and Lula doing?

How is the new Argentine right wing president doing? :lol

Lol thinking only leftists are corrupt

[Mikeanaro]

How is the new Argentine right wing president doing? :lol

Lol thinking only leftists are corrupt
He is not good, but 40% inflation is not a million so whats your case? also you dont have a clue of how these places work.
Worst case scenario, people will have gas/water pipes installations, routes and lots of other infrastructure things that leftard Peronists could not make in 50 years.

Whats happening you? ate rotten food or something?

[Mikeanaro]

BUT BUT MAH MADUROH!
Maduros tendra los soretes en el estomago

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[hater]

He is not good, but 40% inflation is not a million so whats your case? also you dont have a clue of how these places work.
Worst case scenario, people will have gas/water pipes installations, routes and lots of other infrastructure things that leftard Peronists could not make in 50 years.

Whats happening you? ate rotten food or something?

Argentina would have 1 million inflation if USA and friends wqged the same economic war

[hater]

BUT BUT MAH MADUROH!
Maduros tendra los soretes en el estomago

1095425399239200769


Thats nice and peaceful protest :tu m
No problem with that they have the right


Reminds me of the pink pussy hat wearing protesters that came out in the thousands against trump

They dont have a right to name themselves a random president and threaten to take out the current fairly elected sitting one by force and even worse ask a world power to deploy their military in their homeland

[Mikeanaro]

Argentina would have 1 million inflation if USA and friends wqged the same economic war
Would/could/should doesnt work
Chavez/Cagaduro played bad their cards, thats a fact.

[Mikeanaro]

Thats nice and peaceful protest :tu m
No problem with that they have the right


Reminds me of the pink pussy hat wearing protesters that came out in the thousands against trump

They dont have a right to name themselves a random president and threaten to take out the current fairly elected sitting one by force and even worse ask a world power to deploy their military in their homeland
One more time, you dont have a fucking clue.

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:lmao He is as fairly sitting as Fidel

[hater]

Yeah 4 pictures of sick ppl theres your reason to militarily attack a country :rolleyes

[boutons_deux]

Rep. Ilhan Omar Clashes With Iran-Contra Convict Elliott Abrams Over U.S. Role in Central America

she questioned Abrams’ credibility given his role in the Iran-Contra affair and support for U.S.-backed coups in the '80s.

“In 1991, you pleaded guilty to two counts of withholding information from Congress regarding your involvement in the Iran-Contra affair, for which you were later pardoned by President George H.W. Bush,”

“I fail to understand why members of this committee, or the American people should find any testimony that you give today to be truthful.”

Omar responded, “That was not a question. Thank you for your participation.”

went on to reference Abrams’ 1982 testimony in which point he dismissed reports of the El Mozote massacre in El Salvador—which was carried out by U.S.-trained Salvadoran unit—as being “not credible (https://www.webcitation.org/6BvSC8Irn?url=http://www.markdanner.com/articles/show/the_truth_of_el_mozote).”

“You later said that the U.S. policy in El Salvador was a fabulous achievement,” Omar said. “Yes or no, do you still think so?”

“El Salvador has been a democracy. That’s a fabulous achievement.” :lol

“Yes or no, do you think that massacre was a fabulous achievement?” Omar pressed on. “That happened under our watch.”

“Yes or no?” Omar pushed again.[/COLOR]

“No,” Abrams replied as Omar said, "I will take that as a yes."

“Would you support an armed faction within Venezuela

that engages in war crimes, crimes against humanity, or genocide

if you believed they were serving U.S. interests as you did in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua?”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/rep-ilhan-omar-clashes-with-iran-contra-convict-elliott-abrams-over-us-role-in-central-american

holy shit, the little lady is kicking Abrams' criminal ass :lol

[Winehole23]

The military didn't flip, the people didn't turn on Maduro either, and the opposition has no plans to distribute the humanitarian aid.

I wonder if there is any plan besides ramping up the misery of the Venezuelan people and hoping something will give. That worked so well for us in iraq.

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[CosmicCowboy]

I can hardly blame Maduro after seeing how it worked out for Sadaam Hussein and Gaddafi.

[boutons_deux]

Corporate American Empire, supported by both parties, always succeeds in spreading liberty and democracy through regime change all around the world.

[hater]

:lmao Trump getting embarrassed

This aint no NYC real estate opponents you are facing jig :lol

https://twitter.com/reuters/status/1097901222147878913?s=21

And this aint no ghadafi or iraq where you can pin WMDs on Maduro

Most they have is qn exploding banana :lmao

[hater]

Btw now that Turkish/Russian and Chinese intelligence are working for Maduro on the ground, it will be next to impossibke to manufacture a false flag

[hater]

Bernie Sanders

Hes winning my heart every single day. I just donated to him tbqh

https://twitter.com/rncresearch/status/1098610428312199169?s=21

[Winehole23]

