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The administration of United States President Donald Trump has developed a range of options for military action in Venezuela, The New York Times reported on November 4, citing multiple U.S. officials.
Tensions have been the U.S. and Venezuela since August, when the Trump administration doubled the reward for the arrest of President Nicolas Maduro Maduro to $50 million on drug trafficking charges then deployed an amphibious ready group with thousands of marines to the Caribbean Sea on a so-called “counter narco-terror operation”.
In October, the administration escalated further by ordering the deployment of an entire carrier strike group close to the coast of Venezuela.
The U.S. military has already carried out 15 strikes against boats allegedly carrying drugs in the Caribbean and the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing 64 people.
Multiple recent reports from U.S. media suggest that the Trump administration is about to order some large attack on Venezuela.
Asked if the U.S. was going to war against the country during a CBS interview released on November 2, Trump replied: “I doubt it. I don’t think so.” However, when asked if Maduro’s days as president were numbered, the president replied: “I would say yeah. I think so.”
According to the NYT latest report, Trump has been already presented with three main military options to deal with Venezuela.
The first option would involve airstrikes against military facilities, some of which might be involved in facilitating drug trafficking, with the aim of collapsing Venezuelan military support for Maduro.
If Maduro believed he was no longer protected, he might seek to flee — or, in moving around the country, make himself more vulnerable to capture, U.S. officials told the newspaper, which noted that critics of this option warn that it could rally support around the Venezuelan president.
The second option envisions the U.S. sending special operations forces, such as the Army’s Delta Force or the Navy’s SEAL Team 6, to try to capture or kill Maduro.
NYT noted that under this option, the Trump administration would seek to sidestep prohibitions against assassinating foreign leaders by arguing that Maduro is, first and foremost, the head of a narcoterrorist gang.
A third option involves a much more complicated plan to send U.S. “counterterrorism forces” to seize control of airfields and at least some of Venezuela’s oil fields and infrastructure.
Trump is yet, however, to make a decision about how or even whether to proceed against Maduro, according to the newspaper.
U.S. officials told NYT that Trump is reluctant to approve operations that may place American troops at risk or could turn into an embarrassing failure. But many of his senior advisers are pressing for one of the most aggressive options to remove Maduro from power.
Trump’s aides have asked the Justice Department for additional guidance that could provide a legal basis for any military action beyond the current campaign of striking boats.
Venezuela has been actively preparing for a U.S. attack by mobilizing, deploying air defenses and conducting military exercises.
Recent reports also revealed that Maduro had asked Russia, China and Iran for military support, and that shipment of drones was sent by the latter.
The NYT report should be taken seriously. However, it may be just a part of a media campaign meant to pressure Maduro into submission. In the end, the Trump administration is clearly after Venezuela’s oil reserve, which is estimated to be the largest in the world. If a deal can be reached on some form of joint investment, Trump will likely back down.
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they want all only for them. never trust the empire of greed. what they call “peace” is they kill you discreetly.with extrajudicial killings paramilitaries crooks mafiosi forced disapearances poverty toxic industries landgrabs cancers crumbling healthcare(‘austerity’). what they call ‘war’ is their favorite necrobusiness. weren’t there already oil deals during first regime change attempts?
cia is working 24/7 for another regime change, whether is it bribjn, blackmailing, just like israel did with iran, such was “we know where you daughter is” and such. i just wish for venezuela and maduro to endure this war drumming, we’d be all stupid to see another libya. wagner is there, and chinese are too.
they’re originated from the nazi party the catholic nazi party along with their fascists mussolini in italy and general franco in spain .
socialist pretending tricksters really fascists underneath the masks of popular pretences.
allegedly .
btw again ,the lion king of the jungle remember the romans loved to feed christians to the lion as enemies of their pagan empire , leo s from the mafia central co ordinating criminal crime central chicago .
and of course the mafia s not actually a democratic organisation
eg democrat massachusetts gov. maura healey assistant ,hahaha gets busted holding kilogrammes if cocaine and cash locked in her office safe .
her mum’s devout catholic and she met the pope.
