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Current Events => Breaking News => Topic started by: Airwolf on January 03, 2026, 02:27:48 AM
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/breaking-possible-american-attack-on-venezuela-underway/ar-AA1TuhHv?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=fb874bfbbd224ea4c18c1bc9558d8177&ei=84
Things are getting interesting down South.
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Now it has been reported that Maduro has been captured and is on his way out of the country.
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It's going to be interesting to find out some details on this.
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one thing we can count on... This is going to upset Chuck Schumer
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one thing we can count on... This is going to upset Chuck Schumer
I expect his response to be as dull and uninspiring as everything else he says.
I can hear him in my head now:
"We are very sad and disappointed that President Trump has taken this course of action."
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Can we hope for a Twofer with the Mullahcrats going down?
I'm guessing that the drug smugglers the Dems and Progs have been supporting won't be protected by the Venezuelan air force.
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Some videos about this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF0s8FDhqIg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XeyrZH9oAs
I guess the Russian SAM systems Venezuela has did as well as they do in the Ukraine War.
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María Corina Machado emerges as top potential successor after Máduro’s fall
https://www.foxnews.com/world/maria-corina-machado-emerges-top-potential-successor-after-maduros-fall (https://www.foxnews.com/world/maria-corina-machado-emerges-top-potential-successor-after-maduros-fall)
The successors to the ousted authoritarian Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro are likely to be the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner and opposition leaders María Corina Machado and Edmundo González, according to an expert on Caracas.
Jorge Jraissati, a Venezuelan who is the president of the Economic Inclusion Group, told Fox News Digital that "Machado and Gonzalez would assume a transitional government in Venezuela. They have the support of 70% of Venezuelans. They would lead this transition period." He added that "I believe Machado has the capacity and integrity to lead this very delicate transition. Key will be her ability to surround herself with young and capable Venezuelans instead of career politicians."
The United States recognized González as the legitimate leader of Venezuela after he soundly defeated Maduro by a more than two-to-one margin in the 2024 election. González replaced Machado after she was banned from running for the presidency by the Maduro-run high court. Maduro ignored the results.
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one thing we can count on... This is going to upset Chuck Schumer
Here's someone else in the need of some anal lubricant:
Mamdani Slams Trump's Illegal Maduro Arrest on Behalf of NYC Venezuelans (Who Wants to Tell Him?)
Last night President Trump approved a mission to take Nicolas Maduro and his wife into custody in Venezuela, and they are currently being brought to New York where they will face a number of charges. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani says he was briefed (we have no idea who gave Mamdani the briefing -- possibly his chief counsel who was a lawyer for Al Qaeda) on the situation and called it an illegal act of war which he is monitoring at least partly on behalf of Venezuelans living in NYC.
Is anybody surprised? Oh, and the guy who has expressed a desire to keep violent criminals on the streets is now concerned about New Yorkers' safety? Hilarious.
https://twitchy.com/dougp/2026/01/03/mamdanis-monitoring-trumps-illegal-maduro-arrest-on-behalf-of-nyc-venezuelans-who-wants-to-tell-him-n2423506
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DRb58WvWAAE9Clb.jpg)
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Last night President Trump approved a mission to take Nicolas Maduro and his wife into custody in Venezuela...
I'm kinda wondering how much of a fight Maduro's security detail put up.
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https://www.reddit.com/r/Asmongold/comments/1q34nv7/a_video_for_the_history_books/
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After this attack, trust in the U.S. is broken. When a president openly commits illegal aggression, the message is clear: rules are for others. Canada and Greenland are now forced to see a new, unsettling reality.
https://www.reddit.com/r/AmericanEmpire/comments/1q2w9fh/after_this_attack_trust_in_the_us_is_broken_when/
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So:
:thatsright: Reagan didn't invade Grenada and Panama?
:thatsright: Clinton didn't invade/attack Bosnia?
:thatsright: GWB didn't invade Afghanistan and Iraq?
:thatsright: Obama didn't invade Syria?
