(01-04-2026 09:11 PM)Tiger1983 Wrote:  

Bwhahahaha

Losing is a disease



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Speaking of losing, the Democrats are complaining that Maduro's troops suffered multiple fatalities, approximately 40, in the Special Ops raid, and that Congress wasn't briefed ahead of time.

Also, Iran says we owe them $1B that they sank into rebuilding the refineries in Venezuela. Our guys said good luck cashing that check. Our oil companies lost a lot more than that when Chavez confiscated our holdings.

As for Cuba, Rubio said today if he lived in Cuba and worked for the government he would be concerned right now. I don't think we are being very subtle about this, lol.

(01-04-2026 10:20 PM)TripleA Wrote:  Speaking of losing, the Democrats are complaining that Maduro's troops suffered multiple fatalities, approximately 40, in the Special Ops raid, and that Congress wasn't briefed ahead of time.

Also, Iran says we owe them $1B that they sank into rebuilding the refineries in Venezuela. Our guys said good luck cashing that check. Our oil companies lost a lot more than that when Chavez confiscated our holdings.

Has it occurred to anyone how many American lives might have been lost had Congress been briefed? If anyone here had a son or daughter in the military, would you want them on a secret mission that Congress knew about in advance with AOC, Shumer, and other ends justify the means members waiting to let their foreign money know about what was coming and when? I sure as hell wouldn't!

And for the record every president since Harry Truman has ordered military actions without the approval of Congress, including Clinton and Obama and Biden.

For the record I would tell Venezuela that you can't have freedom from a tyrant without some casualties and tell Iran that their loss is the cost of doing business with drug lords and that they would have to answer to Allah for that sin.

(01-04-2026 08:06 AM)GeminiCoog Wrote:  It's also worth noting Venezuela held elections for the first time in several years and over seventy percent voted for Maduro's opponent, but he refused to leave. (Didn't leftists accuse Trump of doing the same thing after the 2020 election, which has been exposed more and more as fraudulent? Why, yes. Yes, they did.)

Also, I think Trump was saying Machado didn't have enough support and respect in the Venezuelan government as it stands now. I could be wrong on that.

Finally, it's rather telling that the left held all these "No Kings!" protests only for Trump to remove an actual dictator and for them to be livid. They don't care about "no kings"; they just Trump. That's all this is. And they're trying to lecture Venezuelans who are celebrating this, only for the Venezuelans celebrating to tell them they don't know what they're talking about. (And of course, the left doesn't know what they're talking about.)

Well to be completely honest, Maduro won the official count 52-43%. The opposition’s analysis showed massive fraud and they believe they won overwhelmingly on legal votes.

(01-04-2026 10:30 PM)JRsec Wrote:  

(01-04-2026 10:20 PM)TripleA Wrote:  Speaking of losing, the Democrats are complaining that Maduro's troops suffered multiple fatalities, approximately 40, in the Special Ops raid, and that Congress wasn't briefed ahead of time.

Also, Iran says we owe them $1B that they sank into rebuilding the refineries in Venezuela. Our guys said good luck cashing that check. Our oil companies lost a lot more than that when Chavez confiscated our holdings.

Has it occurred to anyone how many American lives might have been lost had Congress been briefed? If anyone here had a son or daughter in the military, would you want them on a secret mission that Congress knew about in advance with AOC, Shumer, and other ends justify the means members waiting to let their foreign money know about what was coming and when? I sure as hell wouldn't!

And for the record every president since Harry Truman has ordered military actions without the approval of Congress, including Clinton and Obama and Biden.

For the record I would tell Venezuela that you can't have freedom from a tyrant without some casualties and tell Iran that their loss is the cost of doing business with drug lords and that they would have to answer to Allah for that sin.

No president has thought the war powers act constitutional.

(01-04-2026 07:50 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  I dont do this news or twitter following like some of you, just not my thing but I was wondering.....

has anything came out about America having any inside help in this?

It's not like they just landed on the guys lawn went in while he was a sleep, quietly. From the pictures there was a fight put up, for at least a few minutes. So you would think the president of a country would have had the time to get into his bunker.