“fbi &,dea raids governor’s office in massachusettes – 1.2 tons drug ,12… you tube ”
the judge has released little la mar on a pathetic 25000 dollars bail and assured him that he will get a “fair trial ”
he s been earning over $115,000 pa .
and that’s exactly how they’re operating globally including china and russia too by infiltration etc as kennedy told you in his ephesians 6:12 speech .they infiltrate .every important position .the government the law the police the education the healthcare. the media the postal services the military .all trade and commerce ,banking insurance accounting taxation .everything they cover all the bases from the top down all private and public corporations. allegedly .
see they’re allowed to tell that partial story as part of the civil war revolution against the government. they set it up to use it but they don’t tell the whole truth at all by any stretch of the imagination they’re using that set up to serve their intentions .that’s how they work .entrapment and then they control the narrative .they do it all .
allegedly .cover all the bases the great deceiver .in my opinion .
also i didn’t know but just discovered that it’s the commonwealth of massachusetts .
now i do .and at least two states around the cradle of washington ,district of the knights of spanish columbus ,catholic columbus were restored legally back to being crown states some years ago ,most likely virgin maryland .and in one the king of kings triple tiara lays in waiting.
lol. it’s the jews and you know it goldi. you re one.
chumpo is responsible for the murder of thousands of people. so he is a terrorist. so presumably an extra judicial killing to take him out would be perfectly justified.
they’re making room for another isireal.
no they’re covering their globalist takeover of the entire planet with distractions using human shields .imo allegedly .it’s the laws they’re implementing whilst everyone’s looking at everything else .
us navy strikes the world’s largest floating drug fortress … you tube
and they would be totally set up by the secret services absolutely allegedly .
the image of death is represented as a grim reaper, a keeper of the underworld, a faceless phantom, and, in mexico, it’s la santa muerte..
wikipedia states that …
“santa muerte, is a new religious movement, female deity, folk-catholic saint,[4][5] and folk saint in mexican folk catholicism and neo-paganism.[1][2]: 296–297 a personification of death,”]
here this is them all over typical absolutely typical covering all of the bases in my opinion. .”war erupts in los angeles …mafia bosses attack $10b cartel… you tube everyone’s watching ;my kitchen rules or how to sell your house ,or do up the dunny renovate or detonate, a place in the country build your dreams the voice screams .etcetera ad nauseum all intentional .
and here course they’ll investigate and find some innocous cause
“ups plane explodes after takeoff in kentucky .
you tube ”
news .com .au
and here they go on with the ai show .the temple mount was just scammed by an ai – what the found … you tube
predictable .as .transparencies .
i’d recommend to maduro to put a 50m$ reward on trump’s arrest – for murder in international waters.
dick chaney is dead, he started all this with ramsfeld, and all those monsters from hell and washington.
washington’s run by the knights of columbus really nothing’s what it seems and everything they let you think you’ve discovered in msm disney land is their cover stories they control all censorship from the top down .imo allegedly .
you would .you’ll be a happy little nothing owning nothing clown 🤡 allegedly .
all such measures (including the state-sponsored murder of people in boats) are simply various classic forms of transnational state-sponsored terrorism. those who do not want transnational state-sponsored terrorism would do well to call for international arrest warrants for those doing so. behaviour we ignore is behaviour we allow.
rubbish the drug trafficking in boats is.
you’re very silly obviously the drug boars are the transnational terrorism .
here’s the facts from just a coincidence regarding tinted windows “.dhs nabs most dangerous teen cartel boss in los angeles |$400m..”
you tube
and that’s misleading it was two billion .and obviously the 17 year old,living in a luxury apartment s been working for his daddy .but they won’t tell you anything but the bare minimum that they can’t not say ..deceit by omission another favourite entrapment.
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here’s the facts wherever there’s drugs available ,which we all know is everywhere ,there’s pedophiles .that’s how that business works , that’s how they recruit into the teen markets for future growth .both boys and girls but especially boys because of the violence involved in maintaining control of market share. so pedophilia is global and it’s not about massaging girls over 14 year old , its boys under 10 ..observation .
and it’s in your street ,your kids schools your community harvest. globally and it’s all controlled .all of it .they’re all on it together never trust anybody .nothing’s what it seems.
very strategic chess move that too .check mate .
here’s a global clue here westfield shops are advertising for x mass with their new world order” evangelical ” message
“welcome to the creatures of christmas. ”
join some dots .
their national tv ad .probably international id guess global actually .
north korea should invade the us and put an end to this nonsense
says chairman mao .
basic 101
brazil papal empire
russia orthodox outsider
india crown law
china jesuit adjutants
south africa crown law
wakey wakey who’s being bombed .
“may be just a part of a media campaign”, duh. all u.s. wars start in the media. it’s what it’s function is in the u.s.. first they lie, then they tell more lies, then they start saying what they are going to do, then they lie some more, then they warn they might attack soon, then they lie some more, then they launch a sneak attack while negotiating on tv. the only truth in them is that they are going to attack.
democracy is the beast of revelations which gives antichrist zionism is power and authority.