National Security Advisor John Bolton has not been surprising. While everyone expected a rush to war with North Korea, permanent occupation in Syria, and the continued battle in Afghanistan, President Donald Trump has been able to limit the neoconservative influence.
Despite Bolton increasingly itching for another conflict, the military might has been contained. Until now…
Ostensibly, Bolton flashed a notepad that read “Afghanistan -> Welcome the Talks. 5,000 troops to Colombia.”
So this notepad that National Security Advisor John Bolton was holding today at the White House briefing on Venezuela says:
“Afghanistan -> Welcome the Talks. 5,000 troops to Colombia.”
If confirmed this would be a pretty terrible OPSEC breach.https://t.co/KS0Issfvps pic.twitter.com/IOrSprG567
— Rao Komar (@RaoKomar747) January 28, 2019
This comes as Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is on the ropes and opposition leader Juan Guaidó is being considered president.
Bolton told reporters, while holding the yellow notepad:
“The president has made it clear that all options are on the table. We also today call on the Venezuelan military and security forces to accept the peaceful, democratic and constitutional transfer of power.”
Former Representative Ron Paul had it right: the U.S. needs to stay out of Venezuela.
But the neoconservatives are salivating over the oil reserves. Even with the U.S. becoming a net energy exporter and soon surpassing Saudi Arabia (SEE: SAUDI AMERICA: The U.S. to be a net energy exporter for first time in 70 years), the neocons are still obsessed with neocolonialism.
Unfortunately, this will only help the socialist cause. In the next couple of decades, the revisionists will claim that Venezuela had a vibrant economy and it solved income inequality, ignoring all the misery and deprivation in Caracas. Venezuela was collapsing on its own; a foreign intervention was superfluous. But Bolton gotta Bolton.
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