Trump capturing Maduro to face charges for the pertinent 2020 indictment (and newer?) has no precedent in US history! ::)
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So:
:thatsright: Reagan didn't invade Grenada and Panama?
:thatsright: Clinton didn't invade/attack Bosnia?
:thatsright: GWB didn't invade Afghanistan and Iraq?
:thatsright: Obama didn't invade Syria?
Trump capturing Maduro to face charges for the pertinent 2020 indictment (and newer?) has no precedent in US history! ::)
Heard it even mentioned properly that Truman entered Korea as a police action and not a war to circumvent Congressional approval.
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In the 18th Century, nation states declared war on each other and went at it. That is the context to the USC's provision about declarations of war. In modern times nations like Venezuela and Iran conduct war, undeclared, using proxies. Some proxies are like Hamas and Hezbollah, which Iran funded and armed. Some proxies are like the drug smuggling orgs that smuggled deadly drugs and criminal thugs into the US, with the support and participation like Venezuela and Maduro.
Situations where proxies wage undeclared war are covered by the War Powers Act, and from what little I've heard, Trump's move complies with that.
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Pay attention, Vlad!
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Whether accurate or not, I've read that a President has 48 hours after a military action to notify Congress. Is that affected by the fact that US troops are no longer present in Venezuela? Beyond Trump :tongue: ing Dems in Congress, of course.
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https://youtu.be/PC3tUZ1qGws
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Whether accurate or not, I've read that a President has 48 hours after a military action to notify Congress. Is that affected by the fact that US troops are no longer present in Venezuela? Beyond Trump :tongue: ing Dems in Congress, of course.
Is that 48 business hours? Asking for a deceased friend....
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Does anyone else find it interesting how fast the protesters in quite a few cities were marching in the streets with new signs? Its like they were told ahead of time that something was going down in Venezuela.
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Astroturf and rent-a-mob
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Just wondering, is there going to be some renowned U.S. ambulance chaser who defends Maduro and his wife?
Jack Smith is looking for a gig. Ditto to James Comey and Merrick Garland. Maybe that Benjamin Crump guy who defends "injustice" to minorities anytime anywhere there are cameras. Perhaps one of those talking heads on MS-13 NOW like Lawrence Tribe that I read about their outrageous commentaries via conservative and rational websites.
Thoughts?
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Cuba says 32 Cuban officers were killed in US operation in Venezuela
https://apnews.com/article/cuba-us-venezuela-maduro-e66899b41f0b84cf83f77a69d399b486 (https://apnews.com/article/cuba-us-venezuela-maduro-e66899b41f0b84cf83f77a69d399b486)
HAVANA (AP) — An American military operation in Venezuela killed 32 Cuban officers over the weekend, the Cuban government said Sunday in the first official death count provided of the American strikes in the South American nation.
The Cuban military and police officers were on a mission the Caribbean country’s military was carrying out at the request of Venezuela’s government, according to a statement read on Cuban state TV on Sunday night.
What the Cubans were working on in the South American nation was unclear, but Cuba is a close ally of Venezuela’s government and has sent military and police forces to assist in operations for years. Rumors of the deaths circulated on the island over the weekend.
Given how focused the US attack was, these Cuban officers were clearly helping operate equipment and man security details. Cuba FA'ed; Cuban military people FO'ed. Has Cuba noticed how "effective" Russian S-300 and S-400 SAM systems proved to be?
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Cuba says 32 Cuban officers were killed in US operation in Venezuela
Sounds like some Cuban officers needed to go back to their basic land nav course. If you can't tell that you aren't in Cuba anymore after so much time in/over the Gulf of America, how useful could you possibly be where the metal meets the meat??? :confused:
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Sounds like some Cuban officers needed to go back to their basic land nav course. If you can't tell that you aren't in Cuba anymore after so much time in/over the Gulf of America, how useful could you possibly be where the metal meets the meat??? :confused:
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It's my understanding that most of Maduro's security detail was Cuban.
Which is interesting in and of itself that he couldn't trust his own people.
