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  • Russia, Iran, Venezuela, Afghanistan...

    09/21/2025 5:54:22 AM PDT · by jimjohn · 20 replies
    self | jimjohn
    Promised no new wars. Ended 7 wars (that we know of). But I'm noticing a disturbing pattern. Seems every week, there's a new conflict bubbling up between the U.S. and 'fill-in-the-blank'; all in a lead up to a war against China over ... Taiwan?
  • FBI Assessment Suggests Venezuela ‘Likley Facilitating’ Use of Tren de Aragua Gang Members as Proxies to Undermine US Public Safety

    04/25/2025 6:09:14 PM PDT · by bitt · 9 replies
    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com ^ | Apr. 25, 2025 | Margaret Flavin
    A new assessment from the FBI suggests that some Venezuelan government officials are ‘likely facilitating’ members of the violent gang Tren de Aragua from Venezuela to the United States to undermine public safety in the U.S. Immediately after taking office, President Trump designated Tren de Aragua as a foreign terrorist organization in his executive order, Designating Cartels And Other Organizations As Foreign Terrorist Organizations And Specially Designated Global Terrorists. The executive order stated: Over the years, Venezuelan national and local authorities have ceded ever-greater control over their territories to transnational criminal organizations, including TdA. The result is a hybrid criminal...
  • Rand Paul rips JD Vance's assertion that executing cartel members is the 'best use of our military'

    09/08/2025 2:00:17 PM PDT · by Phoenix8 · 106 replies
    Fox ^ | 9/8/2025 | Nitzberg
    Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky strongly objected after Vice President JD Vance asserted in a Saturday post on X that "Killing cartel members who poison our fellow citizens is the highest and best use of our military." "JD ‘I don’t give a s[---]’ Vance says killing people he accuses of a crime is the ‘highest and best use of the military.’ Did he ever read To Kill a Mockingbird? Did he ever wonder what might happen if the accused were immediately executed without trial or representation??" Senator Paul wrote.
  • Morning Joe To Military: Consider Disobeying Trump Order To Fire on Drug-Smuggling Boats

    09/08/2025 8:57:10 AM PDT · by governsleastgovernsbest · 39 replies
    NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein
    On today's Morning Joe, MSNBC analyst and Washington Post columnist David Ignatius admitted that the people on the boat that the U.S. military fired on in the Caribbean "were associated with the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. I'm sure they're terrible people doing despicable crimes." And while he first said that they "appear to have been drug smugglers," he later flatly described them as "drug smugglers." Even so, Ignatius suggested that members of the military should consider disobeying the orders of President Trump, the Commander-in-Chief, to fire on such boats.Get the rest of the story and view the video here.
  • Trump says the U.S. military targeted a boat allegedly carrying drugs from Venezuela

    09/16/2025 3:12:23 AM PDT · by fluorescence · 15 replies
    NPR ^ | September 16, 2025 | AP
    President Donald Trump said the U.S. military on Monday again targeted a boat allegedly carrying drugs from Venezuela, killing three aboard the vessel, and hinted that the military targeting of cartels could be further expanded. "The Strike occurred while these confirmed narcoterrorists from Venezuela were in International Waters transporting illegal narcotics (A DEADLY WEAPON POISONING AMERICANS!) headed to the U.S.," Trump said in a Truth Social post announcing the strike. "These extremely violent drug trafficking cartels POSE A THREAT to U.S. National Security, Foreign Policy, and vital U.S. Interests." The strike was carried out nearly two weeks after another military...
  • Yet Another Strike! Trump Confirms Venezuelan Drug Runner Vessel Hit, Several Terrorists Killed by US Forces

    09/19/2025 9:57:17 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 38 replies
    Red State ^ | 09/19/2025 | Katie Jerkovich
    President Donald Trump confirmed that the U.S. military carried out another strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug vessel, following his recent announcement that we would wage war against narco-terrorists "poisoning" our citizens.In a post on Truth Social on Friday, Trump said that, "On my Orders, the Secretary of War ordered a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization conducting narcotrafficking in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility.""Intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking illicit narcotics, and was transiting along a known narcotrafficking passage en route to poison Americans," he added. READ MORE:Trump Administration Just Put a Massive...
  • Trump announces third strike on boat, killing three ‘narcoterrorists’

    09/19/2025 10:15:34 PM PDT · by fluorescence · 19 replies
    Washington Examiner ^ | September 19, 2025 | Ross O'Keefe
    President Donald Trump announced a third strike on a drug boat on Friday, which killed three alleged “narcoterrorists.” Trump said he directed Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to conduct the strike. An accompanying video shows a boat cruising through the water before being blown up. “On my Orders, the Secretary of War ordered a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization conducting narcotrafficking in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking illicit narcotics, and was transiting along a known narcotrafficking passage enroute to poison Americans. The...
  • Trump announces 3 ‘narcoterrorists’ killed in third US strike on international drug traffickers

