Posted on 11/30/2025 4:09:15 AM PST by MtnClimber
A strange week in which Nicolás Maduro was reduced to hoping that Mark Kelly could bail him out.
The president warned everyone to avoid the airspace over or alongside Venezuela this week.
“To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY.”
We have positioned a serious armada on that country’s shore. Among the explanations for these moves the most plausible I can find is Jeff Childers', who once again documents his views with credible links.
The Caribbean communist country is practically daring us to do something about it. “China has poured millions into Venezuelan oil projects and loans,” the Guardian explained. Literally poured. That’s how much money China has. Meanwhile, the paper continued, “Russia has armed Venezuelan President Maduro with Sukhoi fighter jets, helicopters, tanks, and air defence systems.” And probably aggressive nesting dolls, too, but that’s not important right now.
So China and Russia are the first annoyance. But it’s like an addiction; Maduro can’t seem to stop himself. It’s not just Russia and China. The next major irritant is that Venezuela has also been cozying up to the mad mullahs and working with various Middle Eastern terrorist groups, like Hezbollah. Headline from the Atlantic Council, in 2020:
“The Lebanese terrorist group,” the story reported, “has helped to turn Venezuela into a hub for the convergence of transnational organized crime and international terrorism.” So.
Add those vexing problems to the surge into the U.S. of Venezuelan cartel gangs —at least one directly connected to Maduro’s government -- and the tsunami of drugs washing northwards, and you already have a geopolitical powder keg a few hundred nautical miles from the border.
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How many Venezuelans are still in the USA?
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Chvezistas in Venezuela are typical example of “one man, one vote, one time”
Since Chavez was elected in 1999, there were no free elections in Venezuela and the communist dictatorship is holding in power despite the people desires.
Rev. Farwell (RIP) suggested removing Chavez some 20 years ago and got a lot of grief.
He was right!
White House Spokesperson Jen Psaki in 2021 - promising Americans every Afghan entering the U.S. was "rigorously vetted."
Her exact words: "I can absolutely assure you that no one is coming into the United States who has not been through a thorough screening and background check process."
Writ large now is the size of that deadly Biden Administration whopper. It would seem not all the characteristics of Gen. Mark Milley's Afghan pullout out were as unplanned as we were led to believe.
The coup certainly was not unplanned. Prioritizing the importation of some of the most vicious CIA-trained Afghani thugs was purposeful. Maybe Psaki had it right and they were "rigorously vetted." The sleight of hand was that she was speaking on behalf of the Deep State coupsters and not the interests of the American citizenry.
It is not proven that Chavez did not win his elections. Nor has it been proven that Maduro did not. Their procedures were the same over their period of time that both have had control.
They flood the barrios with food and even cash in the weeks prior to an election. It is outright bribery and it generates votes.
And generates more of it than the opposition. The opposition seek to oppress the people of the barrios with declarations of the virtues and glory of capitalism. This would be a form of society that would require these people in the barrios to work and make the owners rich. Those people in the barrios have chosen not to do that. They’re not stupid. They know they’re being bribed. They perceive it to be safer so go with the known bribe than the unknown guaranteed inequality.
It has occurred to me that if Maduro were as evil as painted, there would be no opposition. He would mow them all down.
As for drugs flowing into the US, we should certainly see law enforcement make arrests and prosecuted. That’s their job. Interdict this flow of drugs, prosecute them and put them in jail.
Exploding boats such that no drugs can be recovered is disquieting. Asserting that those boats are military boats and thus deserve to be intercepted with one’s own military is a little worrisome in that we’re not recovering any materials. It does require proof. If these are military boats why aren’t they heavily armed? I don’t think I’ve seen any videos of them shooting back.
That headline reminds me of “Coo-Coo for Cocoa Puffs”.
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