U.S. DIRECT INTERVENTIONS
Military/CIA activity that changed governments


COUNTRY
YEAR
EVENT SUMMARY


Cuba
1898-1902
Spanish-American War



1906-09
Ousts elected Pres. Palma; occupation regime



1917-23
U.S. reoccupation, gradual withdrawal


Dominican Rep
1916-24
U.S. occupation



1961
Assassination of Pres. Trujillo



1965
U.S. Armed Forces occupy Sto Domingo


Grenada
1983
U.S. Armed Forces occupy island; oust government


Guatemala
1954
C.I.A.-organized armed force ousts Pres. Arbenz


Haiti
1915-34
U.S. occupation



1994
U.S. troops restore constitutional government


Mexico
1914
Veracuz occupied; US allows rebels to buy arms


Nicaragua
1910
Troops to Corinto, Bluefields during revolt



1912-25
U.S. occupation



1926-33
U.S. occupation



1981-90
Contra war; then support for opposition in election


Panama
1903-14
U.S. Troops secure protectorate, canal



1989
U.S. Armed Forces occupy nation


U.S. INDIRECT INTERVENTION
Government/regime changes in which U.S. is decisive


COUNTRY
YEAR
EVENT SUMMARY


Bolivia
1944
Coup uprising overthrow Pres. Villaroel



1963
Military coup ousts elected Pres. Paz Estenssoro



1971
Military coup ousts Gen. Torres


Brazil
1964
Military coup ousts elected Pres. Goulart


Chile
1973
Coup ousts elected Pres. Allende.



1989-90
Aid to anti-Pinochet opposition


Cuba
1933
U.S. abandons support for Pres. Machado



1934
U.S. sponsors coup by Col. Batista to oust Pres. Grau


Dominican Rep.
1914
U.S. secures ouster of Gen. José Bordas



1963
Coup ousts elected Pres. Bosch


El Salvador
1961
Coup ousts reformist civil-military junta



1979
Coup ousts Gen. Humberto Romero



1980
U.S. creates and aids new Christian Demo junta


Guatemala
1963
U.S. supports coup vs elected Pres. Ydígoras



1982
U.S. supports coup vs Gen. Lucas García



1983
U.S. supports coup vs Gen. Rios Montt


Guyana
1953
CIA aids strikes; Govt. is ousted


Honduras
1963
Military coups ousts elected Pres. Morales


Mexico
1913
U.S. Amb. H. L. Wilson organizes coup v Madero


Nicaragua
1909
Support for rebels vs Zelaya govt



1979
U.S. pressures Pres. Somoza to leave


Panama
1941
U.S supports coup ousting elected Pres. Arias



1949
U.S. supports coup ousting constitutional govt of VP Chanís



1969
U.S. supports coup by Gen. Torrijos

[Winehole23]

more comprehensively:

https://www.globalpolicy.org/us-westward-expansion/26024-us-interventions.html

[boutons_deux]

more comprehensively:

https://www.globalpolicy.org/us-westward-expansion/26024-us-interventions.html

US forces in nearly every country, while actively fighting and losing in 80 countries.

[hater]

https://twitter.com/federation/status/1099374815394308102?s=21

[hater]

https://twitter.com/dancohen3000/status/1099322834676051968?s=21

[hater]

:lmao USA reusing their white helmets painting them green and shipping them to venezuela :lmao

https://twitter.com/benjaminnorton/status/1099432119909208066?s=21

[hater]

https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/1099695756800413696?s=21

[hater]

https://twitter.com/buygoldpanama/status/1099708382678794240?s=21

[Winehole23]

Yeah, there are good reasons the Red Cross and the UN refuse to have anything to do with the US led convoy of humanitarian aid.

[hater]

https://twitter.com/zlixy/status/1099708809617002496?s=21

[hater]

https://twitter.com/allredtodorojo/status/1099710084073041920?s=21

[Ghazi]

:lol I was watching Fox News last night and Trish Regan was showing some gay ass probably fake clips from Venezuela of malnutritioned children and shedding crocodile tears.

What a faggot.

Show Yemen bitch.

[hater]

:lol I was watching Fox News last night and Trish Regan was showing some gay ass probably fake clips from Venezuela of malnutritioned children and shedding crocodile tears.

What a faggot.

Show Yemen bitch.

Glad people all over are waking up to US state propaganda

https://twitter.com/abbymartin/status/374768329061564416?s=21

[hater]

LOL caught blowing up your own “aid” truck :lmao

https://twitter.com/MaxBlumenthal/status/1099721382798286853?s=20

[Winehole23]

macabre sentiment aside, this sends the wrong message to Chairman Kim on the eve of talks

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[hater]

RUbio is digusting

Embarrasing himself at this point

[hater]

Rubio should get suspended by twitter rules tbqh

https://twitter.com/benjaminnorton/status/1099745894960906241?s=21

[hater]

:lmao

https://twitter.com/daveanthony/status/1099752791063449600?s=21

[hater]

:lmao GOp

https://twitter.com/osman__13/status/1099815488962494465?s=21

[boutons_deux]

macabre sentiment aside, this sends the wrong message to Chairman Kim on the eve of talks

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It's Little Cuban Marco's hint to Nick Maduro, not Kim

[hater]

