Posted on 04/30/2019 4:26:25 PM PDT by Kaslin
Things continue to intensify in Venezuela as Nicolas Maduro's people run over opposition protestors with armed vehicles and spray crowds with live ammunition. National Security Advisor John Bolton on Tuesday said "all options are on the table" as far as United States' intervention goes, The Hill reported.
“We want as our principle objective the peaceful transfer of power, but I will say again as the president has said from the outset ... all options are on the table,” Bolton said. "Over 40 people have been killed by the Maduro regime in the course of these protests."
The Western hemisphere recognizes Juan Guaidó as Venezuela's legitimate president, despite dictator Nicolas Maduro's continued reign.
“We recognize Juan Guaidó as the legitimate interim president of Venezuela. And just as it's not a coup when the president of the United States gives an order to the Department of Defense, it's not a coup for Juan Guaidó to try and take command of the Venezuelan military.”
According to Bolton, Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino; Venezuela’s Supreme Tribunal of Justice President Maikel Moreno Pérez; and Venezuela’s Directorate General of Military Counter-Intelligence Commander Ivan Rafael Hernandez Dala previously said Maduro needed to be ousted. They supported Guaidó as the country's replacement.
“All agreed that Maduro had to go. They need to be able to act this afternoon or this evening to help bring other military forces to the side of the interim president,” Bolton said. “We think it’s still very important for key figures in the regime who have been talking to the opposition over these last three months to make good on their commitments to achieve the peaceful transfer of power."
The balance of power depends on Venezuelan's other top military leaders taking a firm stand in making sure Guaidó is put in power. This has been a top priority of the Trump administration.
“It’s a very delicate moment,” Bolton said. “I want to stress again that the president wants to see a peaceful transfer of power from Maduro to Guaidó. The possibility still exists if enough figures depart from the regime and support the opposition and that’s what we’d like to see.”
bttt
Oh, those poor Cuban mothers.
Their little boys are across the water starving people.
All so their leader can have more money.
Send those poor Cuban boys home!
Don’t make their mommies cry for them!
You first.
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I would if I were still in uniform.
How much will it cost?
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You seem to be concerned with dollars. How about our national security and the ramifications of an increasing Russian military presence in our hemisphere?
Join Blackwater or another PMC.
Better yet,invest in popcorn. It is going to get very interesting.
After you do.
I don’t give a shit about Venezuela.
Good go join’em then
> Bolton is a neocon warmonger <
He sure is. If Trump always follows Bolton’s advice to the letter, we’ll probably end up being at war with half the world.
I don’t give a shit about Venezuela.
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Great analysis there. A real master of geopolitics.
Bolton is telling it just like it is. Someone has to.
I think maybe u responded to the wrong person..?
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Not our pasture, not our bullshit.
Popcorn will last longer when the nukes fly.
Not that it’s a real possibility.
But it’s an excuse for me to buy burgers, jack daniels and popcorn :)
No large group of people is defenseless. There are plenty of rocks around. If you have a rock you can get a knife. If you have a knife you can get a pistol...and so on. You just have to want it bad enough.
If you care about Soros/Cuban-sponsored mass illegal immigration, you’d realize this is our pasture and we need to get it back.
Good grief, Putin KNOWS BETTER not to try to pick a fight with Trump.
The Russians aren’t spending squat on their military.
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/29/russia-drops-out-of-top-5-global-military-spenders.html
Back when I was in the army it was yeah, kick ass. Now that I have two sons in, not so much.
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