Venezuela thread

[MrSquished]

Now that at least one of the big oil companies are saying that ‘Venezueler’ is not good for business/the bottom line, this rotten to the core administration needs a new excuse to go bomb them?

The" President of Peace" is asking for a 50% increase in the defense budget. That says so much about where we are as a nation that I don’t know where to start with my criticism.

It's not the defense budget anymore it's the war budget 😁 They changed the name.

I saw a couple headlines that did the same thing from the media, The media has no excuse because that is literally their fucking job.

 

[Brovane]

Exxon CEO told the truth about VZ oil and Trump wasn't happy.

Trump ‘Inclined’ to Keep Exxon Out of Venezuela

 

[nakedfrog]

Ah, thinking back to when "presidents shouldn't be picking winners and losers". Of course, that guy wasn't white, so naturally circumstances are different.

 

[mikeymikec]

The probability of Bay of Pigs 2: Too Fast Too Piggy is not zero.

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When I read Donald's posts with unnecessary capitalisations of words like he's some angry little boy who thinks that ALL CAPS is going to get his point across better, and I have to wonder if any of his fanboys ever wonder what the hell happened that they're taking their cues from such a fucking chucklehead.

It's like experiencing a Nickelodeon version of that scene from Game of Thrones:

 

[esquared]

The syphilitic orange menace has just declared himself, president of Venezuela.

Is this a real post?

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115879509461234235

 

[K1052]

All these people should go to jail for decades.

https://bsky.app/profile/kylegriffin1.bsky.social%2Fpost%2F3mcbb2d53ek2k

 

[nakedfrog]

The syphilitic orange menace has just declared himself, president of Venezuela.

Is this a real post?

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115879509461234235

I looked at a few recent revisions and didn't see it on wikipedia.
The post itself is, of course, real, you just linked to it.
Then I thought "hey, maybe it's from Conservapedia", but it's not listed that way there either.
But with this being the shitpost administration, who knows what anything they say means anymore?

 

[Brainonska511]

All these people should go to jail for decades.

https://bsky.app/profile/kylegriffin1.bsky.social%2Fpost%2F3mcbb2d53ek2k

Pete "Warcrimes" Hegseth. He told us who he was. He wants to be collect war crimes like notches on a bedpost.

 

[K1052]

Pete "Warcrimes" Hegseth. He told us who he was. He wants to be collect war crimes like notches on a bedpost.

We’re going to have to send all of JSOC to Leavenworth.

 

[Brainonska511]

We’re going to have to send all of JSOC to Leavenworth.

That's probably fine (and for the best) anyway since that set of capabilities is largely overrated and taking away attention from our regular forces that will be needed in any nation-state conflict.

 

[K1052]

That's probably fine (and for the best) anyway since that set of capabilities is largely overrated and taking away attention from our regular forces that will be needed in any nation-state conflict.

Cult of the operator must be eradicated.

 

[Jaskalas]

Ah, thinking back to when "presidents shouldn't be picking winners and losers". Of course, that guy wasn't white, so naturally circumstances are different.

Central Planning for the economy is ALL this White House has done. He who bribes the President gets to stay in business a little longer. Until he asks for another.

 

[Brovane]

All these people should go to jail for decades.

https://bsky.app/profile/kylegriffin1.bsky.social%2Fpost%2F3mcbb2d53ek2k

Paywall - What aircraft is the NYTimes saying the military used?

 

[Brainonska511]

Paywall - What aircraft is the NYTimes saying the military used?

It wasn't disclosed.

 

[brycejones]

Paywall - What aircraft is the NYTimes saying the military used

option 1:

L3Harris OA-1K Skyraider II - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Newly operational, could be painted in civilian colors and look somewhat passible. Also specifically ordered for special operations command.

Also gift link to article (good for the next 2 weeks)

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/us/politics/us-boat-attacks-law.html?unlocked_article_code=1.EFA.hJ5i.-htDONZskyE6&smid=url-share

 

[outriding]

Must be the pesky unlawful orders that traitor mark kelly was warning us about

 

[K1052]

It wasn't disclosed.

Right. I suspect something they really would prefer not to talk about.

 

[Brainonska511]

option 1:

L3Harris OA-1K Skyraider II - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Newly operational, could be painted in civilian colors and look somewhat passible. Also specifically ordered for special operations command.