:lmao Pence

:lmao Rubio

:lmao Trump

Stupid fucks already let 30 days pass. Guaido himself is now an illegal president by same Venezuelan constitution article they invoked :lol

https://twitter.com/pspengle/status/1099813773874028544?s=21

[hater]

https://twitter.com/alianza_lg/status/1099906846452842496?s=21

:lmao

Worst planned coup in history :lmao

[hater]

:lmao Mike Penis


https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/02/25/as-the-coup-attempt-in-venezuela-stumbles-its-time-that-guaido-recognize-that-regime-change-has-failed/

Coup attempt in tatters

To witness the growing cracks in the coup plotters’ strategy, one need only to observe Guaidó’s own increasingly desperate antics. At the international level, he has been frantically attempting to gain control of foreign-held government assets – so far, to little avail. On the domestic front, having promised amnesty to members of the military who are willing to defect to his side, he is now struggling to get a measure to keep this promise passed by the opposition-controlled National Assembly that he leads. And in the latest provocative move, he recently called on supporters to surround military bases and “demand the delivery of humanitarian aid.” As a result, the opposition camp seems to be fracturing even further, with several of its major figures – including Claudio Fermín and Laidy Gómez – now calling Guaidó’s strategy into question.

The same signs of desperation are beginning to show in Washington. Trump administration officials have taken to issuing ever more aggressive threats. National Security Advisor John Bolton, for example, posted a series of menacing tweets aimed at members of the Venezuelan military. Trump himself has been taking the coup-mongering rhetoric to new heights of outlandishness. In a speech in Miami – the Mecca of Cuban and Venezuelan exile hardliners – he praised pro-opposition terrorist Oscar Peréz (who attacked Venezuela’s Supreme Court and Justice Ministry with grenades) and said that members of the Venezuelan military who refuse to defect to Guaidó’s side have “everything to lose.” The Venezuelan high command responded promptly that “the armed forces of the Bolivarian nation will never accept orders from any foreign government or power, nor an authority that does not come from the sovereign decision of the people.” Just before this article went to press, reports emerged that Vice President Mike Pence will travel to Colombia on February 25 to give a speech in which he will demand that Maduro step down.

[hater]

God bless this man

https://twitter.com/derbychrisw/status/1099382439418441728?s=21

[hater]

But but I thought everyone was dying in Venezuela??

-LT_O7tI3DY

Poor people they look really oppressed :lol

Cue in the retards that will claim they are being paid. With what money? Plus they could make lots more parroting Guaido . :rolleyes

[hater]

:lol Mike Penis

mbXqGiNlWWw

[Pavlov]

lol Trump

[hater]

Roger Waters goes in no lube on Richard Branson :wow

God Bless Dear Roger

h77k6ZcGhJk

[boutons_deux]

Vice President Pence Announces New Sanctions Against Venezuela's Maduro in Speech From Colombia

The Trump administration on Monday announced new sanctions on allies of Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro

as it struggles to find new ways to boost his opponent Juan Guaido after an effort to deliver humanitarian aid to the economically devastated nation faltered amid strong resistance from security forces who remain loyal to the socialist leader.

http://time.com/5537438/sanctions-venezuela-maduro/

USA really wants to take the VZ oil, like Trash said USA should have done in Iraq.

[hater]

:lmao Alejandro Munoz declares himself new interim president of Colombia :lol

https://twitter.com/dancohen3000/status/1100169201052991488?s=21

[hater]

Lunatic Rubio and Mike Penis along with Muppet Guaido praised these savage venezuelan soldiers who defected to Colombia by driving 2 military vehicles through a crowd of civilians

https://twitter.com/srmejia14/status/1100282273545535488?s=21

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[Winehole23]

Colombia wouldn't play ball, but the self-proclaimed intirim president is still free to walk around in Venezuela.

Not sure I can think of another country in the world that wouldn't jail a man who tried to raise an armed force to shoot its way into his own country.

Isn't that the definition of insurrection?

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[hater]

Maricon Rubio gets obliterated on Twitter :lmao


Little excrement posted minutes after Venezua blackout about it meaning he knew about it before it happened. Hes afucking terrorist

[Winehole23]

Post it, mang.

[DMC]

Colombia wouldn't play ball, but the self-proclaimed intirim president is still free to walk around in Venezuela.

Not sure I can think of another country in the world that wouldn't jail a man who tried to raise an armed force to shoot its way into his own country.

Isn't that the definition of insurrection?

1103419919650168832

:lmao "heavily armed soldiers"... we have deer hunters more heavily armed than that.

[hater]

:lmao "heavily armed soldiers"... we have deer hunters more heavily armed than that.

Deer hunters are hunting deer

Ifdeer hunters had to fight for their lives they would be a force to rekon

Now if Venezuelan chavistas are half that fierce then there will be some drama

[DMC]

Deer hunters are hunting deer

Ifdeer hunters had to fight for their lives they would be a force to rekon

Now if Venezuelan chavistas are half that fierce then there will be some drama

It's about the "heavily armed", not the desperation of the armed. Your faux 3rd world wisdom duly noted though.

[Winehole23]

:lmao "heavily armed soldiers"... we have deer hunters more heavily armed than that.Orly?

VP Burr was hauled off in chains by Thomas Jefferson for less.

