Failed Venezuelan overthrow attempt goes sideways...badly

May 07, 2020, 02:42 PM

chellim1

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Apparently they were trying to stand up a 300 man force of ex-Venezuelan military soldiers.

I spent time thinking about it and I think you 'could' take down Venezuela w/ 300 men.

But they would have to be the right men working in concert with a 'legitimate' opposition leader. Extensive training in night operations with satellite comms and light anti-tank capability.

Planning and execution would have to be right on the money -- no room for error. 15-20 man strike teams simultaneously taking down key nodes at 0200hrs on D-day. Intel on precisely where Maduro was on the night of the take-down would have to be 110%. Weeks of rehearsals. etc etc

It would be possible. Of course keeping 300 people quiet during planning and preparation would be difficult.
Right about intel on precisely where Maduro was on the night of the take-down... and that's difficult to plan for because it could be so many different places.

"Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible."
-- Justice Janice Rogers Brown

"The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth."
-rduckwor

May 07, 2020, 02:57 PM

TigerDore

They should have finished watching all "The Expendables" movies before they went in.

May 07, 2020, 03:12 PM

nhtagmember

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Originally posted by BBMW:
Probably because they're American.

I REALLY hope this wasn't a CIA botch job. That would be really embarrassing.

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Originally posted by Rick Lee:
Why is the US State Dept. trying to help these guys get back home, if they weren't working for the US gov't? I certainly don't expect any country to ever admit to trying to overthrow another gov't. But using official channels to help these guys screams out that the US gov't. was in on it. If the US gov't. had nothing to do with it, the ringleaders are where they belong and will have to wait things out.

to fuck something up this good you need the full support of the FBI

May 08, 2020, 08:44 AM

dewhorse

Um....too many Soldier of Fortune magazines from the eighties.

May 08, 2020, 09:54 AM

CQB60

VDF knew they were coming before they even left. The tip was in from Miami..

May 08, 2020, 11:08 AM

corsair

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Originally posted by chellim1:
It would be possible. Of course keeping 300 people quiet during planning and preparation would be difficult.
Right about intel on precisely where Maduro was on the night of the take-down... and that's difficult to plan for because it could be so many different places.

These guys were amateurs at Unconventional Warfare. While well versed in Direct Action tactics and planning, given their backgrounds with CIF/CRF teams, they were clueless in the larger picture. Even their OPSEC was porous and vetting/securing involved participants was...bad
Ex-Green Berets tried to recruit this vet for a failed coup. Now he's speaking out.

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While Silvercorp was working out of the camp in Jamaica, they now had acquired several boats, all without VHF radios, electronic beacons and other necessities. Venezuelan exiles could come and go from the camp as they please, operational security was non-existent but Goudreau appeared confident in their allegiance according to the source who spoke to Connecting Vets.

So dumb, they even posted on Twitter

Real high-speed

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Strikeforce incursion into Venezuela. 60 Venezuelan, 2 American ex Green Beret @realDonaldTrump

— Silvercorp USA (@SilvercorpUsa) May 4, 2020