UN Venezuela Megathread - Mercenaries 2 references galore! Cubanodun is MVP

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Sissy Galvez said:
Is it possible that internet leftists are finding it more difficult to spew lies about Guaido and the US especially in reddit?

https://old.reddit.com/r/gifs/comments/apzyqb/rally_against_the_dictatorship_venezuela_120219/

A lot of pro Guaido/dictatorship talk and little to no pro-Maduro/US coup bullshit. Maybe they’ve all retreated to r/latestagecapitalism and r/chapotraphouse to hide in shame.
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Maduro is a zero-charisma assclown hillybilly thug who has refused international aid solely due to the fact he doesn't want the Venezuelan people to see that socialism has failed when it very clearly has. Even the koolaid drinkers are realizing you can't defend this shit, and you can't blame the human rights abuses on the US either. We've simply moved into the "That wasn't REAL socialism" phase.

You can start looking forward to posts praising St. Chavez and how if Chavez hadn't had one empanada too many and was still in charge, Venezeula would still be a beacon of socialist light that should be lauded, envied, and emulated... but for some mysterious reason they never mentioned it as a place they want to move to when they talk about escaping the horrors of the US, and would only mention majority white countries in Scandinavia as their destinations for Socialism for some bizarre reason (but the US also needs to import as many downtrodden refugees from there as possible).
 
Dracula's Spirit Animal said:
Wow. Did Rubio just do something vicious? Did he say: Here's the hitlist, Maduro, and by doing so, let the people on the list know that it's either them or Maduro, so they better strike at Maduro first if they want to live. That's the way it looks to me.
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I wouldn't help overthrow Maduro if I were them. Sure the current government might guarantee me amnesty, but who knows about the government that might come in ten or twenty years? The Argentinian military junta members, even the ones who chose to hand over power, were prosecuted and imprisoned decades after they restored democracy. Before that, they were protected by an amnesty, that was then declared unconstitutional by a leftist supreme court.
 
EurocopterTigre said:
Also those drum magazines are extremely prone to cause jams.
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A couple of the newer ones for the AR seem to work well. Beta mags only got famous because uber cool big dick contractors were using them. Then it came out how shit they were. Just like Dragonskin. Drum mags never really take off though. In most weapon systems that initially use them, refinements do away with the drum. You rarely see a Thompson in combat without a stick mag, PPSH 41s went to regular mags, the RPK 74 went to 40 rounders, etc. Belts and box mags are just easier to make reliable and easier to carry and use for the infantryman.

The scuttlebutt is that special operation assets are being moved into position in SA and it's assumed for ops in Venezuela. The only hard evidence I've seen were two HC-130Js being tracked to Barbados. They're typically CSAR, but they have the capability to air refuel helos. I wonder if stealthy birds carrying some S A D B O Y S are inbound as well.
 
break these cuffs said:
The scuttlebutt is that special operation assets are being moved into position in SA and it's assumed for ops in Venezuela. The only hard evidence I've seen were two HC-130Js being tracked to Barbados. They're typically CSAR, but they have the capability to air refuel helos.
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Add in several C17's into Bogota and 2 C146A's doing a lot of flights in to and around Columbia. I missed the HC130J's. Looks to be a direct flight from Moody AFB to Bridgetown.
 
Coleslaw said:
I wouldn't help overthrow Maduro if I were them. Sure the current government might guarantee me amnesty, but who knows about the government that might come in ten or twenty years? The Argentinian military junta members, even the ones who chose to hand over power, were prosecuted and imprisoned decades after they restored democracy. Before that, they were protected by an amnesty, that was then declared unconstitutional by a leftist supreme court.
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Rubio is probably playing mind games.
Maduro is getting increasingly paranoid as his power is eroding. You mention that these Generals might get some rewards if they're willing to turn. Even if they are loyal, they now have to start thinking about if the paranoid guy at the top might suddenly see them as threats and turn on them.
 