[Winehole23]

What say you DerpMC?

[hater]

It's about the "heavily armed", not the desperation of the armed. Your faux 3rd world wisdom duly noted though.

Yeah Vietnam and Afghanistan are prime examples of that :lol

[hater]

Sabotage on hidro power plants already killed a few patients tbqb

Poor ppl

https://twitter.com/Jackcoall/status/1104447262426509314?s=19

[hater]

https://twitter.com/walicolt2020/status/1104545869725077504?s=19

[pgardn]

Ever since the Sandinista fell, Hater got a wad of twisted undies.

[RandomGuy]

Ever since the Sandinista fell, Hater got a wad of twisted undies.

I hate to say it, but damage done to the Venezuelan electrical grid is consistent with a US cyber-attack.

Given this and Bolton/Pompeo power duopoly, I have to wonder. There have been some pretty obvious, ham-handed meddling things going on, such as that aid shipment, and don't forget the scribbled note on Boltons notepad.

[Winehole23]

coincidental:


According to Air Force Research Laboratory commander Major General Tom Masiello, CHAMP is “an operational system already in our tactical air force (http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2015/05/24/boeing-unveils-electromagnetic-pulse-weapon.aspx).” https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/us-air-force-confirms-boeings-electromagnetic-pulse-weapon/

[Winehole23]

we're helping the Venezuelan people by throttling their economy:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-03-14/u-s-said-to-weigh-curbs-on-venezuela-transaction-processing

[Winehole23]

no way this could backfire:

https://medium.com/@sharminen/us-officials-offered-my-friend-cash-to-take-down-tehrans-power-grid-628435bc61f8

[Winehole23]

Sanctions squeeze leads to asset grab:

https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKCN1R12GR

[boutons_deux]

Like Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Northern Triangle, etc, etc, America's blood-thirsty, murderous Capitalistic Imperialists have NO FUCKING IDEA how their fucking up other countries, aka regime change (always for profit), will play out.

One thing is clear, "freedom and democracy" (myths in America itself) NEVER arrive in America's victim countries.

[hater]

A plane carrying a few Maduro colonels crashed last week. Yesterday guaidos top men got charged with terrorism.

I'm sure maduro has proof of some thing of course with help of Russian and Chinese intelligence

Not to mention turkey. They are probably cooperating too as turkey has top 10 intelligence agency in world

[hater]

Russian troops in Venezuela


This zhit is getting real

https://twitter.com/southfronteng/status/1109921486779879433

[boutons_deux]

Russian air force planes land in Venezuela carrying troops
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/03/russian-air-force-planes-land-venezuela-carrying-troops-reports/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+%28The+Raw+Story% 29 (https://www.rawstory.com/2019/03/russian-air-force-planes-land-venezuela-carrying-troops-reports/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+%28The+Raw+Story% 29)

:lol Pootin AGAIN bests America, and Trash will let him.

Pompeo asks Pootin: "Please stop, pretty please"

[CosmicCowboy]

Russian air force planes land in Venezuela carrying troops
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/03/russian-air-force-planes-land-venezuela-carrying-troops-reports/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+%28The+Raw+Story% 29 (https://www.rawstory.com/2019/03/russian-air-force-planes-land-venezuela-carrying-troops-reports/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+%28The+Raw+Story% 29)

:lol Pootin AGAIN bests America, and Trash will let him.

Pompeo asks Pootin: "Please stop, pretty please"





And what would President Hater have done? Shot the Russian planes down?

[hater]

And what would President Hater have done? Shot the Russian planes down?

To be fair the Guaido Gambit was probably the worst imperial idea in the last 25 years :lmao


If they never had done it they wouldn't be getting embarrassed :lol

But that's what happens when you delegate things to Pence and Rubio :lmao

[boutons_deux]

And what would President Hater have done? Shot the Russian planes down?

deflector, GFY

[boutons_deux]

As Venezuela’s misery grows, U.S. focus shifts to Cuba’s role

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/as-venezuelas-misery-grows-us-focus-shifts-to-cubas-role/2019/03/26/05fedfa0-4b2c-11e9-b79a-961983b7e0cd_story.html?utm_term=.9078935fc166&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1

Trash won't counter Pootin, so he beats up on Cuba, Repugs' favorite whipping boy (no oil in Cuba, so whip away)

[hater]

https://twitter.com/veteranstoday/status/1110244738513416192

[Pavlov]

https://twitter.com/veteranstoday/status/1110244738513416192"VeteransToday"

Veterans of what?

[hater]

Of your mom

[Pavlov]

Of your momShe's dead, so I don't know why that would make for a good source.

Man, what a disaster for Trump, eh?

[boutons_deux]

Trump says Russian military must leave Venezuela

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-usa-trump/trump-says-russian-military-must-leave-venezuela-idUSKCN1R81R9?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtopNews+%28News+%2F +US+%2F+Top+News%29 (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-usa-trump/trump-says-russian-military-must-leave-venezuela-idUSKCN1R81R9?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtopNews+%28News+%2F +US+%2F+Top+News%29)

:lol

Pootin bitch slapping Trash like the dickless little bitch he is

[in2deep]

I'm gon a go out on a limb and say Russia will probably not do as Trump says :lol

I actually not sure why Russia doesn't station a few thousand troops in Venezuela. They can say is for humanitary reason. What would US do? Trigger world war? Doubt it
It's probably comes down to money. They are just doing what they can afford.

