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🇻🇪🇺🇸 U.S. Marines showed why nothing stops America. An LCAC hovercraft sliced straight through damaged waters to deliver critical aid to earthquake-ravaged communities on Venezuela’s coast, where no regular ship could dock. Mission complete Writer: Val

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🚨 JUST IN: New leaked details are reportedly revealing more about President Trump’s U.S.-Iran peace deal, and the picture is becoming very clear: 47 is not trying to give Iran another weak Obama-style handshake, he is trying to build a deal that takes away nuclear leverage, calms the region, reopens critical routes, and keeps America out of another endless Middle East disaster. This is why the old foreign policy crowd is panicking. They spent years telling Americans that weakness was diplomacy, that paying off enemies was strategy, and that letting Iran drag the world from crisis to crisis was somehow “stability.” Trump is moving differently. He is using pressure, leverage, timing, allies, and direct negotiation to force a result instead of managing the same problem forever. The details still matter, enforcement matters even more, and nobody should trust Iran without verification, but if this deal removes nuclear material, stops escalation, protects Israel, and brings the Strait of Hormuz back under control, then this could become one of the biggest peace-through-strength wins of Trump’s presidency. No blind trust. No weak surrender. No Obama repeat. Trump is trying to bring it home. 🇺🇸

🚨 JUST IN: New leaked details are reportedly revealing more about President Trump’s U.S.-Iran peace deal, and the picture is becoming very clear: 47 is not trying to give Iran another weak Obama-style handshake, he is trying to build a deal that takes away nuclear leverage, calms the region, reopens critical routes, and keeps America out of another endless Middle East disaster. This is why the old foreign policy crowd is panicking. They spent years telling Americans that weakness was diplomacy, that paying off enemies was strategy, and that letting Iran drag the world from crisis to crisis was somehow “stability.” Trump is moving differently. He is using pressure, leverage, timing, allies, and direct negotiation to force a result instead of managing the same problem forever. The details still matter, enforcement matters even more, and nobody should trust Iran without verification, but if this deal removes nuclear material, stops escalation, protects Israel, and brings the Strait of Hormuz back under control, then this could become one of the biggest peace-through-strength wins of Trump’s presidency. No blind trust. No weak surrender. No Obama repeat. Trump is trying to bring it home. 🇺🇸

ⁿᵉʷˢ Barron Trump 🇺🇸

710,558 Aufrufe • vor 1 Monat

Since the massive attack last Thursday, Kyiv has been struggling with constant power, water and heat outages, and our rescue teams have been working 24/7 nonstop ever since. And just when we thought we had mastered life in “survival mode,” russia decided to attack critical infrastructure again last night - leaving millions of people without power, water, and heat. Oh, and just for extra vibes - it’s -15°C (5°F) outside 🥶❄️. Because why not. But guess what - our team is still working. Because war doesn’t wait for electricity. Today’s highlights: ✅ More winter jackets arrived - packed, sorted, and shipped to the front lines ✅ Car broke down - fixed it (because of course it did) ✅ Humanitarian mission mode - still ON Busy day. Productive day. Slightly frozen, but undefeated. Breakfast at 2pm …at least I ate )) Tomorrow I’m heading to Kharkiv - to deliver more aid, spend time with our team at the base, and keep doing what we do best - showing up, no matter the conditions. And the cherry on top - climbing stairs to the 20th floor. To call this a “workout” would be an understatement. This is Ironman-level training. Thank you to everyone who supports us, believes in this mission, and helps make these “impossible” days possible. You power us better than any generator ever could. 🚨If you can support our mission - here’s your direct way -

