Russia sends troops to Venezuela
Some sources say that a new Russian military base may appear in Venezuela in the near future.
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Photos of the 2 RuAF airplanes that landed in Caracas today. An IL-62 and an AN-124
According to media reports in recent days, General Vasily Tonkoshkurov, arrived in the capital of Venezuela with almost 100 troops. In addition, An-124 brought 35 tonnes of equipment. What arrived in containers is still unknown.
Vz.ru reported that the cargo plane arrived in Venezuela from Moscow through Syria.
Maduro enjoys strong support from Russia, which is eager to challenge US interventionism, as well as China, which is concerned over the fate of billions of dollars Beijing has lent to Caracas.
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Maduro enjoys strong support from Russia, which is eager to challenge US interventionism, as well as China, which is concerned over the fate of billions of dollars Beijing has lent to Caracas.
In addition to China, Russia has a huge monetary investment Caracas, billions in loans and also huge amounts of military equipment.
This is going to get interesting.
Will this lead to a confrontation between the U.S. and Russia-- or will Trump's reaction be mere words rather than the sort of actual actions that would upset his Russian handlers?
What action? Russia and China both have large vested interests there. They are doing the exact same damn thing that the US would and protecting those interests. Also given the Clinton, Bush Jr, and Obama doctrine of spread democracy here, there, and everywhere- and especially poke the damn Russian Bear- what the hell else does anyone expect?
The last thing we need to is put US troops, ships, and asset in close proximity to Russian, and then maybe Chinese military. We already have that in Syria with no damn mission, no reason to be there, and growing tensions between troops on all sides. Nor do we need Ukraine part two.
If we send troops in, and somehow manage to avoid starting WWIII, what would be their mission? The recognized government there does not want us there, and the Russian presence was invited in.
All we can do is watch for any abuses committed by Russian and Venezuelan troops; and protest them a the National Security Council level. (Which is the same position Russian and China have been in for the last several administrations; while the US spread out across the globe.)
I did an article on this back when Juan Guaidó first announced that he was the legitimate leader. I said then that the US had to take down Maduro, one way or another. Now Maduro is firmly entrenched and the Russians and Cubans have troops there. It is too late now!
Could this be another "Cuban Missile Crisis" brewing?
I think it's over. We have another authoritarian socialist state in our hemisphere.
I think it means we are going to send a lot of money there to counter this and buy friendship.
I don't like sending money but we have to match the other side
No, no we don't.
We need to let Russia and China throw as much money and assets down the sink hole as they can muster. We need to stay the hell out completely and let whatever faction the people want take power. We suck at nation building, we also suck at choosing factions to back. We don't need the Taliban and Al Qaeda part II. We also don't need to be backing someone worse than Maduro taking charge.
The longer that Russia and China need to divert their interests there the better.