Venezuela

[MontanaLon]

You have to hand it to our military, when they are let off the leash they are extremely successful. I figured that we would just turn maduro into a smoking pile of former flesh but that wasn't good enough. They suppressed enemy air defenses, flew in and snatched him alive and then flew him out of the country.

I prayer for our Soldiers, Airmen and Marines. For I fear for their safety. No way this was pulled off without losses.

[tommag]

Reading this morning, injuries only, no fatalities.

[tommag]

https://x.com/i/status/2007408531939717580
A Venezuelan expat's take.

[olfart]

Here's a rather lengthy article on the real reasons for the US activities in Venezuela. Seems the oil and drug narratives are only window dressing for the consuming public.

https://renegaderesources.pro/p/the-vene...ve-is-pure

[tommag]

Lengthy? Yes. Informative? Hell Yes!
It appears the Monroe doctrine is alive and well.

[RocketFoot]

You have to hand it to our military, when they are let off the leash they are extremely successful. I figured that we would just turn maduro into a smoking pile of former flesh but that wasn't good enough. They suppressed enemy air defenses, flew in and snatched him alive and then flew him out of the country.

I prayer for our Soldiers, Airmen and Marines. For I fear for their safety. No way this was pulled off without losses.

I heard some reports that our guys even had time to drop a few bombs on the Hugo Chavez Mausoleum on the way out!  I haven't seen an official article to confirm however...

[Rampy]

You have to hand it to our military, when they are let off the leash they are extremely successful. I figured that we would just turn maduro into a smoking pile of former flesh but that wasn't good enough. They suppressed enemy air defenses, flew in and snatched him alive and then flew him out of the country.

I prayer for our Soldiers, Airmen and Marines. For I fear for their safety. No way this was pulled off without losses.

I heard some reports that our guys even had time to drop a few bombs on the Hugo Chavez Mausoleum on the way out!  I haven't seen an official article to confirm however...

Only “minor” injuries & 1 chopper took fire last I knew 

was told it was missiles from a helicopter that took it out & somebody else said it was actually targeted by a ships missile 

Guess we won’t know till the Netflix movie comes out 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[MontanaLon]

I heard some reports that our guys even had time to drop a few bombs on the Hugo Chavez Mausoleum on the way out!  I haven't seen an official article to confirm however...

BBC is saying that the Venezuelan authorities are telling them the images and video of the chavez mausoleum burning are AI. The Venezuelan authorities even provided their own AI images to show it still standing.

They say that there was a bomb strike nearby, it hit a military building where the command staff meets in "emergency situations". Wonder how many of them got killed by that.

And newly out tonight, the New President of Venezuela has been working with the US for 11 months to get rid of Maduro. While there are no "boots on the ground" there are apparently friendly boots on the ground because last night a whole bunch more Cubans got themselves killed trying to stage a coup against the new President. I figure at this point she is going to do whatever Trump tells her to do because he can just pull her protection at any time and she is as good as dead.

With the way the dems are freaking out about arresting Maduro, I wonder how much money they were getting from him?

I wonder if anyone has visited dominion voting HQ yet.

[tommag]

Below is EVERY U.S. SENATOR ON THE VENEZUELA LIST:

Lisa Murkowski - R - Alaska

Mark Kelly - D - Arizona

Ruben Gallego - D - Arizona

Alex Padilla - D - California

Adam Schiff - D - California

Michael Bennet - D - Colorado

John Hickenlooper - D - Colorado

Richard Blumenthal - D - Connecticut

Chris Murphy - D - Connecticut

Chris Coons - D - Delaware

Jon Ossoff - D - Georgia

Raphael Warnock - D - Georgia

Brian Schatz - D - Hawaii

Mazie Hirono - D - Hawaii

Dick Durbin - D - Illinois

Tammy Duckworth - D - Illinois

Chuck Grassley - R - Iowa

Joni Ernst - R - Iowa

Mitch McConnell - R - Kentucky

Rand Paul - R - Kentucky

Bill Cassidy - R - Louisiana

Susan Collins - R - Maine

Angus King - I - Maine

Chris Van Hollen - D - Maryland

Angela Alsobrooks - D - Maryland

Elizabeth Warren - D - Massachusetts

Ed Markey - D - Massachusetts

Gary Peters - D - Michigan

Elissa Slotkin - D - Michigan

Amy Klobuchar - D - Minnesota

Tina Smith - D - Minnesota

Roger Wicker - R - Mississippi

Deb Fischer - R - Nebraska

Jacky Rosen - D - Nevada

Catherine Cortez Masto - D - Nevada

Jeanne Shaheen - D - New Hampshire

Maggie Hassan - D - New Hampshire

Cory Booker - D - New Jersey

Andy Kim - D - New Jersey

Martin Heinrich - D - New Mexico

Ben Ray Lujan - D - New Mexico

Chuck Schumer - D - New York

Kirsten Gillibrand - D - New York

Thom Tillis - R - North Carolina

James Lankford - R - Oklahoma

Ron Wyden - D - Oregon

Jeff Merkley - D - Oregon

Dave McCormick - R - Pennsylvania

Jack Reed - D - Rhode Island

Sheldon Whitehouse - D - Rhode Island

John Thune - R - South Dakota

John Cornyn - R - Texas

Bernie Sanders - I - Vermont

Peter Welch - D - Vermont

Mark Warner - D - Virginia

Tim Kaine - D - Virginia

Patty Murray - D - Washington

Maria Cantwell - D - Washington

Jim Justice - R - West Virginia

Tammy Baldwin - D - Wisconsin

This list doesn't say how much but it does say which senators received funds from Venezuela.

[srjdsmith]

Below is EVERY U.S. SENATOR ON THE VENEZUELA LIST:

Lisa Murkowski - R - Alaska

Mark Kelly - D - Arizona

Ruben Gallego - D - Arizona

Alex Padilla - D - California

Adam Schiff - D - California

Michael Bennet - D - Colorado

John Hickenlooper - D - Colorado

Richard Blumenthal - D - Connecticut

Chris Murphy - D - Connecticut

Chris Coons - D - Delaware

Jon Ossoff - D - Georgia

Raphael Warnock - D - Georgia

Brian Schatz - D - Hawaii

Mazie Hirono - D - Hawaii

Dick Durbin - D - Illinois

Tammy Duckworth - D - Illinois

Chuck Grassley - R - Iowa

Joni Ernst - R - Iowa

Mitch McConnell - R - Kentucky

Rand Paul - R - Kentucky

Bill Cassidy - R - Louisiana

Susan Collins - R - Maine

Angus King - I - Maine

Chris Van Hollen - D - Maryland

Angela Alsobrooks - D - Maryland

Elizabeth Warren - D - Massachusetts

Ed Markey - D - Massachusetts

Gary Peters - D - Michigan

Elissa Slotkin - D - Michigan

Amy Klobuchar - D - Minnesota

Tina Smith - D - Minnesota

Roger Wicker - R - Mississippi

Deb Fischer - R - Nebraska

Jacky Rosen - D - Nevada

Catherine Cortez Masto - D - Nevada

Jeanne Shaheen - D - New Hampshire

Maggie Hassan - D - New Hampshire

Cory Booker - D - New Jersey

Andy Kim - D - New Jersey

Martin Heinrich - D - New Mexico

Ben Ray Lujan - D - New Mexico

Chuck Schumer - D - New York

Kirsten Gillibrand - D - New York

Thom Tillis - R - North Carolina

James Lankford - R - Oklahoma

Ron Wyden - D - Oregon

Jeff Merkley - D - Oregon

Dave McCormick - R - Pennsylvania

Jack Reed - D - Rhode Island

Sheldon Whitehouse - D - Rhode Island

John Thune - R - South Dakota

John Cornyn - R - Texas

Bernie Sanders - I - Vermont

Peter Welch - D - Vermont

Mark Warner - D - Virginia

Tim Kaine - D - Virginia

Patty Murray - D - Washington

Maria Cantwell - D - Washington

Jim Justice - R - West Virginia

Tammy Baldwin - D - Wisconsin

This list doesn't say how much but it does say which senators received funds from Venezuela.

Understand that I’m not madly in love with Grassley or Ernst. They both have a few letters in their files where I expressed great umbrage, great umbrage, about something they said or voted on…

But, can we conclude that such a politician personally KNOWS about such contributions to their campaign? Did their staff accept the $$ but the politician didn’t really know where the money came from?

Or, if the money is there, they definitely knew, and they voted, or did something to get the money, that favored the dictator in question?