Since the massive attack last Thursday, Kyiv has been struggling with constant power, water and heat outages, and our rescue teams have been working 24/7 nonstop ever since. And just when we thought we had mastered life in “survival mode,” russia decided to attack critical infrastructure again last night - leaving millions of people without power, water, and heat. Oh, and just for extra vibes - it’s -15°C (5°F) outside 🥶❄️. Because why not. But guess what - our team is still working. Because war doesn’t wait for electricity. Today’s highlights: ✅ More winter jackets arrived - packed, sorted, and shipped to the front lines ✅ Car broke down - fixed it (because of course it did) ✅ Humanitarian mission mode - still ON Busy day. Productive day. Slightly frozen, but undefeated. Breakfast at 2pm …at least I ate )) Tomorrow I’m heading to Kharkiv - to deliver more aid, spend time with our team at the base, and keep doing what we do best - showing up, no matter the conditions. And the cherry on top - climbing stairs to the 20th floor. To call this a “workout” would be an understatement. This is Ironman-level training. Thank you to everyone who supports us, believes in this mission, and helps make these “impossible” days possible. You power us better than any generator ever could. 🚨If you can support our mission - here’s your direct way -

Tonya Levchuk 🇺🇦🇺🇸

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Watching Starship Flight 13 yesterday made me incredibly proud to be an American. 🇺🇸 Love him or hate him, there has only been one Steve Jobs. There has only been one Henry Ford. There has only been one Thomas Edison. And there is only one Elon Musk. America has always been the place where people with impossible ideas come to build them. That’s what has made this country so special and the leader of entrepreneurship for generations. Yesterday was another reminder of that for me. SpaceX launched Starship Flight 13, successfully deployed 20 next-generation Starlink V3 satellites, restarted a Raptor engine in space, and brought Starship back through one of its BEST reentries yet before making its softest, most controlled splashdown ever in the Indian Ocean. The ship remained intact after landing, giving SpaceX another huge amount of real-world data to improve reusability. However, the Super Heavy booster didn’t complete its planned landing bc not enough engines relit for the final burn, but that’s exactly why these are called TEST flights… every flight teaches the team something new. Starship’s landing was so controlled that it makes me confident we’re getting closer to seeing the first catch of the ship by the launch tower. Whether that’s the very next flight or one after that, the progress is what’s is impossible to ignore. This is why I love America. It’s still the country where people are willing to bet everything on ideas that most of the world says can’t be done. The rest of the world watches these launches because they know history is being written in real time right now. We don’t have to agree on everything to appreciate what we’re witnessing. Starship is humanity building the transportation system that could one day make life multiplanetary. Right now is the best time to be alive, especially an American.

Watching Starship Flight 13 yesterday made me incredibly proud to be an American. 🇺🇸 Love him or hate him, there has only been one Steve Jobs. There has only been one Henry Ford. There has only been one Thomas Edison. And there is only one Elon Musk. America has always been the place where people with impossible ideas come to build them. That’s what has made this country so special and the leader of entrepreneurship for generations. Yesterday was another reminder of that for me. SpaceX launched Starship Flight 13, successfully deployed 20 next-generation Starlink V3 satellites, restarted a Raptor engine in space, and brought Starship back through one of its BEST reentries yet before making its softest, most controlled splashdown ever in the Indian Ocean. The ship remained intact after landing, giving SpaceX another huge amount of real-world data to improve reusability. However, the Super Heavy booster didn’t complete its planned landing bc not enough engines relit for the final burn, but that’s exactly why these are called TEST flights… every flight teaches the team something new. Starship’s landing was so controlled that it makes me confident we’re getting closer to seeing the first catch of the ship by the launch tower. Whether that’s the very next flight or one after that, the progress is what’s is impossible to ignore. This is why I love America. It’s still the country where people are willing to bet everything on ideas that most of the world says can’t be done. The rest of the world watches these launches because they know history is being written in real time right now. We don’t have to agree on everything to appreciate what we’re witnessing. Starship is humanity building the transportation system that could one day make life multiplanetary. Right now is the best time to be alive, especially an American.