I heard this explanation 2 days ago, but had no intention of typing it from memory now, so I may get some details wrong, but I'll try.

This raid has been in the planning stages for a number of months. The CIA has been building a profile of all of Maduro's movements. What he eats, when he eats, what his daily schedule usually consists of, what clothes he wears, what buildings he frequents, where he sleeps, who is around him and when, etc.

I had the impression they got a good bit of this from assets on the ground, but they also had an assist from Space Force satellites.

All the other aspects of this plan were done the same way, no detail left unturned, months and months of data.

Then, they built a replica of the key buildings in downtown Caracas at a location on an undisclosed military base in the US, and used it to practice their runs. Over and over and over

There were 150 planes used, an armada of naval vessels, drones, satellites, hundreds of personnel, a dozen helos, etc.

There's more, but that's all I can recall without notes or more time. AFAIK, no other countries were involved, or even told what was happening.

(01-04-2026 10:55 PM)TripleA Wrote:  

(01-04-2026 07:50 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  I dont do this news or twitter following like some of you, just not my thing but I was wondering.....

has anything came out about America having any inside help in this?

It's not like they just landed on the guys lawn went in while he was a sleep, quietly. From the pictures there was a fight put up, for at least a few minutes. So you would think the president of a country would have had the time to get into his bunker.

I heard this explanation 2 days ago, but had no intention of typing it from memory now, so I may get some details wrong, but I'll try.

This raid has been in the planning stages for a number of months. The CIA has been building a profile of all of Maduro's movements. What he eats, when he eats, what his daily schedule usually consists of, what clothes he wears, what buildings he frequents, where he sleeps, who is around him and when, etc.

I had the impression they got a good bit of this from assets on the ground, but they also had an assist from Space Force satellites.

All the other aspects of this plan were done the same way, no detail left unturned, months and months of data.

Then, they built a replica of the key buildings in downtown Caracas at a location on an undisclosed military base in the US, and used it to practice their runs. Over and over and over

There were 150 planes used, an armada of naval vessels, drones, satellites, hundreds of personnel, a dozen helos, etc.

There's more, but that's all I can recall without notes or more time. AFAIK, no other countries were involved, or even told what was happening.

Thanks and didnt mean for you to have ti type so much.

New Venezuela President has been installed.



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(01-04-2026 10:34 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(01-04-2026 08:06 AM)GeminiCoog Wrote:  It's also worth noting Venezuela held elections for the first time in several years and over seventy percent voted for Maduro's opponent, but he refused to leave. (Didn't leftists accuse Trump of doing the same thing after the 2020 election, which has been exposed more and more as fraudulent? Why, yes. Yes, they did.)

Also, I think Trump was saying Machado didn't have enough support and respect in the Venezuelan government as it stands now. I could be wrong on that.

Finally, it's rather telling that the left held all these "No Kings!" protests only for Trump to remove an actual dictator and for them to be livid. They don't care about "no kings"; they just Trump. That's all this is. And they're trying to lecture Venezuelans who are celebrating this, only for the Venezuelans celebrating to tell them they don't know what they're talking about. (And of course, the left doesn't know what they're talking about.)

Well to be completely honest, Maduro won the official count 52-43%. The opposition’s analysis showed massive fraud and they believe they won overwhelmingly on legal votes.

bullet, with all due respect, my friend, even the Biden Administration didn't recognize him as the legitimate President of Venezuela. That should tell you something.

(01-05-2026 12:25 AM)WKUYG Wrote:  

(01-04-2026 10:55 PM)TripleA Wrote:  

(01-04-2026 07:50 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  I dont do this news or twitter following like some of you, just not my thing but I was wondering.....

has anything came out about America having any inside help in this?

It's not like they just landed on the guys lawn went in while he was a sleep, quietly. From the pictures there was a fight put up, for at least a few minutes. So you would think the president of a country would have had the time to get into his bunker.

I heard this explanation 2 days ago, but had no intention of typing it from memory now, so I may get some details wrong, but I'll try.

