US to withdrawal all remaining personnel from venezuela embassy this week (Venezuela live thread)

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[Billthedrill]

At the very least this is an action to prevent hostage-taking such as happened in similar revolutionary circumstances in Iran. And if the embassy is out of power the generators will only last so long anyway. If the thugs have been given weapons-free the ordure has already hit the impeller blades. Stand by for the spray.

[caww]

Here he is on national television 'tonight'

Maduro issues public invitation to armed paramilitary gangs in Venezuela to take action:... “the time for active resistance has arrived”

This could evidence he's lost the army support or he wouldn't be sounding this out?

[PA Engineer]

Been following this since the beginning. This looks like a total collapse including gamed scenarios of a world WROL and SHTF. The water issue is going to play out now including widespread disease. Watching the looting of pharmacies and collapse of hospitals was not unexpected. This will add to the human toll.

The grid failure was expected because of the flight of competent personal and replacement with Chavistas. Pure negligence and corruption.

I don't think they can bring the grid back up. Every time the power is restored to districts,major transformers are exploding. The slang is dirty power without safety systems. Could the US even bring the grid back up? I don't know.

Add to the misery the constant looting of warehouses and groceries, there is no capital to restock or restart. The dollar is the only currency accepted in the equivalent of barter situations.

Twitter hashtag #SinLuz has been valuable for monitoring.

There are lots of innocents suffering and of course the other half are ferals. I think this is going to get far worse in the short term. This should be a lesson to those that scoff at preppers. Even peppers should be paying close attention. Weapons and ammo is important. Water is life.

Best.

[Scott from the Left Coast]

Well, there is one Helluva a lot of activity coming out of Nellis in Vegas tonight. Constant overhead.

[caww]

To CLARIFY:

Guaido would invoke 187 *IF* Maduro refuses international aid tied to the national emergency declaration Guaido reguested of the National Assembly....Invoking 187 of Venezuela’s National Constitution states thus they can ‘ get foreign military’ help.

So far Guaido is going by the book step by step.

[JennysCool]

Whatever it is, it will be short and bad for Maduro. But hardly a war.

[caww]

I recall when Saddam was taken they expected a firefight.....coincidentally the towns electricity grid went down prior to team 121's mission of going in to bring him out in the dead of night. I suspect maduro's going to leave the hard way.

[sparklite2]

+Agree. If I had to guess, I’d say there will be a cadre of generals meeting with Maduro and forcing his resignation. He will be allowed to flee to Cuba. The head of the opposition will take over, with Venezuela remaining socialist, ripe for a military dictatorship, and having learned nothing from the experience.

[Billthedrill]

This should be a lesson to those that scoff at preppers. Even preppers should be paying close attention. Weapons and ammo is important. Water is life.

Concur completely and a BTT to repeat it. Pay attention, all, because one "this actually happened" trumps a dozen "this could happen".

[sparklite2]

Removing potential hostages for whatever the US decides to do.

[PA Engineer]

Yep. I think there will be a civil war with his militia. I’m not sure how Venezuela will remain united or if it will break up into into territories to be incorporated by boarder states.

[sparklite2]

Venezuela had an EMP, only this was
Elections Made Personal. Ours will be more
than just a loss of power.

[caww]

Report by Francisco Amarin ....that tonight on Venezela national tv Maduro said electrical blackout was caused by “large flying devices” sent by the U.S. that perched on antennas and began to emit electro-magnetic energy.

[sparklite2]

Civil war requires both sides be armed.
Unless the military deserts, that’s a non-starter.

[Trumpisourlastchance]

Let’s withdraw our fighting men & women from Syria & Afghanistan. We have no wars to fight there. Our wars is here & we are losing.

[caww]

I think the people overall are completely spent and ready for any relief of what they’ve been and are now enduring....

The International community stated that if maduo goes after his own people as he has announced tonight with the para-military thugs he’s called out to fight. That there would be intervention. What that will entail will have already been planned.....you can be certain the militia will fall. But some will die unfortunately.

Have to give Venezuela’s credit...they’ve already spilled their own blood fighting for freedom out of muduro’s clutches..and this with sticks and stones.

[caww]

Nonesense....there are no warzones on our soil. Our wars are political in nature...and we aren’t losing by any means...but I grant you we’re in the fight..

[Scott from the Left Coast]

I don’t know about “large flying devices” but the fighter activity in and out of Nellis is remarkable.

[fieldmarshaldj]

In other words, the end result of leftist tyranny. What a majority of the Demonrat party wants to import to our nation.

[caww]

I tried to find out about that but got nothing so far....could be just night drills?