Teslaconomics

88,115 Aufrufe • vor 16 Tagen

🚨🇺🇸🇻🇪 GEN. CAINE: “ONLY THE U.S. MILITARY COULD’VE DONE THIS” Gen. Dan "Razin" Caine just confirmed the name: Operation Absolute Resolve… the elite mission that brought down Maduro. Ultimately, this was about proving that when America wants to act, no one on Earth can stop it. Gen. "Razin" Caine: "This operation, known as Operation Absolute Resolve, was discreet, precise, and the culmination of months of planning and rehearsal, an operation that, frankly, only the United States military could undertake. Our inner agency work began months ago, and built on decades of experience of integrating complex air, ground, space, and maritime operations. This particular mission required every component of our joint force, working in unison with our intelligence partners and law enforcement teammates in an unprecedented operation. We leveraged our matched intelligence capabilities, and our years of experience in hunting terrorists. We watched, we waited, we prepared, we remained patient and professional… this was meticulously planned. Failure is never an option for America’s joint force." Source: Rapid Response 47

🚨🇺🇸🇻🇪 GEN. CAINE: “ONLY THE U.S. MILITARY COULD’VE DONE THIS” Gen. Dan "Razin" Caine just confirmed the name: Operation Absolute Resolve… the elite mission that brought down Maduro. Ultimately, this was about proving that when America wants to act, no one on Earth can stop it. Gen. "Razin" Caine: "This operation, known as Operation Absolute Resolve, was discreet, precise, and the culmination of months of planning and rehearsal, an operation that, frankly, only the United States military could undertake. Our inner agency work began months ago, and built on decades of experience of integrating complex air, ground, space, and maritime operations. This particular mission required every component of our joint force, working in unison with our intelligence partners and law enforcement teammates in an unprecedented operation. We leveraged our matched intelligence capabilities, and our years of experience in hunting terrorists. We watched, we waited, we prepared, we remained patient and professional… this was meticulously planned. Failure is never an option for America’s joint force." Source: Rapid Response 47

Mario Nawfal

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🚨🇺🇸 🇮🇷 A U.S. Air Force communications jet is crossing the Atlantic, the kind that flies ahead of large air operations... -An E-11A BACN aircraft was tracked crossing from North America out over the Atlantic, reportedly headed toward the region -The plane works as a flying relay station, letting fighters, bombers, and ground controllers talk to one another across mountains and long distances where normal radios drop out -Its purpose is stitching together big multi-aircraft packages, which is why it appears before complex operations rather than routine patrols -Open-source assessments link the movement to expected large-scale strikes on Iran in the coming days, with nothing confirmed by CENTCOM Bombers and fighters get the headlines, but nobody runs a hundred-aircraft night without something overhead keeping every one of them connected. Add it to the pile: B-1s in Britain, medics at Landstuhl, tankers over Saudi Arabia, airlifts pouring in. Source: Tabz / Writer: Daniel

🚨🇺🇸 🇮🇷 A U.S. Air Force communications jet is crossing the Atlantic, the kind that flies ahead of large air operations... -An E-11A BACN aircraft was tracked crossing from North America out over the Atlantic, reportedly headed toward the region -The plane works as a flying relay station, letting fighters, bombers, and ground controllers talk to one another across mountains and long distances where normal radios drop out -Its purpose is stitching together big multi-aircraft packages, which is why it appears before complex operations rather than routine patrols -Open-source assessments link the movement to expected large-scale strikes on Iran in the coming days, with nothing confirmed by CENTCOM Bombers and fighters get the headlines, but nobody runs a hundred-aircraft night without something overhead keeping every one of them connected. Add it to the pile: B-1s in Britain, medics at Landstuhl, tankers over Saudi Arabia, airlifts pouring in. Source: Tabz / Writer: Daniel

