A fully armed MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle taxis down the runway at an air base in Afghanistan on its way to another wartime mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson).
The United States may be just weeks away from launching strikes against drug cartels inside Venezuela, NBC News reported on September 27.
According to the report, which cites four sources familiar with the matter, U.S. military officials are actively drawing up options for such strikes.
Tensions have been mounting between Venezuela and the U.S. since last month, when the administration of President Donald Trump doubled the reward for the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to $50 million on drug trafficking charges then deployed a large naval force with more than 4,000 troops close to the country’s shores on a so-called “counter narco-terror operation”.
The U.S. military has already struck at least three boats from Venezuela allegedly carrying drugs this month, killing at least 17 people on board.
Trump is yet to approve any of the attack plans, but the move comes in response to concerns that Maduro has failed to stem the flow of drugs from his country into the U.S. and elsewhere, according to the report.
It notes that plans being discussed primarily focus on drone strikes against drug trafficking groups’ members and leadership, as well as targeting drug labs.
“We’ll see what happens,” Trump said on September 14 when asked about whether he would support strikes inside the South American Country. “Venezuela is sending us their gang members, their drug dealers and drugs. It’s not acceptable.”
Later it was reported that Maduro inked a letter to Trump encouraging him to pursue dialogue. The letter was, however, criticized by White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.
“Frankly, I think there were a lot of lies that were repeated by Maduro in that letter, and the administration’s position on Venezuela has not changed,” Leavitt told reporters on September 22.
“We view the Maduro regime as illegitimate, and the president has clearly shown that he’s willing to use any and all means necessary to stop the illegal trafficking of deadly drugs from the Venezuelan regime into the United States of America.”
Still, NBC news confirmed in its report that discussions between the U.S. and Venezuela are ongoing through Middle Eastern leaders serving as intermediaries.
While Venezuela seems open to a diplomatic solution, it is already preparing for the worst. Earlier this month, Maduro ordered the activation of 284 “fronts of battle” across the country with a force made up from the military, police and civilian volunteers. He said that the mobilization, codenamed “Plan Independencia 200,” would keep Venezuela’s coastline free of “imperialists, invaders and violent groups.”
The U.S. escalation against Venezuela presents a very unique case where the intentions of Washington are very clear and even acknowledged by the mainstream media in the West. Trump is clearly interested in a regime change in Caracas that would allow U.S. companies to tap into the country’s vast oil reserve, believed to be the largest in the world.
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those american morons like the jews, are really pathetic. trump supporters own this one, because they are dumber than rocks
it is absolutely appalling that russia has forgotten the anniversary of mr. h. nasrallah’s death. all that’s left on rt is putler’s propaganda, which is so stupid that even children make fun of it.
the resistance remembers. nasrallah was a man of virtue. the jew kills men of virtue and uncorruptible hearts. nasrallah is a great martyr. nobody in israel is equal to his honor. netanyahu’s spiritual level is of a fully loaded san fransicso dumpster
hmmm… charlie kirk was maybe on his way to grow a heart. the true history of christianity are 2000 years of kill those.
yes, venezuela is next. i thought it was iran, but it was venezuela all along.
until russia betrayed syria, the terrible war machine stood still, now it is moving forward.
iran was too strong. so they retreat like babies to the western hemisphere to bully latin countries. venezuela will be a togh nut to crack. ussa only wins against small fish like panama and grenada, americunts are worthless bullies
where is russia defending its ally? oh right… bogged down with their neighbours. mission accomplished.
where is ussa defending ukraine? oh right….too pussy so they turn to venezuela…..hahahahahaha
this is what they consequentely do; jump to a new war, and a new mass murder, except that genocide of the jews have be ongoing since 1948. “us” needs to be taken down, for ever.
this is the worst jew infested admin that ever stepped foot into the white house. now it’s found that musk and trump probably manipulated tallies and this means this is an illegal regime. now even trumpets are afraid for their freedom, don’t speak out, you’ll be the next charlie kirk. patel has made this piss-poor fbi even more corrupt. at least zio-kirk showed not even their shills are safe from their insanity.
no, its not jew infected, its khazar infected. infected with bandits, as for example the fbi. charlie kirk had start to think, and allegedly refuse to kiss the one ring, accept money from the ring wraiths. deadly crimes. the whole struggle in the middle east are because the imposters must kill the living, the witness.
this article is wrong. they are still after iran. they want to be able to supply oil to their allies after war turns it off. their oil is specifically suited to koch refineries in the u.s.. they will perform air attacks and steal the oil fields, they couldn’t care less about the rest of the country. if they kill maduro, it’s icing on the cake. maduro would do well to advise the u.s. that they have missiles that will reach the u.s. mainland. when confronted, taco.
how much space is left in the facility where putler imprisoned bashar al-assad on erdogan’s orders? enough for one maduro?
do you remember nasrallah, soleimani and utkin? can everything really be forgotten and thrown away so quickly?
gatta keep the columbian coke market freed up attack the enemy supply
we are sickcunts that only attack non-nuclear nations so we can steal–we have morality of jew-snake
as an immoral jew scum deported by zelensky to tel aviv they sent me to ottawa cuz i like kiss 8 yr od peniz
or days, or hours. the war criminals already have plans a to z. fentanyl doesn’t come from venezuela. the pirates want to pillage venezuela’s gold and black gold. no pasaran.
looks like the same piece of drone the houthis shot down over 25 times.