[boutons_deux]

I'm gon a go out on a limb and say Russia will probably not do as Trump says :lol

I actually not sure why Russia doesn't station a few thousand troops in Venezuela. They can say is for humanitary reason. What would US do? Trigger world war? Doubt it
It's probably comes down to money. They are just doing what they can afford.

If VZ's broken oil production can work, Maduro could pay back Putin for keeping Maduro in power, with a couple tankers of crude, free delivery.

[in2deep]

If VZ's broken oil production can work, Maduro could pay back Putin for keeping Maduro in power, with a couple tankers of crude, free delivery.

I'm pretty sure that is already happening but beinganoil producer I'm sure Russia wants some cash money every now and then andvenezuela does not have that as US has stolen most of their savings

[hater]

:lmao Rubio


Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a statement late Tuesday that the presence of Russian military personnel in Venezuela was "in strict accordance" with the Venezuelan constitution and a bilateral agreement on military cooperation. She said it didn’t require approval by Venezuela's opposition-controlled National Assembly.


:lmao Mike penis


"Some liken the U.S. to an elephant in a china shop, but those animals behave delicately and reasonably," Zakharova said. The United States "acts on the international arena more like a cowboy in the Louvre Museum."

:lmao orange with hair

[hater]

https://twitter.com/jaredferrie/status/1111322159786409985?s=19

[hater]

:lmao Maduro applying the :ban: stick to Guaidumb.

https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1111319918006419463?s=19

[hater]

Damn looks like those pesky Russians beat US to the punch again.

Elliot Abrams admits Russians were sent to deal with power sabotage and recalibrate the s300 system. That solves the question why US was attacking grid, to take s300 out of commission. With a working s300 no way a ground war can start as air support would be needed. In order to take out s300z a massive air Force and missile attack would be needed. US is just not ready for that

Venezuela is safe for at least a few months :tu

https://twitter.com/MaihenH/status/1111685664603627526?s=19

[hater]

:lmao little Marco rubio :lmao no more big talk from this pussy anymore


https://twitter.com/marcorubio/status/1111385252558065665?s=19

[hater]

Abrams looks like Mr Burns and Gargamel fucked with no condom tbqh

Possibly ugliest American alive

https://twitter.com/ArturoTrochez1/status/1111711504502415360?s=19

[Pavlov]

:lol hater shitting on Trump

[hater]

Don't blame me

Blame it on orange with hair for delegating South America to Rubio and penis :lol

[Pavlov]

Don't blame me

Blame it on orange with hair for delegating South America to Rubio and penis :lolOf course I blame you for shitting on Trump.

Because you're the one shitting on Trump.

lol hater shitting on Trump.

[hater]

Mmmkay that's a pretty dumb post but ok dude :tu

[Pavlov]

Mmmkay that's a pretty dumb post but ok dude :tuYou needed to have it explained to you dude :tu

[hater]

Your stupid posts? sure

[ElNono]

:lmao little Marco rubio :lmao no more big talk from this pussy anymore

https://twitter.com/marcorubio/status/1111385252558065665?s=19

:lol Marcuck Rubio... this guy was running for president, smh

[hater]

:lol Marcuck Rubio...

:lmao


Wonder why this sick midget little pussy has not posted a dead ghadafi or Saddam pic lately

[hater]

Poor bastard puppet guaido is not even able to drive down the street without ppl trying to shit on him :lmao

https://twitter.com/garoukike/status/1112023692891033600?s=19


This coup is going oh so we'll :lol

[hater]

https://twitter.com/Horafinanciera/status/1112067986976759808?s=19

[hater]

https://twitter.com/EvaKBartlett/status/1112067996153982976?s=19

[hater]

https://twitter.com/timand2037/status/1111838254108561408?s=19

[hater]

:lmao ugliest and stupidest American alive
https://twitter.com/tbtpeters/status/1112723995974164480?s=19

[hater]

:lmao the GOAT just took a shit on Trump :lmao

Compared him to a famous Argentinian 1970s ventriloquist dummy :lol

https://twitter.com/victorfyt/status/1112797823391686661?s=19

[hater]

:lmao

https://twitter.com/CapitanEscarla5/status/1112697735537455105?s=19

[boutons_deux]

TRUMP'S GAMBLE COULD UNRAVEL COLOMBIA'S PEACE DEAL

The Colombian peace deal of 2016 ended the longest-running conflict in the Western hemisphere.

It won the country’s then-President Juan Manuel Santos the Nobel Peace Prize.

But now, with the world’s attention on the internal strife in neighboring Venezuela,

the Colombian deal faces its greatest threat yet.

President Ivan Duque and his party, Democratic Center, are rejecting key elements of the pact, determined to renegotiate it.