Mario Nawfal

187,980 Aufrufe • vor 18 Tagen

MTG just revealed she may leave the Republican Party and register Independent. “Both parties are a complete failure.” And she wants to start a “new coalition from the left and right.” “I care about America First.” “No more foreign wars.” “No more money to foreign countries.” “Let’s keep our money here and figure out how to help Americans.” “I’m definitely leaning more to calling myself an Independent.” “That’s where many Americans are leaning.” “If they’re a Democrat, they’re saying, the Democrat Party has failed me.” “If they’re a Republican, they’re saying, the Republican Party has failed me.” “I tweeted at Ro Khanna this morning, he and others have mentioned pulling together a coalition from the left and the right and trying to find a new center.” “And I think that’s what the younger generations want.” “Let’s pull together the most critical issues that are really impacting Americans’ lives, and let’s come together and find a way to move forward on those issues.” “I think that could be the future.” “We’ve gotta try something because the direction we’re going in is failing all of us.” Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 Dasha Burns

MTG just revealed she may leave the Republican Party and register Independent. “Both parties are a complete failure.” And she wants to start a “new coalition from the left and right.” “I care about America First.” “No more foreign wars.” “No more money to foreign countries.” “Let’s keep our money here and figure out how to help Americans.” “I’m definitely leaning more to calling myself an Independent.” “That’s where many Americans are leaning.” “If they’re a Democrat, they’re saying, the Democrat Party has failed me.” “If they’re a Republican, they’re saying, the Republican Party has failed me.” “I tweeted at Ro Khanna this morning, he and others have mentioned pulling together a coalition from the left and the right and trying to find a new center.” “And I think that’s what the younger generations want.” “Let’s pull together the most critical issues that are really impacting Americans’ lives, and let’s come together and find a way to move forward on those issues.” “I think that could be the future.” “We’ve gotta try something because the direction we’re going in is failing all of us.” Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 Dasha Burns

Holden Culotta

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🇺🇸🇻🇪 "TRUMP IS STARTING A WAR THAT WILL BACKFIRE - AGAINST AN ENEMY THE CIA HELPED CREATE" The Grayzone’s founder Max Blumenthal has spent years covering U.S. regime changes in Latin America, and has interviewed leaders including Maduro. Not many know the region’s history like he does. Max explains how the “Cartel of the Suns,” now sanctioned and used to justify strikes on Venezuela, was invented in the 1980s by U.S. intelligence. The CIA and DEA used Venezuela as a cocaine corridor, letting drugs “walk” through the U.S. in a covert effort to map trafficking networks. That operation, launched during the Reagan years, helped seed the narco-state narrative later used against Hugo Chávez, and now, against Maduro. What began as a secret drug route became a political weapon: branding Venezuela as a cartel state to justify sanctions, asset seizures, and military buildup. We get into: •⁠ ⁠⁠How the “Cartel of the Suns” narrative rebrands regime change as drug enforcement. •⁠ ⁠Why U.S.-backed coups in 2002 and 2019 failed, and what’s changed. •⁠ ⁠⁠Why most Venezuelans, even those against Maduro, oppose U.S. sanctions. •⁠ ⁠How CIA-linked drug routes are connected to today’s covert operations. •⁠ ⁠Why regime change could spark a civil war and mass migration. •⁠ ⁠The role of Miami’s anti-socialist bloc in shaping Washington’s Latin America policy. •⁠ ⁠Why Trump’s pressure campaign may end in a deal, not a war. The U.S. is still using its '80s playbook. Max Blumenthal believes the results will be inevitably disastrous. 00:49 - U.S. suddenly begins accusing Maduro of drug trafficking 01:29 - “Cartel of the Suns” becomes the narrative to justify escalation 02:37 - U.S. intelligence once enabled Venezuelan drug flow for covert ops 03:41 - Those ops increased, not reduced, cocaine flooding U.S. streets 04:08 - Venezuela is minor in global cocaine supply chain 11:53 - Maduro refused to arrest Guaidó - denying the U.S. a propaganda win 15:40 - Military loyalty to Chávez and Maduro crushed coup attempts 22:45 – Threats of invasion trigger “rally around the flag” effect 24:57 - Most Venezuelans - even opposition - reject sanctions 29:49 - U.S. allies like Ecuador are deeper in drug trade than Venezuela 35:54 - Full U.S. invasion would mean civil war and political blowback 36:15 - Over 70% of Americans oppose war with Venezuela 43:58 - Regime change would spike U.S. gas prices 57:36 - Foreign policy decisions bypass U.S. voters 58:37 – American public now leans toward diplomacy, not intervention