Also gift link to article (good for the next 2 weeks)

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/us/politics/us-boat-attacks-law.html?unlocked_article_code=1.EFA.hJ5i.-htDONZskyE6&smid=url-share

I was seeing some discussions that it could have been a Dash-8 or a 737 modified with a deringer door.

Regardless, using an unmarked plane that looks more like a civilian plane is a) a war crime and b) puts civilians in danger since now people are going to wonder if something is a civilian plane or a falsely painted military one.

It also suggests the real slapdash nature of this murder spree. Did they not have a different capability available so they said fuck it, let's use the war crime plane? After all, they've used normal assets for their later murders.

 

[K1052]

I was seeing some discussions that it could have been a Dash-8 or a 737 modified with a deringer door.

Regardless, using an unmarked plane that looks more like a civilian plane is a) a war crime and b) puts civilians in danger since now people are going to wonder if something is a civilian plane or a falsely painted military one.

It also suggests the real slapdash nature of this murder spree. Did they not have a different capability available so they said fuck it, let's use the war crime plane? After all, they've used normal assets for their later murders.

Most people seem to think they used something they really very much should not have but they are tasking all kinds of super secret shit on war crime duty.

 

[Pens1566]

Most people seem to think they used something they really very much should not have but they are tasking all kinds of super secret shit on war crime duty.

Also saw some reports they used a new/secret audio weapon on the VZ raid that caused nausea and bleeding from the ears/nose.

Lines up with reports that they've captured something they think might have been related to the Havana syndrome and are now testing it out.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/13/politics/havana-syndrome-device-pentagon-hsi

 

[amenx]

Insane if true.. but knowing Trump..

Two White House sources told The Washington Post that the President had lost interest in supporting Machado after her decision to accept the Nobel Peace Prize. Machado dedicated the award to Trump after her win, but by accepting it in the first place she was guilty of the “ultimate sin”, one said.

“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” they added...

Why Trump snubbed Venezuela opposition leader Machado after she won Nobel Peace Prize

A White House source said Machado would be president of Venezuela if she had turned down the Nobel Peace Prize in favor of Trump

www.independent.co.uk

 

[brycejones]

I was seeing some discussions that it could have been a Dash-8 or a 737 modified with a deringer door.

Regardless, using an unmarked plane that looks more like a civilian plane is a) a war crime and b) puts civilians in danger since now people are going to wonder if something is a civilian plane or a falsely painted military one.

It also suggests the real slapdash nature of this murder spree. Did they not have a different capability available so they said fuck it, let's use the war crime plane? After all, they've used normal assets for their later murders.

Someone probably told the civilian leadership it was illegal to do it and the response was "That's woke, and following rules is for pussies and gays (a different word would have been used), to be real warriors is to use the war crime plane." Pete takes another swig off the bottle of jack.

 

[K1052]

Someone probably told the civilian leadership it was illegal to do it and the response was "That's woke, and following rules is for pussies and gays (a different word would have been used), to be real warriors is to use the war crime plane." Pete takes another swig off the bottle of jack.

The first rule of having a super secret warcrimes plane is you do not use the super secret warcrimes plane unless you really really have to. The second rule of having a super secret warcrimes plane is....well you get the idea.

 

[Brovane]

option 1:

L3Harris OA-1K Skyraider II - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Newly operational, could be painted in civilian colors and look somewhat passible. Also specifically ordered for special operations command.

Also gift link to article (good for the next 2 weeks)

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/us/politics/us-boat-attacks-law.html?unlocked_article_code=1.EFA.hJ5i.-htDONZskyE6&smid=url-share

Thank you for the link. I don't see how you the Skyraider II would have internal weapon bays.

d plane that looks more like a civilian plane is a) a war crime and b) puts civilians in danger since now people are going to wonder if something is a civilian plane or a falsely painted military one.

It also suggests the real slapdash nature of this murder spree. Did they not have a different capability available so they said fuck it, let's use the war crime plane? After all, they've used normal assets for their later murders.

P-8 Poseidon perhaps in a clean configuration?

P-8 is based on a 737-NG airframe and has had a internal weapon bay added along with external hard-points.

 

[K1052]

Thank you for the link. I don't see how you the Skyraider II would have internal weapon bays.



P-8 Poseidon perhaps in a clean configuration?

P-8 is based on a 737-NG airframe and has had a internal weapon bay added along with external hard-points.

A disguised P-8 in civil markings seems like an excellent way to get everybody with twitchy trigger fingers to start downing 737s full of civilians. By that I mean if you have this capability you do not use it unless in dire circumstances.