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It brings me no pleasure to have to point this out, but if you're looking for some democracy that needs protecting, I know a guy... (sh.itjust.works)
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US sought to lure Nicolás Maduro’s pilot into betraying the Venezuelan leader

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[–] AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

?? After the first boat they obliterated in international waters, they vehemently denied they were trying to force a regime change. Then they just keep murdering Venezuelans in international waters. Even though it was obvious, this story seems like pretty undeniable evidence they completely lied about what they were actually doing.

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

?? After the first boat they obliterated in international waters, they vehemently denied they were trying to force a regime change. Then they just keep murdering Venezuelans in international waters. Even though it was obvious, this story seems like pretty undeniable evidence they completely lied about what they were actually doing.

I'm really not seeing how the long-standing US opposition to Venezuela proves anything about Trump's current spate of murders of Venezuelans in international waters.

It's apparent that Trump craves a war, or something similar to feed his bloodthirsty braindead base, by his actions against Venezuelan civilians. "The US targeted the dictator of Venezuela under a plan concocted under the Biden administration!" is much less compelling as an argument for Trump's motivations.

[–] AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Operation Gideon was an unsuccessful attempt by the Active Coalition of the Venezuelan International Reserve, Venezuelan dissidents, and a private security firm, Jordan Goudreau's Silvercorp USA, to infiltrate Venezuela by sea and remove Nicolás Maduro from power. The plan executed from 3 to 4 May 2020 was for expatriate Venezuelan former military personnel living in Colombia to enter the country by boat at Macuto, take control of an airfield, capture Maduro and other high-level figures in his administration, and expel them from the country.

Guess who was president in May of 2020

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 0 points 3 days ago

... again, that's not the same operation that's referenced in your link in the OP.