And they have found in the Trump administration a vital international ally to back them up.
The U.S. is charging Jesus Santrich, a top FARC official, with orchestrating a major cocaine deal (https://www.ozy.com/provocateurs/meet-the-colombian-el-chapo-otoniel/92754), arguing that the crime was committed after the peace deal was signed, rendering Santrich ineligible for the judicial benefits and non-extradition guarantees of the JEP.

The FARC claims Santrich was set up by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and

the U.S. has so far refused to provide evidence.

The American ambassador to Colombia, Kevin Whitaker, told a local radio channel after Duque’s rejection of the draft law that America is “very much in agreement with what he did.”

https://www.ozy.com/fast-forward/how-trumps-gamble-could-unravel-colombias-peace-deal/93318?utm_source=pdb&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=04042019&variable=992d608214b505003aa04bf10a595031

Repugs fucking around south of the border, again.

[hater]

:lmao Mike penis

Venezuela says more Russian troops will come in soon

https://twitter.com/descifraguerra/status/1113918359157055488?s=19

[Winehole23]

Apparently Germany's recognition of Guaido with a request that speedy elections be held had a legal deadline in mind. Intirim Presidents can only serve 30 days under Venezuela's constitution.

https://amp.dw.com/en/germany-declines-to-recognize-juan-guaidos-berlin-emissary/a-48107479

[Winehole23]

In retrospect, confidence that Venezuela's military would flip was probably excessive.

[TheGreatYacht]

https://youtu.be/VMplqEpfGhs

[TheGreatYacht]

hater


https://youtu.be/98pBLXe7Bmk

[hater]

:wow :cry another powerful woman :wow

respect

https://twitter.com/codepink/status/1121445064478081026

[hater]

hater


https://youtu.be/98pBLXe7Bmk

welcome to the Light ma niga :tu

[hater]

Another failed coup today in Venezuela nigas :lmao

Apparently John Guaidumb tweeted video this morning telling the world he is in a military base and the Venezuelan military has turned on maduro and today is the day Maduro is ousted. He also said he has freed his mentor and opposition leader Lopez from house arrest. Pompeo and Bolton quickly tweeted back that Venezuelan top military brass is now working on transitioning power peacefully.

Looking closer:
- Venezuelan top general tweeted back saying that is bullshit and Army 100% backs Maduro
- he also said only 25 low class troops had turned on Maduro :lmao these same troops have now fled to Brazilian embassy for asylum :lol
- López has fled to Chilean embassy for asylum :lol
- the rebels andGuaidum were not actually filming in the Base but on the road around the base :lmao

Called it

Worst coup ever :lmao


:lmao Mike penis

:lol little marco

[hater]

:lmao little marco

Sounds a bit pissed at Guaidumb

https://twitter.com/marcorubio/status/1123355519803187202?s=19

[hater]

Guaidum. Had promised to speak at 6pm to probably proclaim the coup a success

Now Noone knows where he is :lmao

https://twitter.com/tomphillipsin/status/1123350481387118592?s=19

Can't make this shit up :lol

Starting to think Guaidumb is a Russian double agent :lol

[TheGreatYacht]

hater

https://youtu.be/Gw-O_tislpM

[ChumpHumper]

More spam.

[ChumpDumper]

more derp

[hater]

US fake news media parroting Bolton lies :lmao

https://twitter.com/YourGoldenKey/status/1123364994928668673?s=19

[hater]

:lmao this fat fuck now blaming Russia for their ineptitude :lmao :lol

https://twitter.com/CNNEE/status/1123342581016997893?s=19

[hater]

:lol

https://twitter.com/RealScottRitter/status/1123370965717614595?s=19

[hater]

Word on the streets is Guaido went I to hiding :lol

Some say he's also in Chilean or Brazilian embassy calling it quits :lmao

Hope so :lol

[hater]

This is possibly the worst organized coup in history :lmao :lmao :lol

Called it 3 months ago :lol

[hater]

:lmao

https://twitter.com/JairBolsonaso/status/1123380133056925696?s=19

"guaido while you send our Ppl to kill themselves in street battles and gte run over by tanks you Stan d there with a frapachino in your hand"


Nigga getting exposed as a fraud :lol

[hater]

:lmao

https://twitter.com/masa3256/status/1123380132406878208?s=19

[hater]

https://twitter.com/Greg_Palast/status/1123373808935510016?s=19

[hater]

https://twitter.com/CraigMurrayOrg/status/1123378946278592515?s=19

[spurraider21]

:lol trump

[hater]

:lmao Leopold lolez

This niga was in house arrest and makes a whole show about being freed and to fight for the rebels

And at the first break of daylight runs to the Chilean embassy :lmao coward

What ever happened to fighting for your country :lmao

[hater]

:lol trump

Only the best people :lmao

[spurraider21]

Only the best people :lmao
he's supposedly the best :lol... smarter than the generals

[hater]

Le:lolp:lolld:lol L:lolpez

Dat face :lol

https://twitter.com/romixx_/status/1123236136770580481?s=19

[boutons_deux]

ignorant, befuddled Trash tnreatened Cuba with embargo that is already in place

[hater]

Holy shit :wow

So this morning 3 commanders tricked their troops to come with them near the air base. Didn't tell them anything. Gave them guns and told they they need to block the road. Then later told them this is a coup an dyou need to fight for guaido. They refused an most ran away :wow

https://twitter.com/CCsVenezuela3/status/1123392457029378048?s=19

https://twitter.com/Mersayme/status/1123299101565706245?s=19

[hater]

Maduro speaking live

https://twitter.com/tictoc/status/1123394126400106496?s=19

[hater]

:lmao :lol :lmao :lol

https://twitter.com/telesurenglish/status/1123397108663500801?s=19

[spurraider21]

:lmao donald chump

[Winehole23]

In fairness, his predecessors weren't so great at regime change either.