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Maduro has gotten multiple "warnings" - and Cuba, indirectly - since the end of January 2025 and saw what happened to Iran. How Maduro imagined his machismo and puffing would go other than badly, I cannot understand. Ditto Cuba, who actually had plenty of time to pull people out or back from risky positions. Did Maduro really think his handful of S-300 and Buk SAM systems would even slightly hinder action after seeing 5 or 10 or 15 drug smuggler boats taken out, including cargo and smuggler-crew? Who did Maduro and Cuba think was President? LIEden or Kammie?
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Maduro: Come get me!
https://x.com/nicksortor/status/2007546721598079414
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Delcy Rodriguez issued the statement within one day of assuming the top spot in the Venezuelan regime in Maduro’s absence — which she did almost immediately after U.S. forces swept in and arrested both Maduro and his wife, extraditing them to New York.
“We extend an invitation to the U.S. government to work together on a cooperation agenda, aimed at shared development, within the framework of international law, and to strengthen lasting community coexistence,” Rodriguez said.
“President Donald Trump: Our people and our region deserve peace and dialogue, not war. That has always been President Nicolás Maduro’s position, and it is the position of all of Venezuela at this moment,” Rodríguez she added. “That is the Venezuela I believe in and have dedicated my life to. My dream is for Venezuela to be a great power where all good Venezuelans can come together.”
Rodriguez’s statement comes just one day after she demanded Maduro’s return from U.S. custody, calling him “the only president of Venezuela.”
Several in President Donald Trump’s administration appear skeptical that Rodriguez will fully cooperate with the United States, but they have also voiced their willingness to give her a chance to do so.
Trump himself warned, “If she doesn’t do what’s right, she is going to pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/maduros-no-2-drops-tough-talk-offers-cooperation-with-united-states
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Rubio to Democrats who wanted Congress to approve Maduro capture: 'Couldn't afford leaks'
https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/rubio-not-seeking-approval-congress-maduro-capture-couldnt-afford-leaks (https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/rubio-not-seeking-approval-congress-maduro-capture-couldnt-afford-leaks)
Secretary of State Marco Rubio pushed back on criticism from Democrats about the military operation in Venezuela that resulted in the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, specifically the argument that the administration should have sought approval from Congress.
"You can't risk it being disclosed," Rubio said Sunday on "Meet the Press."
He described it as a "trigger-based" operation.
"It couldn't require congressional approval because this was not an invasion. This was not an extended military operation. This was a very precise operation that involved a couple of hours of action. It was a very delicate operation too. It was one that required all these conditions to be in place at the right time and the right place. You couldn't afford leaks," Rubio said.
"We couldn't afford anything out there that would have endangered the mission and gotten people killed or killed off the mission and the optionality. We didn't even know if the mission was going to happen and how can you notify something you're not even sure if it can happen? Because in order for it to happen, you needed to have weather conditions in place. He needed to be at the right place at the right time. We needed to have forces prepared to go. There were a lot of factors in place. It was a trigger-based operation," he added.
I read somewhere that the original planned date was 12/31 but weather forced a postponement.
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JD Vance Takes on Lefty Claims About Venezuelan Drug Trafficking
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/01/04/jd-vance-takes-on-lefty-claims-about-venezuelan-drug-trafficking-n4947890 (https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/01/04/jd-vance-takes-on-lefty-claims-about-venezuelan-drug-trafficking-n4947890)
American leftists, who never met an anti-American dictator they didn’t like, are protesting the U.S. capture of Venezuelan dictator and narcoterrorist Nicolás Maduro. Part of their noisy hysteria includes highly deceptive claims about the drug war Venezuelan cartels wage on America.
Vice President JD Vance wrote on X Sunday, “You see a lot [of] claims that Venezuela has nothing to do with drugs because most of the fentanyl comes from elsewhere. I want to address this.” He not only explained the reality of Venezuelan drug trafficking that was backed by Maduro, he also took on false claims about the Venezuelan oil industry and its new American takeover.