Ghostse said:
Even if they are loyal, they now have to start thinking about if the paranoid guy at the top might suddenly see them as threats and turn on them.
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The pressures felt by people with tangible power and targets on the backs of their heads in the final days of a dying autocracy intensify.
 
break these cuffs said:
A couple of the newer ones for the AR seem to work well. Beta mags only got famous because uber cool big dick contractors were using them. Then it came out how shit they were. Just like Dragonskin. Drum mags never really take off though. In most weapon systems that initially use them, refinements do away with the drum. You rarely see a Thompson in combat without a stick mag, PPSH 41s went to regular mags, the RPK 74 went to 40 rounders, etc. Belts and box mags are just easier to make reliable and easier to carry and use for the infantryman.
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It also seems like if there's a mechanical failure in the field, it's easier to bag and carry twenty or thirty loose rounds from a straight-line mag than god knows how many from a drum. Plus, even magazines can catch bullets; hope you weren't carrying most of your ammo in that big drum mag (I doubt like hell you'd get a touch-off or something, but it'd certainly wreck the magazine if a bullet hit it).
 
Venezuela military reinforced Colombian border blockade
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/venezuela-military-reinforces-colombian-border-blockade-144210903.html
Venezuela's military reinforced a blockade on Thursday morning at the border with Colombia where opposition leader Juan Guaido has vowed to bring in desperately-needed humanitarian aid despite President Nicolas Maduro's vow to keep it out.

AFP journalists saw several new freight containers blocking the road that connects the town of Urena in Venezuela to Cucuta in Colombia, where tons of US aid has been piling up for a week.

There was also a contingent of around 20 National Guard troops guarding the blockade.
Last week, the military initially placed two freight containers and a tanker across the road to prevent vehicles from passing.

During a mass street protest on Tuesday, self-proclaimed acting president Guaido said the aid would be brought in on February 23 and issued a direct order to the military not to block it.

Maduro, who has presided over an economic meltdown in Venezuela, has vowed to stop it from entering. The armed forces remain loyal to him.

His regime denies Venezuela is suffering from a humanitarian crisis and has dismissed the aid as a "publicity show" and pretext to a US-led invasion.

Venezuela has suffered four years of recession and is now ravaged by hyperinflation that the International Monetary Fund predicts will reach a staggering 10 million percent this year.

Salaries and savings have been rendered worthless while millions have been left in poverty faced with shortages of basic necessities such as food and medicines.

The United Nations says some 2.3 million Venezuelans have fled the country since 2015.

Guaido has been recognized as interim president by 50 countries and has strong backing from the US and neighbors Colombia and Brazil as he attempts to wrest power from Maduro, whose reelection last year the opposition denounced as fraudulent.

The National Assembly president has also announced plans for a second collection center in the northwestern Brazilian state of Roraima, which borders Venezuela. A third storage facility is to be established in Curacao, a Dutch island around 40 miles (65km) off the northern coast of Venezuela.
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A bit off-topic, but... check this out.

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There was a time.
 
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https://edition.cnn.com/2019/02/11/americas/venezuela-migrant-women-prostitution-intl/index.html

'We always voted for Chavez'
For years, Venezuelans supported President Nicolás Maduro who, like his predecessor, Hugo Chavez, used the country's oil wealth to fund social programs. But when the price of oil began to fall, and the economy to falter, many Venezuelans started to protest the hand that fed them.
Mariza is among them. Her entire family supported Chavez. "We always voted for Chavez," she said, blaming both the former leader and current president for mismanagement of the country that led to this crisis.
In the past, "there was no hunger, there were no shortages, there was no separation," Mariza said, explaining that when things were good, you left the country "for a vacation, not for necessity."
The desperate needs of her family brought her here, to Cúcuta -- a border city with one of the highest unemployment rates in Colombia -- where she struggles daily to make enough to send food, diapers and basic supplies to her mother and kids.
If her mother found out what she was doing, would she understand? "My mom is a super mom. My mom is everything," she said, her voice cracking again. "And I know that the day she finds out, for whatever reason, it will hurt her but she won't judge me."
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It was all a lie since the beginning. A damn shame the country didn't realize until now.
 
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