This raid has been in the planning stages for a number of months. The CIA has been building a profile of all of Maduro's movements. What he eats, when he eats, what his daily schedule usually consists of, what clothes he wears, what buildings he frequents, where he sleeps, who is around him and when, etc.

I had the impression they got a good bit of this from assets on the ground, but they also had an assist from Space Force satellites.

All the other aspects of this plan were done the same way, no detail left unturned, months and months of data.

Then, they built a replica of the key buildings in downtown Caracas at a location on an undisclosed military base in the US, and used it to practice their runs. Over and over and over

There were 150 planes used, an armada of naval vessels, drones, satellites, hundreds of personnel, a dozen helos, etc.

There's more, but that's all I can recall without notes or more time. AFAIK, no other countries were involved, or even told what was happening.

Thanks and didnt mean for you to have ti type so much.

It's fine. I'm a swift typist for an old fella. I don't spend a lot of time planning it, just type stream of consciousness.

A bit more info this morning. Planning for this mission began in August. Five months ago.

And Maduro was staying at a secure, well-guarded compound on a full scale military base in the middle of Caracas.

There were 40 Veneuzelan combatants killed in the raid. Turns out, 32 of them were Cubans.

A plane loaded with tons of cocaine was caught and confiscated. It was headed to Mexico for distribution to the US. Sooner or later, we need to deal with Mexico, too.

Beyond that, the new VP now President struck a much more conciliatory tone with a new statement yesterday, after initially issuing a combative statement right after the raid.

(01-04-2026 07:45 PM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote:  

Gorgeous AND smart? Yikes, be still, my barely beating heart.

Millions of Venezuelans worldwide celebrate while the American left protests the removal of a vicious dictator.

Venezuela has been been under dictatorship for over a quarter century, THAT's why we are seeing so much celebrating. One of my neighbors had to flee Marduro over 5 years ago. She is still celebrating.

(01-05-2026 08:25 AM)VA49er Wrote:  Millions of Venezuelans worldwide celebrate while the American left protests the removal of a vicious dictator.

Venezuela has been been under dictatorship for over a quarter century, THAT's why we are seeing so much celebrating. One of my neighbors had to flee Marduro over 5 years ago. She is still celebrating.

It is interesting; and while I agree with this action personally, I hope he really had the authority to do what he did here? Again, personally, I don't give a sh*t what other countries think about this...

I get the impression he is in the clear to do this, and the sky screaming just goes back to the personal hatred of the man and not the actual politics and greater good for US Citizens.


I really, really want him to cure cancer just to watch the idiots come up with a reason to protest him for it.

These worthless idiots on the left have “stood with” Ukraine, Iran, Mexico, Somalia, and Venezuela over the last year. They have held No Kings protests and also wanted to free a dictator in the last 6-8 months. Democrats are insane, stupid, gullible, useless and a giant waste of oxygen.

JUST IN: Former NYC Mayor Eric Adams SHREDS Kamala Harris for “Cynical and Irresponsible” Response to Maduro’s Arrest – “Welcome to New York, Nicolas”

Quote:On January 10, 2025, the Biden-Harris administration put a $25 million bounty on Nicolás Maduro for information leading to his arrest or conviction.

Public safety is not a political game.

You do not label someone a narco-dictator one year and then pretend he is no longer a threat the next simply because a different president is in office. That is cynical and irresponsible.

Maduro’s drugs have killed thousands of Americans and continue to endanger our children. Imagine being the parents of 2-year-old Nicholas Feliz Dominici, who died from fentanyl poisoning in a Bronx daycare, and watching this political theater.

America is safer today because Maduro is no longer in power.

Welcome to New York, Nicolás.

(01-05-2026 01:28 AM)GeminiCoog Wrote:  

(01-04-2026 10:34 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(01-04-2026 08:06 AM)GeminiCoog Wrote:  It's also worth noting Venezuela held elections for the first time in several years and over seventy percent voted for Maduro's opponent, but he refused to leave. (Didn't leftists accuse Trump of doing the same thing after the 2020 election, which has been exposed more and more as fraudulent? Why, yes. Yes, they did.)

Also, I think Trump was saying Machado didn't have enough support and respect in the Venezuelan government as it stands now. I could be wrong on that.

