Charles quote an article that says: "When US helicopters flew over Caracas, they too refrained from using the hundreds of guns they had. The army, seemingly hesitant until the last moment, waited for orders from ‘above’ that never arrived."
In fact, as we found out a few weeks ago, the orders did arrive but they were to surrender. >From an article by Luis Bonilla-Molina (machine translation): "This is a >painful text to write, as painful as the certainty that any possibility of >renewal for what was called the Bolivarian Revolution has been canceled. In >fact, the military tradition of independence has suffered an unprecedented >setback, from which it will be difficult to recover. While we have entered an >openly counterrevolutionary and subservient moment, due to the orientation >imposed by the hierarchy in power, let no one be mistaken: anti-imperialism >may be cornered, but it will always find the paths and ways to flourish with >unexpected vigor. "On February 5, 2026, statements were made public by General Vladimir Padrino López, Venezuela's Minister of Defense, regarding the imperialist aggression of early January. Padrino stated, " I saw firsthand the pilots ready, in their suits, to go into combat. Of course, with the air superiority they had—more than 150 aircraft in our airspace—it was impossible to take a plane out. It would have been sending pilots to their deaths and suicide ." As if civilians were political eunuchs, the four-star general attempted to justify the catastrophic and inexplicable failure that occurred in the early morning of January 3..." https://luisbonillamolina.com/2026/02/11/3-de-enero-2026-catastrofica-derrota-a-la-alianza-civico-militar-policial-madurista/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#40789): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/40789 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/117914339/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
