U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the sending of seven warships with 4500 people, including three destroyers armed with cruise missiles and at least one submarine. Officially, the goal is to fight drug trafficking.
But the white house leaves space for the wider interpretation. Karolina spokeswoman Leavitt said that US Madura considers “a fugitive and head of the drug cartel”, not a legitimate president of Venezuela.
One tall American official said the mission is “105 percent related to drug-terrorism, but if Maduro falls, no one will cry.” The second reminded of American surgery from 1989, when the army brought the Panama Dictator Manuel Norieg: “We could call this in the future Noriega 2.”
It is especially unusual that 2200 Marines – universities are included in the operation – units in charge of right-handed actions, not to combat the narcotics trade. “The president requested more options. In the end, this is his decision. But Maduro should shake himself from fear,” said one official, index.hr.
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The third Trump advisor gave a drastic comparison: “Leave Madura in power is like Jeffrey Epstein set up to lead the kindergarten.”
Maduro replied that the United States prepares a “military terrorist attack” and called citizens to join the militia.
His ally, Colombian President Gustavo Petro, rejected the existence of the Cartel that Washington used as an excuse and distributed additional soldiers along the border with Venezuela.
At the same time, Russian media claim that the United States wants to control Venezuelan oil – the largest confirmed reserves in the world.
The Trump’s politics towards Venezuela is greatly shaped by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Marco Rubio, the influential politician of the Cuban-American community in Miami. It is his position that the regime in Caracas survives thanks to Cuban intelligence, while Caracas is financing Havan with cheap oil.
“Latin America was in the second plan of American politics for years. This is the first phase of the Hemisphere,” said Arthur Estopinan, a former Associate of Rubi’s political mentor Ileane Ros-Lehtinen.
Officials do not exclude aggression, although many believe it is unlikely. They are more likely, say, aggressive interception actions and immersion of ships for smuggling. Air strokes on the jungle are also mentioned as a cocaine or on the Russian ammunition factory in Venezuela.
Some circles in Washington believe that Maduro could be target and hitting the drone, as it is now officially treated as a terrorist. But other sources reduce it.
“The assumption is that Maduro has no real loyalists around him, except those who can buy. He may leave, maybe he won’t let him go, and maybe he’ll go to the morgue bag,” said one Trump Advisor.
(Vijesti.ba)
