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2023-12-09 Caribbean-Latin America
Flags, soldiers disguised as indigenous tribes and a paratrooper assault: How Venezuela's 123,000-strong forces could launch an unorthodox attack to overwhelm Guyana's 3,400 troops as Maduro wields his might over oil-rich region
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Posted by Skidmark 2023-12-09 01:14|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ]  Top

#1 I'll take land, oil, and minerals for $600. Alex.
Posted by Besoeker 2023-12-09 01:44||   2023-12-09 01:44|| Front Page Top

#2 Whatever happened to KISS?
Posted by Grom the Reflective 2023-12-09 02:03||   2023-12-09 02:03|| Front Page Top

#3 I think they retired in Vegas.
Posted by Skidmark 2023-12-09 05:36||   2023-12-09 05:36|| Front Page Top

#4  KISS introduces avatar band that will offer fans virtual performances... after completing final show of End of the Road World Tour
Posted by Skidmark 2023-12-09 05:39||   2023-12-09 05:39|| Front Page Top

#5 Another front opened for WWIII. How timely...
Posted by BrerRabbit 2023-12-09 07:43||   2023-12-09 07:43|| Front Page Top

#6 Madura will use Chinese troops disguised as locals.
Posted by Xyz 2023-12-09 08:13||   2023-12-09 08:13|| Front Page Top

#7 BOGOTA, Dec 7 (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday said it would conduct flight operations within Guyana that build on its routine engagement as Britain and Brazil expressed concerns about growing border tensions between Guyana and Venezuela.
The long-running spat over the oil-rich Esequibo region, which is being heard by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), escalated over the weekend when voters in Venezuela rejected the ICJ's jurisdiction and backed creation of a new Venezuelan state.
Guyana has questioned the vote's legitimacy, put its armed forces on high alert, and said Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro is disregarding ICJ orders about taking no action to change the status quo in Esequibo.
Posted by Jerens Black9355 2023-12-09 09:36||   2023-12-09 09:36|| Front Page Top

#8 Ok folks, the referees have taken to the skies and are signalling they are ready for the games to commence.
Posted by Rex Mundi 2023-12-09 10:06||   2023-12-09 10:06|| Front Page Top

#9 Is that the Gene Simmons who says go to death camps if you don't what 'The Vaxx'?
Posted by swksvolFF 2023-12-09 10:17||   2023-12-09 10:17|| Front Page Top

#10 Sucks for Guyana, but it’s not going to help Maduro in the long term. Once they eat the zebras out of the zoo and steal some oil, they will just have spread their same suck over more square miles. Everybody in Guyana with any capability well end up in Miami. I assume there is still plenty of room there based on the Marlin’s attendance average.
Posted by Super Hose 2023-12-09 10:24||   2023-12-09 10:24|| Front Page Top

#11 Fiver on Guyana.
Posted by swksvolFF 2023-12-09 12:17||   2023-12-09 12:17|| Front Page Top

#12 My sense is the Venezuelan troops might be sketchy, but not the Cubans who run their intel and special ops, and provide internal security services.

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/venezuela-cuba-military/
Posted by NoMoreBS 2023-12-09 13:42||   2023-12-09 13:42|| Front Page Top

#13 Guyana, looking from the map, looks like one of those places modern armies go to die. Jungle, rugged terrain and no roads ...what's not to like? The SW Pacific Theater in WW2 had roughly seven (7!) times the logistic needs of the ETO (we are talking about places like Papua New Guinea).

Venezuela has a 'Regime Protection Force' type army ...but then the Japanese were crazy enough to invade India from Burma in WW2 across similar terrain. So, who knows?
Posted by magpie 2023-12-09 16:49||   2023-12-09 16:49|| Front Page Top

#14 ^ Oops, that should be SE (South East) Pacific Theater. My bad.
Posted by magpie 2023-12-09 16:53||   2023-12-09 16:53|| Front Page Top

#15 Oh, we're gearing up for war against Venezuela again?

I thought we gave that up after that tool Guaido was rejected and rejected hard. I guess the deep state just doesn't give up. Look how long they knew they were failing in Afghanistan and *still* kept that war going for another decade.

I wonder how much this new war will cost?
Posted by Ulimble Forkbeard2690 2023-12-09 17:29||   2023-12-09 17:29|| Front Page Top

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