No matter how badly Venezuelans want Maduro out of there, and no matter how badly we want him out of there, if our fingerprints are on it, he will be a hero ten years from now and they will be erecting statues to him.
This has to be a Venezuelan operation, and has to be seen as a Venezuelan operation. If we have any involvement, it has to be completely in the shadows.
They have no problem putting 2 million people in the street. They need to have a friendly priest stand before the crowd, lead them in prayer, give them some semblance of “last rites”, and then they need to march on the palace. For Maduro’s soldiers to fire on the crowd or switch sides.
It would help to have a couple of flying squads to take out any of Maduro’s snipers. But Maduro isn’t leaving without bloodshed.
“Force” Maduro’s soldiers to fire on the crowd...