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Image is of a colectivo: an armed group, usually operating in impoverished areas, which act to support and defend the socialist government of Venezuela. They are often derided as vigilante terrorist groups which prop up the government, because cops are only bad when they are socialist and not murdering minorities, I suppose.


Maduro's party, the PSUV, has won the election after a staggering amount of propaganda by the opposition, who said their polls suggested they were going to win and that Maduro's loss was inevitable. The reaction across Latin America is what one would expect. Left-leaning leaders are generally respecting the results and congratulating Maduro, while those on the right and/or are US puppets (such as in semirecently-couped Peru) are calling for recounts, or even that the election was illegitimate. The US itself is also unhappy about the results. We shall soon see if their unhappiness boils over into yet another coup attempt.

Personally, I think they should have ran Guaido again.

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Thank you to @[email protected] for the election coverage here, and everything else they do in the news megathread.


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[–] [email protected] 60 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

All the fed telegram channels have increased their output. You can tell something is coming because their staff teams are now online non-stop and outputting quadruple the content.

I doubt it's happening today, probably anywhere between 1 day and 4 weeks from now. It sincerely depends on the size of the "special operation" Iran intends to perform. If we're using the term the same way the Russians did then a military build up is necessary first followed by a deployment. I'm thinking it will be sooner rather than later because I can't imagine a deployment at all, the only way to deploy to Israel is through the Red Sea and that's where all the western forces are countering Yemen, they can't do it. So this leaves ballistic strikes which should be quicker to organise.

Unless someone can make an argument for how they're supposed to get equipment through Iraq and Syria?

[–] [email protected] 58 points 1 month ago (1 children)

scared

Somebody go check DC area pizza delivery numbers quick troy-pizza

[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 month ago (1 children)

google maps shows that the Arlington domino's closes in 40 min but it's currently "much busier than usual"

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'm thinking the same as last time, a big drone strike of military installations followed by a settler cover up claiming no damage done.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Maybe. I kinda think it's going to be more ongoing though. This assassination has eliminated the possibility of peace.

While this precise retaliation might just be strikes I think a build up to something else in the coming weeks might now be set in stone. The only things I'm unsure about is HOW. Iran can't deploy over land, the Red Sea represents the only corridor. I keep coming back to the fact that western ships in the Red Sea might be sunk as the opening to a full war.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Iran can deploy over land, they just have to go through Iraq and Syria to do so.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

hope Iran snowballs through those places and gains momentum on their path

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

They have to hit something that can't be covered up, this time.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago (3 children)

unrelated but did you know that the Alzieri Sarona Tower is the tallest building in "Tel Aviv"

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

No I did not. I'm not super into skyscrapers. I much prefer spending my time learning about industrial sites like power plants and oil storage or refinery facilities.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's just an office tower though isn't it? I don't think Iran would respond with a civilian target.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

yeah, you're right.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago

There's also a WTC in "israel".

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You can also go through Iraq and Syria.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Yeah but they're not going to agree to that without an extraordinary agreement occurring first.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It's one thing to agree to transit through the country, it's another to simply not forcefully oppose it. Would Iraqis die to defend Israel?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

So you think they just declare neutrality and let them roll columns and supply lines through the country constantly for however many months the war lasts? Those columns will be targets, as will the country's infrastructure and roads.

There are also US bases in both countries. Iran will need to clear them on the way.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

what do you think Iran's 2 decades of building networks throughout Iraq was for if not precisely this? It's time to activate the massive network they have.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

No, they would join Iran. Most of the Iraqi military is Iranian trained and friendly

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago

I’m sure they’ve been in conversation on the possibility for a while