[TheGreatYacht]

https://youtu.be/R0LpW15z-Mw

[hater]

Dear Dr Ron Paul and Co think Guaido is now worth more to USA dead than alive. They fear the CIA will put a hit on him and use his dead corpse as excuse to war.

KvnZMVlD3RU

[hater]

Joe Biden already lost my vote. I was giving him a chance and a blank slate for 2020. No more

No more. Fuck neocon warmonger Joe biden

https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1123352740363681792?s=19

[hater]

live feed from ground zero nigas

https://twitter.com/mambienaccion/status/1123608391232962560

sure it's from opposition tv channel but still pretty good. plus you will see some venezuelas asses walking around :D

[hater]

maduro supporters live feed. nigas rolling deep

https://www.telesurtv.net/#.

[cheguevara]

The so called "coup" attempt was just a show for American and European audience consumption. You can easily tell by watching the Western coverage the last couple of days(CNN, fox, European news) and compare it to actual reality on the ground seen through interviews with Venezuelans and social media videos.

US media will milk this to increase sanctions and economic blockade on the country.

It seems Guaido and even López were used as pawns in this scheme by US intelligence and/,or Venezuelan and Russian intelligence. You can tell by looking at their faces on photos taken that early morning and by the fact that López immediately ran to the Chilean embassy. They knew they'd been duped and used as pawns.

The show will go on produced and directed by US intelligence. They are using psychological warfare not only on Venezuelans but on American and European citizens.Be aware US intelligence is running the show they don't spend 100 billion in Intelligence to let an idiot like Guaido run the show. Guaido is their dancing monkey. Watch the monkey dance. Dance monkey! Dance!

[TheGreatYacht]

hater



https://youtu.be/zCWMMEdZo_I

[TheGreatYacht]

Blackwater Founder Erik Prince Seeks 5000 Mercenaries To Topple Maduro & Create "Dynamic Event"

https://youtu.be/LaLIIAKIGPc

[boutons_deux]

Appears clear that the CIA/BigOil overthrow of Madura has failed, so far.

Pootin's soldiers are propping up Maduro

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-in-venezuela-why-vladimir-putin-backs-nicolas-maduro-in-standoff-with-donald-trump-us/ (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-in-venezuela-why-vladimir-putin-backs-nicolas-maduro-in-standoff-with-donald-trump-us/)

I wonder if Pootin will retaliate by releasing dirt on Trash in 2020, esp if he realizes that Trash will lose, so why not fuck up America's mythical democracy even moe?

[TheGreatYacht]

DC Embassy Protectors Attacked As Police & Government Alike Seek To Starve Them Out

https://youtu.be/yTR6YPZEiZY

[hater]

:lmao Guaidumb just sent another letter to Venezuelan armed forces begging them to back him and his coup VS Maduro.

This is how they respond :lmao :lol

https://twitter.com/telesurenglish/status/1124826353986080769?s=19

:lmao Mike penis


:lmao little Marco :lol

[pgardn]

Hater all in on Orange guy and then he throws Bolton down hater’s throat.

Great stuff.

[pgardn]

Appears clear that the CIA/BigOil overthrow of Madura has failed, so far.

Pootin's soldiers are propping up Maduro

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-in-venezuela-why-vladimir-putin-backs-nicolas-maduro-in-standoff-with-donald-trump-us/ (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-in-venezuela-why-vladimir-putin-backs-nicolas-maduro-in-standoff-with-donald-trump-us/)

I wonder if Pootin will retaliate by releasing dirt on Trash in 2020, esp if he realizes that Trash will lose, so why not fuck up America's mythical democracy even moe?


Putin does not have anything on him that amounts to shit that has already floated.
Putin is the one in the relationship who realizes he’s dealing with a destabilized fool.
This is not what Putin wanted. In a number of ways this is far more dangerous than Hillary to him.

[boutons_deux]

"Putin does not have anything on him that amounts to shit that has already floated."

link?

Pootin wants to hurt America and he' succeeding, with a huge assist from the oligarchy's kakistocrats in the Exec branch.

[Winehole23]

People talk about sanctions as if they were bloodless. Nothing could be further from the truth.

If anyone did similar to us, we'd construe it, rightly, as a cause of war.

https://thegrayzone.com/2019/05/06/us-state-department-publishes-then-deletes-sadistic-venezuela-hit-list-boasting-of-economic-ruin/amp/

[boutons_deux]

Trump Goes Cold On Bolton Over Venezuela: He Wants To Get Me ‘Into A War’

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-bolton-venezuela-war

Trash yielding VZ to his handler Vlad

[Winehole23]

This feels kinda weird to me. US officers openly standing with coup plotters on social media.