🇺🇸🇻🇪 "TRUMP IS STARTING A WAR THAT WILL BACKFIRE - AGAINST AN ENEMY THE CIA HELPED CREATE" The Grayzone’s founder Max Blumenthal has spent years covering U.S. regime changes in Latin America, and has interviewed leaders including Maduro. Not many know the region’s history like he does. Max explains how the “Cartel of the Suns,” now sanctioned and used to justify strikes on Venezuela, was invented in the 1980s by U.S. intelligence. The CIA and DEA used Venezuela as a cocaine corridor, letting drugs “walk” through the U.S. in a covert effort to map trafficking networks. That operation, launched during the Reagan years, helped seed the narco-state narrative later used against Hugo Chávez, and now, against Maduro. What began as a secret drug route became a political weapon: branding Venezuela as a cartel state to justify sanctions, asset seizures, and military buildup. We get into: •⁠ ⁠⁠How the “Cartel of the Suns” narrative rebrands regime change as drug enforcement. •⁠ ⁠Why U.S.-backed coups in 2002 and 2019 failed, and what’s changed. •⁠ ⁠⁠Why most Venezuelans, even those against Maduro, oppose U.S. sanctions. •⁠ ⁠How CIA-linked drug routes are connected to today’s covert operations. •⁠ ⁠Why regime change could spark a civil war and mass migration. •⁠ ⁠The role of Miami’s anti-socialist bloc in shaping Washington’s Latin America policy. •⁠ ⁠Why Trump’s pressure campaign may end in a deal, not a war. The U.S. is still using its '80s playbook. Max Blumenthal believes the results will be inevitably disastrous. 00:49 - U.S. suddenly begins accusing Maduro of drug trafficking 01:29 - “Cartel of the Suns” becomes the narrative to justify escalation 02:37 - U.S. intelligence once enabled Venezuelan drug flow for covert ops 03:41 - Those ops increased, not reduced, cocaine flooding U.S. streets 04:08 - Venezuela is minor in global cocaine supply chain 11:53 - Maduro refused to arrest Guaidó - denying the U.S. a propaganda win 15:40 - Military loyalty to Chávez and Maduro crushed coup attempts 22:45 – Threats of invasion trigger “rally around the flag” effect 24:57 - Most Venezuelans - even opposition - reject sanctions 29:49 - U.S. allies like Ecuador are deeper in drug trade than Venezuela 35:54 - Full U.S. invasion would mean civil war and political blowback 36:15 - Over 70% of Americans oppose war with Venezuela 43:58 - Regime change would spike U.S. gas prices 57:36 - Foreign policy decisions bypass U.S. voters 58:37 – American public now leans toward diplomacy, not intervention

