Venezuela under attack - Caracas - La Guaira

[Methyl m1ke]

Let them in and wait. Then slowly attack them like the Viet Cong and make their lives miserable.

Time will tell if the Venezuelans see any improvement in their lives. The US wants to steal their resources. Trump claims some of the money will go to Venezuelans to improve their situation. He's lied before. So this might be another one.

It's ok for the rest of the worlds leaders to lie but not ours? Putin lies, you don't run to the Internet to point it out. Every fucking single time. Of course trump lies, of course he does underhanded shit. You think we're a bunch of kids playing Legos? Survival of the fittest favors the bold, we can and should take whatever the fuck we want whenever and from whoever. Whatever it takes to stay on top. At this point I hope trump runs the country until he dies. Id gladly give him a kidney.

[obsidian]

It's ok for the rest of the worlds leaders to lie but not ours? Putin lies, you don't run to the Internet to point it out. Every fucking single time. Of course trump lies, of course he does underhanded shit. You think we're a bunch of kids playing Legos? Survival of the fittest favors the bold, we can and should take whatever the fuck we want whenever and from whoever. Whatever it takes to stay on top. At this point I hope trump runs the country until he dies. Id gladly give him a kidney.

The U.S. is practically bankrupt. All these wars and regime-change operations that went nowhere added trillions to the national debt. Trump knows this, which is why he ran on a platform of no more wars and argued that the U.S. should stop being the world’s police. Just look at his rallies, tweets, and speeches.

The U.S. military is spread thin, with bases all over the world. Look at what happened to the Roman Empire — or to Germany under Hitler. It didn’t end well, and it won’t end well for the United States either.

Now he wants to increase the military budget to $1.5 trillion. The dollar won’t remain the world’s reserve currency much longer — I can tell you that. Why would China or Japan be crazy enough to keep financing the U.S.’s reckless spending?

All politicians lie — sure. I don’t really care about that. What I expected was for Trump to rein in the spending that got the U.S. into this position in the first place. At this point, though, it hardly matters. The dollar is going down regardless. The U.S. debt is simply too far gone to fix. Elon thinks AI can pay it off. We’ll see.

[MAXX]

The U.S. is practically bankrupt. All these wars and regime-change operations that went nowhere added trillions to the national debt. Trump knows this, which is why he ran on a platform of no more wars and argued that the U.S. should stop being the world’s police. Just look at his rallies, tweets, and speeches.

The U.S. military is spread thin, with bases all over the world. Look at what happened to the Roman Empire — or to Germany under Hitler. It didn’t end well, and it won’t end well for the United States either.

Now he wants to increase the military budget to $1.5 trillion. The dollar won’t remain the world’s reserve currency much longer — I can tell you that. Why would China or Japan be crazy enough to keep financing the U.S.’s reckless spending?

All politicians lie — sure. I don’t really care about that. What I expected was for Trump to rein in the spending that got the U.S. into this position in the first place. At this point, though, it hardly matters. The dollar is going down regardless. The U.S. debt is simply too far gone to fix. Elon thinks AI can pay it off. We’ll see.

Interesting development ahead. US dollar is falling. Trump isolation of US will have further ramification on US economy which will also cause internal disruption. Outside world are moving away from US dollar, especially BRICS nations.

[Donny]

just saw on the news Merz wants to send German troops to Greenland ..as part of a NATO force, i´ve seen the German Army in their training & their so called Fallschirmjägertruppe ( Airborne, Paras) infact where i live i often saw them running in the woods as i myself was out running.
I will put it this way the British Army Infantry are fitter & would waste them no problem.

EDIT:  The UK should stay out of this

[MAXX]

just saw on the news Merz wants to send German troops to Greenland ..as part of a NATO force, i´ve seen the German Army in their training & their so called Fallschirmjägertruppe ( Airborne, Paras) infact where i live i often saw them running in the woods as i myself was out running.
I will put it this way the British Army Infantry are fitter & would waste them no problem.

EDIT:  The UK should stay out of this

Nato is 30 nations. But the strongest ofc are Germany, France, Great britan, And then probably the nordics like Sweden.

Sweden is Strong on Tech, Military tech. I grew up close to where they developed the Jas 39

Seems now like Canada has ordered these for their military and cancelled their F35 order

[chaos]

This reads like sci-fi propaganda.

“Sonic weapons” don’t fill the atmosphere or selectively incapacitate only one side — sound is directional and affects everyone nearby. A device that causes mass nosebleeds and internal injury would also affect the attackers.

The claim that ~20 men killed “hundreds” with zero casualties using mystery tech violates basic physics and modern combat reality. Real US SOF win through intelligence, surprise, and coordination — not magic weapons.

It's not a secret that the US has been working on sonic weapons for decades. Not saying that's what happened here, but it's not as far fetched as you seem to think.

[Donny]

Coach, no offense, but this sounds like it’s scripted lol. You really don’t believe that 20 men killed hundreds?

Obviously not ..utter bullshit

[loco]

lmao! There's over 4 million militia in Venezuela!

There were about 300,000 Viet Cong in Vietnam in 1962.

That number comes from what Maduro claimed back in August, 2025.  It must be true if Maduro claimed it, because communist dictators rarely lie.

