Venezuelan bishop: Isn’t anyone concerned that Iran’s building a ‘strategic’ military base here?

Hot Air ^ | November 20, 2020 | Ed Morrissey

[yoe]

Until now, the United States certainly has had a concern over Iranian penetration in South America, and not just in Venezuela. One reason why Donald Trump adopted the “maximum pressure” campaign against Iran was to curtail its global ambitions against the West, especially in energy-rich areas. Most of the attention from the media fell on the immediate region around Iran, such as the “land bridge” strategy through Syria to the Mediterranean and the encirclement strategy against the Saudis with Hezbollah and the Houthis.

However, Iran has long tried a similar diplomatic/economic/political encirclement strategy against the US in South America. They conducted a terrorist attack against Jews in Argentina and (penetrated the Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner government) to cover it up, for instance. And their attempts to boost the Chavez-Maduro regime have been known well enough, including (a recent attempt to ship refined gasoline) to the collapsed socialist state. But (a Venezuelan bishop sends out a warning) that Iran’s military is attempting something else entirely:

[yoe]

This is another dangerous attempt by Iran that President Trump must address while fighting the Left Military Industrial Complex here in the USA...Biden supporters all.

[Rurudyne]

The commie Left is naturally going to be in league with Muslims ... they both serve the same fallen angel.

[null and void]

Nope. Nothing to see here move along...

[himno hero]

Go read Carlos the Jackal for his opinion of how to bring down the west.
He acknowledged that Marxism by itself could not bring down the west , nor could islam; but an alliance, a coalition of the two could.

[Gene Eric]

First time I’m hearing about it.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Chilling.

[ETL]

2020...

Russia to boost Venezuela ties amid US pressure

February 8, 2020 - BBC

Russia has pledged to boost military and economic co-operation with Venezuela to help the South American nation deal with growing US pressure.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s comments came after his meeting with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in Caracas.

Mr Lavrov said any attempts to remove Mr Maduro’s government by force were unacceptable.

The US accuses Mr Maduro of leading a corrupt and brutal regime. ...”

“Russia is a key ally of Venezuela, lending it billions of dollars and backing its oil industry and military.”
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You can include in this alliance, communist China, communist North Korea, and Iran.

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Flashback 2015...

Moscow defense minister inks deals with Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua for joint exercises

by Bill Gertz, February 20, 2015

Russia agreed to provide military training for three leftist regimes in Latin America and increase military visits and exercises following a visit last week to the region by Moscow's Defense Minister Sergei Shoygu, Pentagon officials said.

Shoygu met with defense and military leaders in Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua and signed several agreements on warship visits and military training during the visit, which ran from Feb 11 to 14.

It is not clear whether any new arms deals were completed during the visit.

Defense officials said the Russian leader is seeking bases in the region for strategic bomber flights that Shoygu recently promised would include flights over the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean. ..."

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Also in 2015...

The Links Between Black Lives Matter and Nicolas Maduro Revealed

PanAm Post ^ | June 23, 2020 | PanAm Post Staff

Posted on 11/19/2020, 3:05:59 PM by ETL

[excerpt]
"...while Black Lives Matter claim to oppose police abuse and racism around the world, the organization is simultaneously a great supporter of some of the world’s most brutal and repressive dictators. In particular, the founders of BLM have been staunch supporters and allies of the sanguinary Venezuela dictator Nicolas Maduro and of the Castro regime in Cuba.

In December 2015 Black Lives Matter sent a delegation, headed by the organization’s co-founder, Opal Tometi, to act as observers during the Venezuelan Parliamentary elections of that year. The Maduro regime did not allow accreditation for observers from the Organization of American States, the UN, or the EU. The only accredited observers where from regimes and organizations friendly to the “revolutionary cause.”

Later that same month Tometi penned an article where she espouses, word for word, the regime’s standard text for international propaganda.

“In these last 17 years, we have witnessed the Bolivarian Revolution champion participatory democracy and construct a fair, transparent election system recognized as among the best in the world ,” wrote Tometi about one of the world’s most corrupt voting systems in history.

Earlier in 2015 Maduro was given an award at the Afro-descenndants Summit” held in Harlem. Maduro was invited at the behest of the Black Lives Matter leadership. ..."

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2015...

[Venezuelan President] Nicolas Maduro with Opal Tometi (right), co-founder
of Black Lives Matter, in Harlem, Manhattan, December 2015.

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2015.....

Russia and North Korea declare 2015 a ‘year of friendship’

“The biggest cause for concern is the growing military alliance between Russia and North Korea, with the two regimes recently announcing plans to conduct a series of joint army, navy and air force exercises this year.”

—Julian Ryall, Tokyo - Mar 11, 2015 - The Telegraph

[null and void]

Nothing, nothing whatsoever...

