Posted on 05/03/2020 9:48:55 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
A former Green Beret has taken responsibility for what he claimed was a failed attack Sunday aimed at overthrowing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and that the socialist government said ended with eight dead.
Jordan Goudreaus comments in an interview with an exiled Venezuelan journalist capped a bizarre day that started with reports of a pre-dawn amphibious raid near the South American countrys heavily guarded capital.
An AP investigation published Friday found that Goudreau had been working with a retired Venezuelan army general now facing U.S. narcotics charges to train dozens of deserting Venezuelan soldiers at secret camps inside neighboring Colombia. The goal was to mount a cross border raid that would end in Maduros arrest.
But from the outset the ragtag army lacked funding and U.S. government support, all but guaranteeing defeat against Maduros sizable if demoralized armed forces. It also appears to have been penetrated by Maduros extensive Cuban-backed intelligence network.
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A daring amphibious raid was launched from the border of Colombia deep into the heart of Caracas, Goudreau, in a New York Yankees ball cap, said in the video standing next to Nieto who was dressed in armored vest with a rolled-up Venezuelan flag pinned to his shoulder. Our units have been activated in the south, west and east of Venezuela.
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Venezuela had 3 licensed Kalashnikov factorys, russia only had 2, you do the math, these are bad actors, they were in league with NK and Iran on missiles, I hope they burn
It had a certain ring to it.
that there is funny and drug wars aint new.
The Chinese revolted on us for foisting opium on them, hell they threw it in the bay like over taxed tea, we are at war with them again now.
Categorically, this is simply not how we roll.
This is some kind of weird left-tard, DNC tabloid media dusruption effort.
Or how about “disruption effort”.
WTH?
That was in 2011 a according to the date on the vid.
Maybe the same arsenal has gone off more than once, in 2011 and 2020.
The Green Beret who “lead” it has a connection to Clinton’s rich buddy Branson.
Joshua Goodman wrote this garbage a couple years ago as the setup...
Trump Pressed Aides On Venezuela Invasion, U.S. Official Says
AP ^ | 04 July 2018 | Joshua Goodman
Posted on 7/4/2018, 3:46:07 PM by zeestephen
As a meeting last August in the Oval Office to discuss sanctions on Venezuela was concluding, President Donald Trump turned to his top aides and asked an unsettling question: With a fast unraveling Venezuela threatening regional security, why can’t the U.S. just simply invade the troubled country? [Oh, my. The MSM never stops trying, do they?]
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You can learn from failures, too, supposing you survive.
Operation Gideon...
interesting name.
mercenary. If the US had been involved, Maduro would be in custody. fake news.
Since he is bragging the Venezuelan opposition is probably right that this was staged by Maduro to distract from his regime’s economic mismanagement.
He went to the University of Calgary
They are trying to drum up something like Iran-Contra.
Expect the MSM to start reporting on this 24-7
Boom!
Well, the government bugged the men’s room in the local disco lounge
And all she wants to do is dance, dance
To keep the boys from sellin’ all the weapons they could scrounge
And all she wants to do is dance
But that don’t keep the boys from makin’ a buck or two
And all she wants to do is dance, dance
They still can sell the army all the drugs that they can do
And all she wants to do is
All she wants to do is dance and make romance
Well we barely made the airport for the last plane out
As we taxied down the runway I could hear the people shout
They said “Don’t come back here Yankee”
But if I ever do
I’ll bring more money
‘Cause all she wants to do is dance and make romance
lol
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