Where were those 4 million militia when Maduro was captured?  Why was Maduro guarded by Cuban soldiers instead?

From what I've heard, and it could be inaccurate for all we know, there were about 100K militia in Venezuela at one point when Chavez was in charge.  However, approximately 8 million Venezuelans have fled their country since Maduro took over.  I seriously doubt that militia still exists today.

However, there are Colombian leftist guerrilla groups around the border who I'm sure would gladly fight the US in Venezuela.

There's about 28.2 million people living in Venezuela. Just as in any society some will be skilled as natural fighters or warriors as you call them.

You mean the ones who were given rifles by the Venezuelan military to resist the American invasion?  The same ones who voluntarily returned those rifles the day after Maduro was captured?

These people?






Venezuela hasn't been in a war since 1903.  Even their military are poorly trained with no warfare experience.

[Kwon]

lmao! There's over 4 million militia in Venezuela! There's about 28.2 million people living in Venezuela. Just as in any society some will be skilled as natural fighters or warriors as you call them.

Easily handled with the Sonic Weapons they used during the capture of Madeira

[loco]

Easily handled with the Sonic Weapons they used during the capture of Madeira

Some online comments in Español are saying this "sonic weapon" story is what the Venezuelan military and civilians who were supposed to fight back made up to save face, that what really happened is they were paralyzed by fear.

[Coach is Back!]

This reads like sci-fi propaganda.

“Sonic weapons” don’t fill the atmosphere or selectively incapacitate only one side — sound is directional and affects everyone nearby. A device that causes mass nosebleeds and internal injury would also affect the attackers.

The claim that ~20 men killed “hundreds” with zero casualties using mystery tech violates basic physics and modern combat reality. Real US SOF win through intelligence, surprise, and coordination — not magic weapons.

lol

[Kwon]

Some online comments in Español are saying this "sonic weapon" story is what the Venezuelan military and civilians who were supposed to fight back made up to save face, that what really happened is they were paralyzed by fear.

Even better (and cheaper)

Their Fear beats a Paralyzation-Beam any day of the week!

It will happen again next time, with 4 Million Militia paralyzed by fear.

[loco]

Even better (and cheaper)

Their Fear beats a Paralyzation-Beam any day of the week!

It will happen again next time, with 4 Million Militia paralyzed by fear.

 

[Coach is Back!]

Coach, no offense, but this sounds like it’s scripted lol. You really don’t believe that 20 men killed hundreds?

When you cut the other sides communications, cut their electricity and grids while I'm assuming at the same time sending in drones and Blackhawks strikes taking out their military installations and nearby ports, then dropping in ground troops with NODS (2:01am) to take out Maduro's security around the compound then extracting Maduro and his wife within 2.5hrs isn't farfetched. But he didn't know if it was 20, 30 or whatever. He speculated. Maybe more, maybe less.

In the interview he said that the "sound wave" was launched. It obviously wasn't "launched" from the ground troops and since he said "at one point they launched something". What does "at one point mean"? Before DF hit the ground or after? We have that capability. We have weapons that we'll never even know about until it's used and even then we may never know. DF are by far the best trained operators on the planet with CIA Paramilitary being right up there

[loco]

Even better (and cheaper)

Their Fear beats a Paralyzation-Beam any day of the week!

It will happen again next time, with 4 Million Militia paralyzed by fear.

What Venezuelans really heard that paralyzed them with fear.   

[Kwon]

What Venezuelans really heard that paralyzed them with fear.   

YES!

That tune really demoralized them!

Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Wednesday that the United States aims to restart Venezuelan oil production, place sales and revenue under U.S.-controlled accounts, and set conditions for American oil companies to operate in the country.

Wright said the approach would also benefit the Venezuelan people.

[Kwon]

What Greenlanders think of Trump

[Donny]

When you cut the other sides communications, cut their electricity and grids while I'm assuming at the same time sending in drones and Blackhawks strikes taking out their military installations and nearby ports, then dropping in ground troops with NODS (2:01am) to take out Maduro's security around the compound then extracting Maduro and his wife within 2.5hrs isn't farfetched. But he didn't know if it was 20, 30 or whatever. He speculated. Maybe more, maybe less.

In the interview he said that the "sound wave" was launched. It obviously wasn't "launched" from the ground troops and since he said "at one point they launched something". What does "at one point mean"? Before DF hit the ground or after? We have that capability. We have weapons that we'll never even know about until it's used and even then we may never know. DF are by far the best trained operators on the planet with CIA Paramilitary being right up there

Nope the SAS & SBS kick butt baby ! 

[loco]

The U.S. is practically bankrupt.

If the US really is bankrupt, what does that say about the rest of the world?

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[Coach is Back!]

Nope the SAS & SBS kick butt baby ! 

Both are awesome and all work together but neither could have pulled it off as cleanly as DF

[Donny]

Both are awesome and all work together but neither could have pulled it off as cleanly as DF

OK

[loco]

What Greenlanders think of Trump

LOL...

Greenlander: "GREENLAND IS NOT FOR SALE"

YouTuber:  "What if each Greenlander received 100K USD, would you sell?"

Greenlander: "YES"

YouTuber:  "But you just said Greenland is not for sale."

Greenlander:  "MONEY IS MONEY."