    09/20/2025 5:23:56 AM PDT · by V_TWIN · 29 replies
    nypost.com ^ | Sep. 19, 2025 | Victor Nava
    WASHINGTON — President Trump announced Friday that the US military carried out a third strike against alleged drug traffickers affiliated with a terror organization — killing “3 male narcoterrorists.” “On my Orders, the Secretary of War ordered a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization conducting narcotrafficking in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility,” Trump posted on Truth Social. The president did not say which terror group was targeted or which nation the vessel originated from.
  • U.S. Bolsters Naval Presence Off Venezuela To Combat Drug Cartel Threats

    08/31/2025 12:59:45 AM PDT · by nickcarraway · 10 replies
    Dallas Express ^ | Jesse Oberoi
    The United States is strengthening its naval presence in the waters off Venezuela to counter threats posed by drug cartels. More than 4,000 personnel will be deployed to the area, amid growing tension between Washington and Caracas. The U.S. government has not indicated any intention of a land incursion into the South American nation. The news follows confirmation last week of three U.S. Aegis guided-missile destroyers being deployed to the waters. Then, more recently, Venezuela announced it would send military vessels to the Caribbean Sea and elsewhere to help combat drug trafficking. According to the U.S. Navy’s new chief of...
  • As U.S. fleet steams toward coast, Venezuelans face uncertainty, fear and, for some, hope

    08/31/2025 12:12:55 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 11 replies
    Los Angeles Times ^ | Aug. 31, 2025 3 AM PT | Mery Mogollón and Patrick J. McDonnell
    U.S. naval buildup framed as anti-smuggling push, but invasion rumors swirl. Venezuelans struggle to keep daily life steady amid fear and uncertainty. Venezuelan president rallies militias and denounced Washington’s “imperialist” threats. CARACAS, Venezuela — U.S. warships steam toward the southern Caribbean. The Trump administration denounces embattled “narco-president” Nicolás Maduro and doubles a bounty on his head to $50 million. Rumors of an invasion, coup or other form of U.S. intervention flood social media. For the beleaguered people of Venezuela, mired in more than a decade of crisis — hyperinflation, food shortages, authoritarian rule and rigged elections — a new phase...
  • The U.S.-Venezuela War of 2025?

    09/02/2025 8:31:23 AM PDT · by whyilovetexas111 · 26 replies
    National Security Journal ^ | 9/2/2025 | Andrew Latham
    The Caribbean has become a “powder keg” as U.S. warships steam off the coast of Venezuela, sparking a tense standoff. While Washington frames the deployment as a counter-narcotics operation, it’s a clear strategic signal to President Maduro, whose own provocations against Guyana and alignment with China and Russia have raised alarms.
  • Drone footage of US forces conducting a lethal strike on a reported smuggling vessel a Today

    09/02/2025 3:26:10 PM PDT · by janetjanet998 · 63 replies
    Drone footage of US forces conducting a lethal strike on a reported smuggling vessel in the Southern Caribbean earlier today The U.S. military, ordered by Trump, carried out a strike in international waters destroying a Venezuela drug boat with 11 Tren de Aragua narcoterrorists aboard
  • Video shows lethal U.S. missile strike on Venezuela 'drug boat' as Trump reveals 11 Tren de Aragua members were killed

    09/02/2025 9:39:11 PM PDT · by Morgana · 75 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | September 2, 2025 | Nikki Schwab
    President Donald Trump released a video Tuesday that showed the U.S.'s lethal strike on a vessel involved in the drug trade that was coming out of Venezuela. In the same Truth Social post, the president revealed that 11 Tren de Aragua Narcoterrorists were killed in the attack. He initially announced the strike from the Oval Office Tuesday afternoon. 'You'll see that we just, over the last few minutes literally shot out a boat, a drug-carrying boat, a lot of drugs in that boat,' Trump told reporters. The president said he had just been briefed on the matter by the chairman...
  • Rand Paul Slams Trump Administration Over Strike on Venezuelan Drug Boats: “Are We the World’s Policemen?”

