Please include sources for any claims; baseless speculation is counterproductive. Remember that this is not a win for the US, just another outburst of a dying empire.

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    5 days ago

    Yeah I don’t think it’s “hyping up US super soldiers” or whatever to recognize how the US has decisive technical advantages that allowed it to pull off this cowardly surprise attack. I’m reserving judgment on how much of the US operation’s success was due to intentional stand-down orders from traitors in Venezuela vs. the decisive role of US electronic warfare (ECM and infrared jammers), cyberattacks, air defense suppression (air-launched anti-radiation missiles and gunship escorts) and just the plain element of surprise of helicopters flying nap-of-the-earth at night over rugged terrain. There had to have been CIA infiltrators though, I think we’re in the process of finding out.

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      There’s likely some, maybe a couple on the guard side, but at this point, the indicators ive seen from people like Delcy Rodríguez are showing that most of the cabinet is safe (the foreign minister, VP/oil minister/Acting President, military commanders).