Mario Nawfal

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🚨 EMERGENCY POD: Why Should We Care About the Shocking Chinese Ship Collision at Scarborough Shoal? In this special episode, we dive into the dramatic South China Sea incident this week near Scarborough Shoal. Fresh from Manila, Ray Powell takes the "guest" seat to unpack the events with co-host Jim Carouso. The discussion highlights the escalating 🇨🇳China-🇵🇭Philippines tensions, with its implications for regional stability and 🇺🇸US alliances. Our hosts describe how a Chinese destroyer slammed into a China Coast Guard vessel while pursuing the much smaller Philippine Coast Guard ship BRP Suluan near Scarborough Shoal on August 11, 2025. The collision crumpled the Coast Guard ship's bow and likely caused casualties. Ray notes the Suluan got within 10.5 nautical miles of the shoal, closer than any Philippine vessel in over a year, which challenged China's undeclared exclusion zone around the contested feature in a way that drew an unexpected military response. Providing context, Ray traces the shoal's history: China's 2012 seizure, the 2016 arbitral ruling affirming traditional fishing rights for all nations (including the Philippines), and recent escalations. Since spring 2024, China has enforced a 25-30 nautical mile exclusion zone, blocking Philippine government vessels and fishermen alike in defiance of the arbitral award. The Philippines’ “Kadiwa” mission involved five vessels to provide direct aid to fishermen now forced to operate in exposed waters due to China's denial of the shoal. The hosts analyze the game-changer: the People's Liberation Army-Navy (PLAN) destroyer's direct involvement. This military escalation risked crossing red lines, like President Marcos's 2024 Shangri-La Dialogue statement that a Filipino sailor's death could invoke the US-Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty. Ray speculates the destroyer aimed to intimidate (not ram) the Philippine ship, but that a misjudgement in the other direction could have resulted in a catastrophe in the diplomatic, as well as the maritime, sense. Broader implications emerge: Ray evaluates China's increased presence amid new laws allowing 60-day detentions and new straight-baseline claims around the shoal. Jim and Ray try to separate how this incident relates to Beijing’s direct confrontation with Manila versus its indirect contest with the Philippines’ ally, the United States. Jim and Ray discuss other dramatic events around Scarborough Shoal this week: a Philippine Coast Guard aircraft faced Chinese fighter jet harassment, and the U.S. Navy conducted its own freedom of navigation operation (FONOP). They also ponder tactical coordination failures between China's navy and coast guard; discuss how Beijing’s lionization of the fighter pilot who died during the 2001 EP-3 incident may inspire recklessness; and what it all may mean for a future Taiwan contingency. Wrapping up, they urge reflection on abyss-peering scenarios: What if the collision had sunk the Philippine ship or killed Filipinos? It could trigger a diplomatic crisis and White House treaty decisions, testing US deterrence. For Filipinos, all this took place near an extremely important fishing ground within the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone. A potential silver lining? The mishap exposes China's vulnerabilities, and could deter future rash actions–but only if Beijing learns the right lessons. Its recent history, its state media’s unwillingness to even acknowledge the mishap, and its blame-shifting suggest it may elect a more confrontational path. 👉 Links to the full episode in the comments below.

