Guest Post by The Saker
The Empire has suffered painful defeats in Afghanistan and Iraq, but one has to admit that these are “tough” countries to crack. The Empire also appears to have lost control of Libya, but that is another complex country which is very hard to control. We also saw all the pathetic huffing and puffing with the DPRK. But, let’s be honest, the USA never stood a chance to bully the DPRK into submission, nevermind invading or regime-changing it. Syria was much weaker, but here Russia, Iran and Hezbollah did a world class job of repelling all the AngloZionist attacks, political and military. Besides, I for one will never blame Trump for not listening to Bolton and not triggering WWIII over Syria (yet?)
But Venezuela?!
No Hezbollah or Iran backing Maduro there. And Venezuela is way too far away from Russia to allow her to do what she did in Syria. In fact, Venezuela is in the proverbial “backyard” of the USA and is surrounded by hostile puppet regimes. And yet, tonight, it appears that the US puppet Guaidó has failed in his coup attempt.
Moon of Alabama did a great job covering the events of the day, so I will refer you to the excellent article “Venezuela – Random Guyaidó’s New Coup Attempt Turns Out to Be A Dangerous Joke“. I fully concur that today’s coup was both a joke and very dangerous.
Russian readers can also check out this article by Vzgliad which also gives a lot of interesting details, including the fact that Guaidó launched his coup from the Colombian Embassy in Caracas (see here for a machine translation).
But the thing which amazes me most tonight is the truly breathtakingly pathetic weakness of the clowns who launched this latest failed operation: Pompeo and Mr MAGA. Check them out:
Let’s begin with Pompeo.
According to him, the coup failed because of Russia (what else is new?)! Not only that, but Maduro had already decided to run to Cuba, but then the Russians stopped him.
Really?
So are we to believe that the coup was a stunning success, yet another feather to the CIA’s “hat” of failed successful covert operations? Apparently so.
After all, why would Maduro want to run unless he realized that the situation was hopeless?
But then “Russia” called him and told him to stay put. The conversation must gone something like this:
Putin: Mr Maduro – you don’t need to worry about a thing. Just do what we tell you and stay put.
Maduro: but my people hate me! They all turned against me! The military is behind the coup!
Putin: no, no, it’s all under control, just stay put.
Maduro: but the mob will lynch me if I stay!!!!
Putin: no worries, nobody will touch you.
Does that dialog look credible to you? I sure hope not! I think that anybody with a modicum of intelligence ought to realize that Maduro’s decision to stay in place could only have been based on one of two possible considerations:
- The coup has failed and Maduro is safe or
- The coup is successful and Maduro will stay and fight till his last breath (like Allende did)
But tonight Maduro is safe in Caracas and the coup plotters are on the run.
The truth is that only a loser and imbecile like Pompeo could come up with such a lame excuse in a desperate attempt to “cover his ass” and blame his failure on the Neocon’s favorite scapegoat: Russia.
Now let’s check what his boss had to say:
Trump does not blame Russia. Instead, he blames Cuba!
I don’t know what kind of silly scenarios Mr MAGA ran in his head to come up with “the Cubans did it” but that is even more ridiculous than “the Russians did it”. Reading this “tweets” (how appropriate for this bird-brain!) one could get the impression that the Cubans launched a full-scale military attack (involving both the Cuban military and “militias”) and that they orchestrated a brutal crack-down on the Venezuelan people.
In the real world, however, Cuba did nothing of the sort.
But, really, who cares?!
In the Empire of Illusions fact don’t matter. At least to the leaders of the AngloZionist Empire who continue to believe that only spin matters.
In the case of Venezuela, spin alone failed.
So what’s next?
According to the typical scenario revealed to us by John Perkins, the next step should be a full-scale US invasion. And yes, he is right, that would be what the Empire would have done in its heyday. But nowadays?
Check out this interesting news snippet: Eric Prince wants Blackwater to send 5,000 mercenaries to Venezuela (does anybody know why and how these clowns came up with the 5,000 figure? First Bolton, now Prince. Do they *really* think that this is enough?!).
The point is not whether Prince will ever get to send mercenaries to Venezuela or whether the Trump administration is inclined to accept this offer. The point is that Prince would have never made this offer in the first place if the US military was up to the task. It is not, and Prince knows that very well.
The military stands by the Constitutional government of Venezuela
As for Maduro, he seems to have the support not only of a majority of his people, but of the Venezuelan armed forces. As for the armed forces, they are clearly enjoying the support of the people.
This is a very bad combination for the Empire. Here is why:
Yes, Venezuela has immense problems. And yes, both Chavez and Maduro have made mistakes. But this is not about Chavez or Maduro, this is about the rule of law inside and outside Venezuela. This is about the people of Venezuela, even the suffering ones, not willing to renounce the sovereignty of their country. Yes, Chavez did not solve all of Venezuela’s problems, but to deliver the country to the Empire would mean crushing any hope of true, real, people power. The Venezuelan people apparently have no illusions about their Yankee neighbors and they don’t want the Empire-style “democracy” to turn Venezuela into the next Libya.
I should never say never, and God only knows what tomorrow (May 1st) will bring (Guaido has called for a mass protests) but my gut feeling is that the Empire “injected” itself into Venezuela just enough to trigger an immune reaction, like a vaccine, but not enough to infect Venezuela with a toxin powerful enough to kill it.
In the meantime, US aircraft carriers are in the Mediterranean trying to scare Russia, Syria and Iran all at the same time. I can just imagine the disgusted contempt with which this latest sabre-rattling with outdated hardware is received in Moscow, Damascus or Tehran. Even Hezbollah remains utterly unimpressed.