    09/04/2025 7:15:40 AM PDT · by Macho MAGA Man · 119 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | Jim Hoft
    Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) has once again raised eyebrows by publicly questioning President Trump’s latest show of military force, this time over a Venezuelan drug vessel blown to pieces in the Caribbean. The Gateway Pundit reported in August that Trump ‘secretly’ signed a directive ordering the Pentagon to start using military force against certain Latin American drug cartels. The order provides an official basis for the possibility of direct military operations at sea and on foreign soil against cartels. This means that US troops could find themselves in countries like Mexico battling the Sinaloa Cartel, for example. As TGP readers...
  • Rubio Says U.S. Will Work With Other Nations to ‘Blow Up’ Crime Groups

    09/04/2025 2:12:59 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 13 replies
    The New York Times ^ | Sept. 4, 2025, 3:48 p.m. ET | Edward Wong
    The Trump administration aims to carry out more violent strikes against drug cartels, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said as he met with Ecuador’s president.Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday that the Trump administration wants to help partner governments conduct violent strikes against criminal groups, following the playbook the U.S. military used this week to carry out a lethal attack on a boat in the Caribbean.“Those governments will help us find these people and blow them up,” he said at a news conference in Ecuador. “They might do it themselves, and we’ll help them do it.”Mr. Rubio made his...
  • Armed Venezuelan F-16 Fighter Jets Buzz US Warship in “Show of Force” After US Military Blows Up Tren De Aragua Trafficking Vessel

    09/04/2025 7:13:43 PM PDT · by bitt · 98 replies
    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com ^ | Sep. 4, 2025 | Cristina Laila
    Armed Venezuelan F-16 fighter jets buzzed a US Warship in a “show of force” on Thursday after the US military blew up a Tren de Aragua drug trafficking vessel. CBS News reported: Two armed Venezuelan F-16 fighter jets flew over the USS Jason Dunham on Thursday, according to multiple Defense Department officials who described the action as a “show of force.” The Dunham, an Aegis guided-missile destroyer, is among a flotilla of U.S. warships dispatched to the region in recent weeks that the Pentagon says have been deployed to target criminal organizations and narco-terrorism. CBS News was unable to determine...
  • Venezuelan kingpin goes full thug, threatens dissident if Trump keeps blowing up narco boats

    09/05/2025 5:03:23 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 34 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 4 Sep, 2025 | Monica Showalter
    President Trump's high-seas Navy strike on a boat full of illegal drugs and 11 narcos, taking it out and feeding the local sharks, didn't go over well with the Chavista elites in Caracas. But instead of pretending they had no idea drugs were being trafficked from Venezuela to the U.S., or at least pretending that they didn't know the particular criminals aboard, a leading Chavista kingpin went full frontal 'thug' instead: [X post in Spanish at link] Google Translation: #URGENT | Direct threat from Diosdado Cabello against María Corina due to the US offensive: "If they squeeze us, we squeeze...
  • Pentagon warns Venezuela after claiming two military aircraft flew by Navy vessel

    09/05/2025 6:18:50 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 82 replies
    MSN - Washington Examiner ^ | September 05, 2025 | Ross O'Keefe, Washington Examiner
    The Department of Defense cautioned Venezuela after saying two of its military aircraft flew near a Navy vessel, the USS Jason Dunham, on Thursday. The military struck a Venezuelan drug boat earlier this week in the Caribbean and positioned vessels near the South American nation. In response to the flyby, made by two armed Venezuelan F-16 fighter jets, the Trump administration accused Venezuela of being run by the cartels. "Today, two Maduro regime military aircraft flew near a U.S. Navy vessel in international waters," a Department of Defense release said. "This highly provacative move was designed to interfere with our...
  • Trump Warns Venezuelan Planes Will Be 'Shot Down' if US Put in Danger

    09/05/2025 7:17:25 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 13 replies
    Newsweek ^ | Sep 05, 2025
    resident Donald Trump warned on Friday that Venezuelan planes will be "shot down" if they put the United States in a "dangerous position." Why It Matters Trump's warning comes after the Pentagon said two Venezuelan planes flew near a U.S. Navy vessel in international waters amid an expanded U.S. military presence in the southern Caribbean. The comment comes as Washington and Caracas trade increasingly sharp warnings following a U.S. strike this week on a boat the administration says was tied to the Venezuelan-linked Tren de Aragua gang. The exchange raises questions about the risk of further military escalation in the...
  • Sen. Rand Paul's Reasoning: The bad Libertarian take on Trump hitting a Venezuelan drug boat

    09/06/2025 7:22:10 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 34 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 09/06/2025 | Joe Herring
    There’s a reason Libertarians fail to solve issues. They are the political equivalent of a debating society arguing over how many angels can dance on the head of a pin at one time while sipping tea and congratulating themselves on how astute they are. I suppose it’s the inevitable result of pursuing an ideology that relies on people acting directly against their human nature to succeed. Lofty diatribes over how people ought to think and act are fine when trying to persuade people to think and act in a particular way, but they’re utterly worthless (and ultimately dangerous!) when relying...