Posted on 01/06/2026 9:57:35 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Another good read! Thanks!
This is why Rubio said Cuba is in big trouble.
This is a ‘deep dive’ article that is a good read and a lot of help in understanding what Cuba now has to lose, in the wake of Maduro’s arrest.
Maybe the Cuban security who were still alive immediately realized the situation was hopeless and didn’t even attempt to fight. That’s the most likely explanation for why they didn’t inflict any casualties.
It has been reported that 32 of the Cuban officers around Maduro put up a fight and are now room temperature.
There are more of them in other areas used as enforcers but if their officers were in Caracas they may be in disarray.
Ping to read tomorrow but it amazes me to still be hearing about Cuba all these years later.
Isn’t it interesting Obama opened the doors to Cuba. I have to wonder about that now.
China is the biggest loser. The Venezuela action showed both US military abilities and, even more importantly, Trump’s willingness to take bold action.
Xi may have been planning an invasion of Taiwan, but you can bet those plans have now been put on hold. Between Trump’s success in Venezuela and Putin’s difficulties in Ukraine, Xi and the people around him must be having second thoughts.
All the US needs to do about Taiwan, from an America First perspective, is to get any invasion put off until it doesn’t matter any more. And I think Trump has done that.
I am in the camp that says Maduro was being held hostage by Cooba and was slated to die for his country as a Communist hero like Che Guevara and Salvador Allende. Cooba was not about to let him move to Turkey with the couple hundred million dollars that Trump offered him. Those 32 Cooban soldiers who died in the attack weren’t there to guard him, they were there to make sure he didn’t go anywhere. Grabbing him and his wife was not a kidnapping. It was a rescue operation. And in return he will soon turn state witness and sing like a canary.
There are lots of dominoes rocking and on edge from this. I am hoping Mexico is one too.
That's the thing about war. War is unpredictable. The Russians were supposed to take Kyiv in 72 hours. And they almost pulled it off.
Your reasoning is credible.
Demonrats are the biggest losers. They lost their dark money source, drugs, illegal criminals, and voting machines.
Mexico is a big loser, too. She backed Maduro and all of the other leftists in the region. Now Trump will play tough on the upcoming trade agreement renewal.
She would be smart to bow down before it is too late.
Russia and Iran have been best buddies for 30 years. Iran has spent billions n billions of their petro-dollars on Russian air defence systems. That were of zero use when Israel and US bombed them and their nukes. Their fake allah was of no use. So a double whammy for these clown-fanatics
Multiple ICBMs on mobile launch trucks. . It worked in Cuba.
The Deep State and Democrat Commies!!
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