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Author: ges 🐝  😊 😞
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Subject: Welcome to the clusterfck
Date: 01/04/26 11:19 AM
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U.S. Ran a War Game on Ousting Maduro. Venezuela Fell Into Chaos.

An official U.S. government exercise during President Trump’s first term forecast turmoil and potential violence in a post-Maduro Venezuela.


https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/us/politics/ven...

Back when there were some adults in the administration.
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Author: Steve203 🐝  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Welcome to the clusterfck
Date: 01/04/26 11:37 AM
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U.S. Ran a War Game on Ousting Maduro. Venezuela Fell Into Chaos.

Rant #1, 20+ years ago, held the intended objective is chaos. Taking other's oil production off line raises prices and profits for US oil companies, without them needing to invest a nickle, or the honchos disrupting their golf game.

Kadaffi was overthrown in August 2011. Libyan oil production has still not recovered to it's pre-war level.

From the St Louis Fed.

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LBYNGDPMOMBD

Steve
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Subject: Re: Welcome to the clusterfck
Date: 01/04/26 1:49 PM
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Fascinating how MAGA has perfected the ancient practice of disregarding those burdened by knowledge...

"The US has in the past carried out war games to simulate a scenario where Venezuelan leadership was decapitated."
"The simulations predicted prolonged chaos, with refugees pouring out of Venezuela and rival groups fighting one another for control of the country."
"You’d have prolonged chaos, with no clear way out," said Douglas Farah, a Latin America expert who helped run the war games."
"Colombia has mobilised its armed forces and expressed concerns about a potential influx of refugees."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/03/why-...
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