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Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius - Were you surprised by Operation Absolute Resolve?
I was.
None of us outside of the Pentagon had even the slightest idea this would happen.
No leaks. No rumors. Airtight OPSEC.
How was that possible?
Because no one told Democrat Senators and Representatives about it in advance.
https://x.com/CynicalPublius/status/2007518675641983427

Curiosity @MAstronomers - Locking the camera to the stars instead of the horizon changes everything.
It’s actually kind of terrifying to see the Earth spinning beneath us like this.
https://x.com/MAstronomers/status/2006772909621260456

Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius - I have been monitoring the Venezuela issue all day long, and there are so many questions yet to be answered (thanks to great Pentagon OPSEC), but the strategic reason for bringing down Maduro has become abundantly clear.
While we ostensibly captured Maduro based on legitimate, outstanding US drug charges from 2020, the real reason for the military operations early this morning is that neutralizing Maduro's Venezuela had become a strategic imperative for the USA.
Under Maduro, Venezuela had become the Latin American crossroads for all of the USA's principal enemies. Maduro was nurturing relationships with Russia, Hezbollah and Iran. Worst of all, Venezuela was eagerly becoming a part of Red China's Belt & Road initiative.
As America's enemies were lining up Venezuela as their base of operations in the Western Hemisphere to cause mischief and destruction for the USA, Maduro was at the same time making Venezuela a crossroads, safe haven and enabler for all manner of narcoterrorist operations, ranging from Colombia's FARC to Mexico's Sinaloa cartel.