The truth is that the only people who have not come to the realization that the Empire is broken and defeated are the rulers of the Neocon deep state and those who still watch the legacy Ziomedia.
By now everybody else has realized who utterly impotent the Empire has become.
Conclusion:
The Empire only *appears* to be strong. In reality it is weak, confused, clueless and, most importantly, run by a sad gang of incompetent thugs who think that they can scare everybody into submission in spite of not having won a single significant war since 1945. The inability to break the will of the people of Venezuela is only the latest symptom of this mind-boggling weakness.
I will leave the last word to this charming lady who really said it all:
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Great article.
Another SJW….
So . . . Russia did it? Or Cuba did it? Or Russia did it but used Cuba to actually do it . . . do it?
Is this “operation” just a fat, sweet, honeypot? As Mr. Lynn wrote about recently, I question what is theatrics and what is theater, and I begin to wonder if this isn’t “super-Kabuki”, just a ploy, a trap, even. Because, for the administration to claim that “Russia did it” is just too over the top to be believable; I doubt that Pompeo could blame Russia and Trump, Cuba, with straight faces. I just don’t see either of them being that OBLIVIOUS to the irony. It is as though they are “mirroring” everything the DNC/media/HRC/lapdogs said to explain the catastrophic loss of the election and THEIR attempted coup against Trump. Which failed, has failed, IS failing. First they blamed Russia. Repeatedly. And even with the help of the the media, the social media, the FBI, Mueller, etc., that didn’t work, so, now, they blame Barr for not doing Mueller’s job all over again and re-investigating, which means he obstructed! Trump obstructed! THEY obstructed! When, reality is, their coup is obstructed, and they’re all butt-hurt about it.
So I wonder if this “coup” in Venezuela is obstructed. By the administration itself. Maybe they got together with Russia, China, Cuba, and Maduro – all it would take is a few phone calls – so that everybody who matters knows that what is happening is BS, just a show, to subvert the subversion. Remember, NO ONE is even arguing that this guy actually won the election, but, er, cuz . . . “voter fraud”, he’s the guy that they “recognize” as president. The “aid” (guns, etc.) we sent got destroyed at the border, and now, Russia did it. This is farce.
Maybe they want to hear what the shadowgov/media/HRC/lapdogs have to say when Maduro calls for the arrest and prosecution of Rando Guano or whoever, who is an “obvious” collusory puppet of the administration, for treason or sedition or for whatever offence an “attempted coup” is under Venezuelan law.
I wonder how many of the DNC zombies will support his arrest? His trial (tribunal)? His imprisonment? His execution?
I would say we got our asses handed to us. I read somewhere that several high ranking government officials offered their allegiance to Guaido, but on the day of the coup, suddenly withdrew their commitment and remained with Mauduro. Sorry I don’t recall the source, but it does fit with the massive uprising, only to watch it pewter out in the end.
On the plus side, Trump does not appear to be doubling down or trying to save face by invading and will just offer aid to the Venezuelan people. If we can just move on without any escalation, I’ll be good with that.
Regime change by tongue-wagging is the last refuge of bitches.
The world can’t wait for the United States of Cunts to run out of breath. Almost there.
Can’t even huff and puff enough to inflate a Venuzuelan Giudama, after sqweeeeeming at Russia to get out of OUR hemisphere, bought and never paid for.
What’ll it take to put Washington’s neocons in their place? Do they only understand force? And if that’s the case and Russia demonstrates how far ahead they seem to be in advanced weaponry, will the lunatics escalate to nuclear? Is there any hope of unseating them without taking everything down? Very scary situation.
Almost as much hope that Pentecostal preachers will quit sucking snake tongues to prove their devotion to God.
Devotion to Israel is the snake America’s Neocons have been forcing us all to kiss and its venom will soon take its toll.
The faith is strong in GCP. He fondles me fearlessly, and heals the instant I bite!
FWIW, it’s a very, very, very small minority of Christian Pentecostals who still practice this; and their number is getting smaller for obvious reasons.
Maybe you should allow GCP to admit to such a practice before you go pinning him with such an untruth.
I can see why you’re Not Sure.
Speaking figuratively, metaphorically, confuses you. You accuse me of speaking with a forked tongue because I am NOT am snake? You’ll never be sure.
I never said anything about GCP being a snake worshiper or a Pentecostal. I said his faith was strong, and implied that he engages me with gentle hands as I criticize his faith.
Not Sure why you are defending my reputation for slithering… unintentionally?
You worship snakes?
My bad should have looked more carefully at your posts.
Snakes are much maligned creatures. I would much prefer the company of snakes to 99.99% of politicians and DC drones. Snakes don’t generally go out of their way to harm you, unlike the drones in the government.
Try kissing a Bushmaster. I tried to run one over with my truck. All 8 feet of it left the ground and took a chunk out of the grille on my Hilux.
Neocons aren’t as smart as Bushmasters nor as mean. More slimy though.
I don’t give a shit who runs Venezuela or what happens to those people. They wanted Socialism and they got it. They wanted common sense gun control and they got it.
Now they can deal with the consequences of their decisions just like our day of reckoning is also coming.
Please save your last bite of “Give a shit” for Bolton.
I dont see how this is anything but another victory for Trump. No war.
At first thought, I disagreed. But then I thought, “What will Trump do?”
“My administration worked quietly, behind the ‘real’ scenes in Venezuela, not the fake scenes of lying media, very quietly…” (lowers voice to whisper) “…nobody is quieter than my administration…they are all very, very quiet” (resumes normal volume) “..and we helped all the people of Venezuela to ensure their constitution was upheld. I will do the same for ours!!!! MAGA!!!”