Not too long ago, it just wouldn't have been done that way. There would have been distancing and plausible deniability, like 2002.

There's a price to be paid if the USA over-promises Guaido and his supporters only to leave them in the lurch or otherwise fail to dislodge Maduro.

1126567827819962370

[boutons_deux]

[QUOTE=Winehole23;9805091]This feels kinda weird to me. US officers openly standing with coup plotters on social media.

USA still fucking up every country it touches.

[boutons_deux]

SOLDIERS HEADING TO SOUTH AMERICA TO STRENGTHEN BONDS WITH AREA JEWS

https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Soldiers-heading-to-South-America-to-strengthen-bonds-with-area-Jews-580749 (https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Soldiers-heading-to-South-America-to-strengthen-bonds-with-area-Jews-580749)

[Winehole23]

Lindsay Graham calls for a US invasion of Venezuela to counter Cuban influence, comparing Cuba to Iran:

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/venezuela/article230744889.html

[Winehole23]

Some of you may even be called upon to serve in this hemisphere … When that day comes, I know you will move to the sound of the guns.

[Winehole23]

Guaido reels from embezzlement expose. His inner circle allegedly took Live Aid proceeds and Colombian aid for defecting soldiers and partied it up.

https://thegrayzone.com/2019/06/17/from-coup-leaders-to-con-artistry-juan-guaidos-gang-exposed-for-massive-humanitarian-aid-fraud/amp/

[hater]

:lmao Mike penis

https://twitter.com/GatoPreto19/status/1141135107513827330?s=19

Guaido has his associates blew away millions of Venezuelan aid money in hotels, cars, booze and trinkets in Colombia.

60% of the food aid rotted away and had to be thrown ojt

:lmao maricon rubio

[hater]

An explosive new report reveals how Guaidó representatives in Colombia embezzled $125,000 meant for humanitarian aid, suckering deserting soldiers and blowing the aid money on luxury goods.

Now, a report by the staunchly anti-Maduro PanAm Post editor-in-chief Orlando Avendaño has revealed a shocking scheme of fraud and embezzlement behind the aid imbroglio. According to Avendaño, Guaidó’s lieutenants embezzled huge sums of money that had been promised to Venezuelan soldiers who deserted their positions and snuck across to the Colombian side at Guaidó’s urging.

The cash that was used to entice desperate soldiers and would-be mercenaries to defect became a slush fund for the US-backed coup leader and his gaggle, who spent it lavishly on hotels, expensive dinners, nightclubs and designer clothes. As Guaidó’s gang lived the high life, he covered for their fraud, keeping his lips sealed until it was exposed through a leak by the Colombian intelligence services.

At a press conference on June 17, Guaidó attempted to downplay his responsibility and redirect public anger back towards Maduro. “The government does not manage [public] resources because we are in the process of transition,” he said. “The dictatorship has begun a process of disinformation.”

But then the defecting Venezuelan soldiers announced plans for a press conference where they pledged to provide even more evidence of fraud

[hater]

The weekend of the concert offered a preview of this month’s corruption revelations, with several embarrassing incidents involving Guaidó’s confidantes. Early in the morning of February 23, Popular Will party members Freddy Superlano and his cousin and assistant Carlos José Salinas were found unconscious in a motel in Cúcuta. According to police reports, the two had been drugged with scopolamine and robbed by women, presumably prostitutes, they met in the red-light district. After the women made an early morning dash from the motel room, staff found the two men unconscious and called police. Salinas died shortly after being hospitalized.

Days later, another top Venezuelan opposition figure, Lorent Saleh, was arrested in Cúcuta after he allegedly attempted to sexually abuse two women. He was released after figures close to Guaidó mediated with Colombian authorities. Saleh – a recipient of funds from the US government under the guise of “democracy promotion” – had previously been deported by Colombia to Venezuela after plotting terrorist attacks and assassinations in the latter country.

[hater]

For Guaidó, the fall out is already beginning. Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary General Luis Almagro – an anti-Maduro fanatic who has transformed the OAS into a playground for Venezuela’s opposition – has called for a full investigation. It is hard to see how an already deflated Guaidó will be able to recover from this massive blow to his credibility as a self-proclaimed reformer. While Guaidó’s support in the streets of Venezuela is rapidly deteriorating, the Trump administration has yet to address the scandal and continues to voice strong support for their man in Caracas.

[hater]

Called it :tu

[hater]

https://twitter.com/DylanBaddour/status/1141027273941889024?s=19

:lmao I searched for "Venezuelan constitution" in Google maps and got no results :lmao

[hater]

https://twitter.com/puchero344/status/1139923015368675328?s=19

[hater]

https://twitter.com/telesurenglish/status/1141157725163991040?s=19

[boutons_deux]

VZ and Iran are already warzones from Trash's and his neocons' crippling, destructive war-declaring sanctions, killing 1000s of those countries citizens

"Why Do They Hate Us?" :lol