🚨 EMERGENCY POD: Why Should We Care About the Shocking Chinese Ship Collision at Scarborough Shoal? In this special episode, we dive into the dramatic South China Sea incident this week near Scarborough Shoal. Fresh from Manila, Ray Powell takes the "guest" seat to unpack the events with co-host Jim Carouso. The discussion highlights the escalating 🇨🇳China-🇵🇭Philippines tensions, with its implications for regional stability and 🇺🇸US alliances. Our hosts describe how a Chinese destroyer slammed into a China Coast Guard vessel while pursuing the much smaller Philippine Coast Guard ship BRP Suluan near Scarborough Shoal on August 11, 2025. The collision crumpled the Coast Guard ship's bow and likely caused casualties. Ray notes the Suluan got within 10.5 nautical miles of the shoal, closer than any Philippine vessel in over a year, which challenged China's undeclared exclusion zone around the contested feature in a way that drew an unexpected military response. Providing context, Ray traces the shoal's history: China's 2012 seizure, the 2016 arbitral ruling affirming traditional fishing rights for all nations (including the Philippines), and recent escalations. Since spring 2024, China has enforced a 25-30 nautical mile exclusion zone, blocking Philippine government vessels and fishermen alike in defiance of the arbitral award. The Philippines’ “Kadiwa” mission involved five vessels to provide direct aid to fishermen now forced to operate in exposed waters due to China's denial of the shoal. The hosts analyze the game-changer: the People's Liberation Army-Navy (PLAN) destroyer's direct involvement. This military escalation risked crossing red lines, like President Marcos's 2024 Shangri-La Dialogue statement that a Filipino sailor's death could invoke the US-Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty. Ray speculates the destroyer aimed to intimidate (not ram) the Philippine ship, but that a misjudgement in the other direction could have resulted in a catastrophe in the diplomatic, as well as the maritime, sense. Broader implications emerge: Ray evaluates China's increased presence amid new laws allowing 60-day detentions and new straight-baseline claims around the shoal. Jim and Ray try to separate how this incident relates to Beijing’s direct confrontation with Manila versus its indirect contest with the Philippines’ ally, the United States. Jim and Ray discuss other dramatic events around Scarborough Shoal this week: a Philippine Coast Guard aircraft faced Chinese fighter jet harassment, and the U.S. Navy conducted its own freedom of navigation operation (FONOP). They also ponder tactical coordination failures between China's navy and coast guard; discuss how Beijing’s lionization of the fighter pilot who died during the 2001 EP-3 incident may inspire recklessness; and what it all may mean for a future Taiwan contingency. Wrapping up, they urge reflection on abyss-peering scenarios: What if the collision had sunk the Philippine ship or killed Filipinos? It could trigger a diplomatic crisis and White House treaty decisions, testing US deterrence. For Filipinos, all this took place near an extremely important fishing ground within the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone. A potential silver lining? The mishap exposes China's vulnerabilities, and could deter future rash actions–but only if Beijing learns the right lessons. Its recent history, its state media’s unwillingness to even acknowledge the mishap, and its blame-shifting suggest it may elect a more confrontational path. 👉 Links to the full episode in the comments below.

Why Should We Care: Indo-Pacific Pod

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🚨🇻🇪🇺🇦 EX-PENTAGON ADVISOR WARNS: VENEZUELA IS A TRAP AND NATO IS BLUFFING U.S. Army Colonel Douglas Macgregor doesn't hold back on where U.S. foreign policy is heading and why it could backfire spectacularly. On Venezuela, he's blunt: America has built up massive military power in the Caribbean but hasn't answered the basic questions that doomed Vietnam. What's the actual objective? How do you achieve it? What does the region look like when you're done? He reveals Washington may want to "collateralize" Venezuela's natural resources to the tune of $8-19 trillion to pay down U.S. debt. The problem? Venezuela is the size of France, Germany, and Austria combined with brutal terrain and 30 million people. Regime change failed repeatedly under Chavez and Maduro. Military power alone won't work. His assessment of NATO is withering. European leaders like Scholz, Macron, and Starmer are "on thin ice" trying to manufacture fear of Russia while their populations want restored relations and cheap energy. An ex-Pentagon advisor bringing uncomfortable clarity to two conflicts spiraling in opposite directions. Macgregor breaks down: •⁠ ⁠Why the U.S. has assembled overwhelming force in the Caribbean but can't answer what happens after Maduro is removed •⁠ ⁠Whether seizing Venezuela's oil, gas, gold, lithium, and rare earths is worth a protracted occupation •⁠ ⁠Why killing Maduro just gets you another Maduro •⁠ ⁠How Russia will take Odesa within 6 months and control Ukraine's Black Sea access •⁠ ⁠Why Trump's peace plan won't work unless it addresses Russian control of the coast •⁠ ⁠Why NATO's "preemptive strike" threats are desperate theater from failing European leaders •⁠ ⁠How Europe's "tiny boutique armies" would collapse against Russia's rebuilt military power •⁠ ⁠Why money spent doesn't equal military capability and it takes 10 years to build real armies 01:28 – Military buildup in the Caribbean makes US retreat difficult 03:49 – US goal has been regime change since Hugo Chávez 04:26 – The “dumb path” of killing Maduro with no plan after 07:31 – Is the real objective resources or blocking China’s influence 08:08 – US idea to collateralize Venezuela’s resources to cut debt 10:08 – Host calls invading to reduce debt a terrifying scenario 11:38 – Any intervention would trigger Venezuelan national pride 13:18 – US action could be the death knell of American influence 14:35 – Monroe Doctrine described as irrelevant today 16:58 – Why Maduro’s oil offer wasn’t enough for Washington 18:49 – Likelihood of airstrikes on air defenses and radar sites 20:47 – Coup success depends on removing Maduro and bribing generals 25:34 – Claim that Odesa is Russian and its fall would landlock Ukraine 27:19 – Prediction that Russia will seize Kharkov and Odesa 30:51 – Russia’s hybrid warfare against NATO: GPS jamming, derailments 34:03 – NATO has “tiny boutique armies” and needs a decade to rebuild

