(2 hours ago)EndtheMadnessNow Wrote: I think the coup d'état has already been in progress since last June with special operators inside Iran that may/will cause the regime to implode and the IRGC to stand down. The US military build-up is a contingency plan if things go wrong and/or a coup de grâce if the implosion works. Who knows what the Israelis have been up to. Like Ninurta said, Trump is all about quick in & out like Syria, Yemen, Venezuela. I'm sure it'll be a surprise on how it goes down. I could be totally wrong, time will tell. Tick-tock.
Very few read US policy papers (very boring) from prestigious think-tanks and this one from 2009 Brookings Institution analysis paper "Which Path to Persia" shows the USGov continuity of agenda is perhaps been playing out according to the plan.
WHICH PATH TO PERSIA? (PDF, 170 pages)
Then there are a few in Washington and Tel Aviv that prefer the final solution.
10.4 megaton airburst over Tehran
Whoe knows what are the plans yeeh..
But regarding Venezuela , not very convincing to me , after all the chavisma regime is intact , only top figure Maduro out.....but it was build to cope / adaptation to loosing top dog . Sure they make deal with US to stay in power . But then what`s the picture ?
We are talking about brutal regime in Venezuela
Quote:[*]The report identified 18,093 extrajudicial executions carried out by state security forces or ‘colectivos’ since 2014.[*]
[*]15,501 cases of arbitrary detention or other instances of severe deprivation of liberty since 2014.
[*]653 documented cases of torture since 2014.
[*]724 cases of enforced disappearance between 2018 and 2019.
[*]Identifies that rape and sexual violence have been weaponized by the regime, including as a method of torture.
[*]Identifies that tens of millions of people have suffered or been subjected to serious injury due to the ongoing humanitarian crisis created by the regime. This includes reports, such as by the United Nations, which found seven million people in need and more than 100,000 children under age five affected by severe acute malnutrition. One NGO with a strong local presence reported that 52% of children and 24% of pregnant women were malnourished.
OAS Report on Maduro Regime: 18,000 Extrajudicial Executions, Hundreds of Torture Cases
Maduro Is Gone. Venezuela’s Regime Remains
quick in & out means regarding Venezuela that this brutal regime stayed in power . Sounds more like Trumps business deals approach.
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