Finally, it's rather telling that the left held all these "No Kings!" protests only for Trump to remove an actual dictator and for them to be livid. They don't care about "no kings"; they just Trump. That's all this is. And they're trying to lecture Venezuelans who are celebrating this, only for the Venezuelans celebrating to tell them they don't know what they're talking about. (And of course, the left doesn't know what they're talking about.)

Well to be completely honest, Maduro won the official count 52-43%. The opposition’s analysis showed massive fraud and they believe they won overwhelmingly on legal votes.

bullet, with all due respect, my friend, even the Biden Administration didn't recognize him as the legitimate President of Venezuela. That should tell you something.

Yeah, as the old saying goes, Biden was one so he knew one. The exit polls in maduro’s last election were about 75% against him. He stole it. Just like Biden did.

(01-05-2026 09:43 AM)Was SoMs Eagle Wrote:  

(01-05-2026 01:28 AM)GeminiCoog Wrote:  

(01-04-2026 10:34 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(01-04-2026 08:06 AM)GeminiCoog Wrote:  It's also worth noting Venezuela held elections for the first time in several years and over seventy percent voted for Maduro's opponent, but he refused to leave. (Didn't leftists accuse Trump of doing the same thing after the 2020 election, which has been exposed more and more as fraudulent? Why, yes. Yes, they did.)

Also, I think Trump was saying Machado didn't have enough support and respect in the Venezuelan government as it stands now. I could be wrong on that.

Finally, it's rather telling that the left held all these "No Kings!" protests only for Trump to remove an actual dictator and for them to be livid. They don't care about "no kings"; they just Trump. That's all this is. And they're trying to lecture Venezuelans who are celebrating this, only for the Venezuelans celebrating to tell them they don't know what they're talking about. (And of course, the left doesn't know what they're talking about.)

Well to be completely honest, Maduro won the official count 52-43%. The opposition’s analysis showed massive fraud and they believe they won overwhelmingly on legal votes.

bullet, with all due respect, my friend, even the Biden Administration didn't recognize him as the legitimate President of Venezuela. That should tell you something.

Yeah, as the old saying goes, Biden was one so he knew one. The exit polls in maduro’s last election were about 75% against him. He stole it. Just like Biden did.

using the same company to do it.

(01-05-2026 09:25 AM)MemTigers1998 Wrote:  These worthless idiots on the left have “stood with” Ukraine, Iran, Mexico, Somalia, and Venezuela

Which of these is not like the other?

(01-05-2026 09:50 AM)UofMstateU Wrote:  

(01-05-2026 09:43 AM)Was SoMs Eagle Wrote:  

(01-05-2026 01:28 AM)GeminiCoog Wrote:  

(01-04-2026 10:34 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(01-04-2026 08:06 AM)GeminiCoog Wrote:  It's also worth noting Venezuela held elections for the first time in several years and over seventy percent voted for Maduro's opponent, but he refused to leave. (Didn't leftists accuse Trump of doing the same thing after the 2020 election, which has been exposed more and more as fraudulent? Why, yes. Yes, they did.)

Also, I think Trump was saying Machado didn't have enough support and respect in the Venezuelan government as it stands now. I could be wrong on that.

Finally, it's rather telling that the left held all these "No Kings!" protests only for Trump to remove an actual dictator and for them to be livid. They don't care about "no kings"; they just Trump. That's all this is. And they're trying to lecture Venezuelans who are celebrating this, only for the Venezuelans celebrating to tell them they don't know what they're talking about. (And of course, the left doesn't know what they're talking about.)

Well to be completely honest, Maduro won the official count 52-43%. The opposition’s analysis showed massive fraud and they believe they won overwhelmingly on legal votes.

bullet, with all due respect, my friend, even the Biden Administration didn't recognize him as the legitimate President of Venezuela. That should tell you something.

Yeah, as the old saying goes, Biden was one so he knew one. The exit polls in maduro’s last election were about 75% against him. He stole it. Just like Biden did.

using the same company to do it.

I hope we learn the truth there but if there is a profound truth we will probably never know it.