One misconception is about how many kinds of deadly drugs are trafficked. “First off, fentanyl isn't the only drug in the world and there is still fentanyl coming from Venezuela (or at least there was),” Vance wrote. “Second, cocaine, which is the main drug trafficked out of Venezuela, is a profit center for all of the Latin America cartels. If you cut out the money from cocaine (or even reduce it) you substantially weaken the cartels overall. Also, cocaine is bad too!” It’s sad lefties have to be told that.
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My thing after all this news is that I don't like the timing. I get it that the President always acts on his own schedule but the thing I don't like is the why of it taking so long to go in and finish the nightmare that was Maduros Venezuela. If they had done this back when Trump was first in office, it would have saved us a lot of heartache but that is also the nature of Diplomacy. Also Trump had to deal with all of those impeachments at the time. Another thing is It has become a sad state of affairs that we cannot trust our own Goverment to keep a secret when an operation like this takes place. I remember during Desert Storm when a news crew was filing some SF guys coming ashore as it was actually happening putting those guys in danger.
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Trump 1.0:
* 2 1/2 years of the Trump-Russia Collusion shamvestigation;
* The Quid Pro Quo shamvestigation and shampeachment 1.0;
* The Covid epidemic and Operation Warp Speed (which entailed far more than The Vaccine) while under partisan "fire";
* Intelligence agencies that withheld information and undermined Trump;
* The FBI conspiring to frame Trump;
* The tail end of Iraq and Afghanistan.
Trump 1.0 certainly was busy, much of it in battling partisan lies. With the intelligence agencies withholding information and the FBI busy conspiring against him, I doubt that Trump had the information to publicly justify apprehending Maduro nor the information to carry off that operation.
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How low-flying helicopters and terrain masking helped US forces reach Maduro
https://interestingengineering.com/military/us-tech-venezuela-maduro-capture (https://interestingengineering.com/military/us-tech-venezuela-maduro-capture)
While the raid unfolded in less than three hours, the technical groundwork behind it stretched back months and relied on a combination of intelligence systems, electronic warfare platforms, and special operations aviation.
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According to US officials, the operation hinged on building a detailed “pattern of life” profile of Maduro, a task led by the Central Intelligence Agency and other intelligence bodies.
Surveillance focused on understanding how the Venezuelan leader moved, where he slept, and how his security apparatus functioned. This intelligence preparation phase was essential to timing the raid and selecting the moment when Maduro was located at the Fuerte Tiuna military complex in Caracas.
Stealth surveillance and persistent intelligence on Venezuelan territory
Much of the long-term monitoring relied on advanced aerial surveillance systems. US intelligence reportedly used stealth drones to maintain near-continuous observation over Caracas, allowing analysts to map facilities, movement patterns, and defensive layouts without triggering Venezuelan air defenses.
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US officials suggested that large parts of Caracas lost power at the onset of the operation, an effect attributed to the targeted disruption of infrastructure supporting military observation and command systems. The blackout coincided with the opening phase of air operations, reducing visibility and coordination for Venezuelan forces.
At the same time, US Navy electronic warfare aircraft were used to suppress Venezuela’s Russian-made air defense systems. Radar-jamming platforms flooded the electromagnetic spectrum, forcing air defense radars to either shut down or expose themselves. Once active, those radars were targeted by AGM-88 High-speed Anti-Radiation Missiles, weapons designed to home in on radar emissions and destroy them. ...
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These helicopters, including modified Black Hawks and Chinooks, flew at extremely low altitude, around 100 feet above the water, to avoid radar detection. Terrain-following systems allowed crews to use coastal geography and mountainous terrain for cover as they approached Caracas. When the helicopters came under ground fire near Fuerte Tiuna, onboard countermeasure systems kept the aircraft operational despite damage.
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... As reported by The Guardian, high-temperature cutting torches capable of slicing through reinforced steel doors were involved in the mission to quickly access secured areas, reducing the risk of structural collapse or delays. Within minutes, Maduro and his wife were in custody.
No word if Jim Phelps was part of the operation.
The part about using low-observable//stealth drones is interesting. Venezuela had some of Russia's best SAM systems, S-300 and Buk, and in months of surveilling, the drones seem not to have been detected.