🚨🇻🇪🇺🇦 EX-PENTAGON ADVISOR WARNS: VENEZUELA IS A TRAP AND NATO IS BLUFFING U.S. Army Colonel Douglas Macgregor doesn't hold back on where U.S. foreign policy is heading and why it could backfire spectacularly. On Venezuela, he's blunt: America has built up massive military power in the Caribbean but hasn't answered the basic questions that doomed Vietnam. What's the actual objective? How do you achieve it? What does the region look like when you're done? He reveals Washington may want to "collateralize" Venezuela's natural resources to the tune of $8-19 trillion to pay down U.S. debt. The problem? Venezuela is the size of France, Germany, and Austria combined with brutal terrain and 30 million people. Regime change failed repeatedly under Chavez and Maduro. Military power alone won't work. His assessment of NATO is withering. European leaders like Scholz, Macron, and Starmer are "on thin ice" trying to manufacture fear of Russia while their populations want restored relations and cheap energy. An ex-Pentagon advisor bringing uncomfortable clarity to two conflicts spiraling in opposite directions. Macgregor breaks down: •⁠ ⁠Why the U.S. has assembled overwhelming force in the Caribbean but can't answer what happens after Maduro is removed •⁠ ⁠Whether seizing Venezuela's oil, gas, gold, lithium, and rare earths is worth a protracted occupation •⁠ ⁠Why killing Maduro just gets you another Maduro •⁠ ⁠How Russia will take Odesa within 6 months and control Ukraine's Black Sea access •⁠ ⁠Why Trump's peace plan won't work unless it addresses Russian control of the coast •⁠ ⁠Why NATO's "preemptive strike" threats are desperate theater from failing European leaders •⁠ ⁠How Europe's "tiny boutique armies" would collapse against Russia's rebuilt military power •⁠ ⁠Why money spent doesn't equal military capability and it takes 10 years to build real armies 01:28 – Military buildup in the Caribbean makes US retreat difficult 03:49 – US goal has been regime change since Hugo Chávez 04:26 – The “dumb path” of killing Maduro with no plan after 07:31 – Is the real objective resources or blocking China’s influence 08:08 – US idea to collateralize Venezuela’s resources to cut debt 10:08 – Host calls invading to reduce debt a terrifying scenario 11:38 – Any intervention would trigger Venezuelan national pride 13:18 – US action could be the death knell of American influence 14:35 – Monroe Doctrine described as irrelevant today 16:58 – Why Maduro’s oil offer wasn’t enough for Washington 18:49 – Likelihood of airstrikes on air defenses and radar sites 20:47 – Coup success depends on removing Maduro and bribing generals 25:34 – Claim that Odesa is Russian and its fall would landlock Ukraine 27:19 – Prediction that Russia will seize Kharkov and Odesa 30:51 – Russia’s hybrid warfare against NATO: GPS jamming, derailments 34:03 – NATO has “tiny boutique armies” and needs a decade to rebuild

Mario Nawfal

1,641,483 Aufrufe • vor 8 Monaten