The government wants to disarm us after 244 yrs 'cuz they plan to do things we would shoot them for!

At no point in history has any government ever wanted its people to be defenseless for any good reason ~ nully's son

The biggest killer of mankind

Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping!

To get onto The Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping List you must threaten to report me to the Mods if I don't add you to the list...

"Let's move it folks ... Nothing to see here ... It's all
over ... Move it along folks ... Let's go, let's go ..."

[bert]

Translation and interpretation:

The dead Freepers who carp and whine about the President and his men are getting eaten by the lions

[bert]

Translation and interpretation:

The dead Freepers who carp and whine about the President and his men are getting eaten by the lions

[Republican Wildcat]

And we probably funded this with the nuclear deal that Biden wants to put back into place.

[ETL]

Obama, Chavez, and Maduro (note the "soul-bro" handshake)

[rrrod]

Add Russia.

[ETL]

The critical alliance we are up against is Russia, China, Venezuela, Iran, North Korea, plus a few others...

Russia and China’s Growing Military Interaction; Surprised?

by Peter Zwack | September 9, 2018

The drums are already rolling for the upcoming Russian “Vostok” (east) wargames commencing on September 11. With its focal point in the Trans-Baikal region of eastern Siberia adjoining Chinese Manchuria and Mongolia, this is a nationwide Russian military and societal event.

Touted by Russian minister of defense Sergei Shoigu as “unprecedented in scale, both in terms of area of operations and numbers of military command structure, troops, and forces involved,” Russian state press is declaring that up to three hundred thousand troops and one thousand aircraft will be involved, with the majority from the Eastern and Central Military Districts.

This would be even larger than the near-legendary Zapad-81 maneuvers held in the western USSR during the depths of the Cold War. ...”

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Again, the year 2015, same that so-called "Black Lives Matter" Visited with Russia ally Maduro to help out with his reelection...

(On 10 March 2015, Maduro asked to rule by decree for a second time following the sanctioning of seven Venezuelan officials by the United States, requesting the Enabling Law to be used to "confront" what Maduro called "the aggression of the most powerful country in the world, the United States".[11] Days later on 15 March 2015, the National Assembly granted Maduro power to rule by decree until 31 December 2015.[12])--wikipedia

First Russia-China naval war games underway in Mediterranean

By Carol J. Williams
May 11, 2015

Reporting from Moscow —

Neither Russia nor China has one inch of coastline on the Mediterranean Sea, making it an unlikely and provocative venue for their first joint naval war games.

The 10 days of maneuvers that got underway Monday will include live-fire exercises in the strategic sea connecting Europe, Africa and the Middle East. The point is lost on no one: A powerful new alliance of eastern giants is flexing its muscles in the very backyard of Western Europe — much as China has done on its own in the Pacific.

The war games follow Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Moscow, where he headlined Victory Day celebrations and spent three days making billion-dollar deals with Russian President Vladimir Putin. ...”

https://www.latimes.com/world/europe/la-fg-china-russia-joint-naval-maneuvers-20150511-story.html

[shield]

PDJT and Pompeo know all about it and will deal with it soon enough.

[ETL]

[Venezuelan President] Nicolas Maduro with Opal Tometi (right), co-founder
of Black Lives Matter, in Harlem, Manhattan, December 2015.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

The Left is concereed that it isn’t operational yet.

[GOPJ]

If Biden gets in ‘the base’ will be one more item for DC thieves to extract money and sell access... Maybe John Kerry’s stepson can make a killing on on this one. Venezuelan ‘leaders’ will pay big bucks to have the United States look the other way.

[ETL]

Re: OBAMA IRAN DEAL

Obama allowing Iran to purchase uranium from Russia

Daniel Horowitz | January 10, 2017 [prior to Trump's Jan 20th inauguration]

Remember those side deals Obama forged with Iran that were not part of the text of the official treaty? [ie, Iran Deal] Now we are finding out some of the details.

Yesterday [Jan 2017], the Washington Free Beacon reported that Iranian officials confirmed they have received at least $10 billion in cash, commodities, and assets from Washington since 2013. And that is likely a conservative estimate [turned out to be $150 BILLION!].

But cash is not the only thing the Islamic Republic of Iran is receiving for gracing us with their willingness to sign onto our own capitulation.

The AP is reporting that Russia, with the support of President Obama, is shipping Iran 116 metric tons of natural uranium. ..."

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Aug 2015

[Captain Rhino]

Guess we are going to get to do “Cuban Missile Crisis 2.0.”

Question is: Do we do it with Donald Trump or with Joe Biden at the helm?
Major branch in the critical path of world history coming.

Damn shame for the people of Venezuela. They don’t deserve this.