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Maduro was given up by venezuela's military though. That operation was not possible, and indeed would not have been attempted, if the military hadn't entered into an agreement to stand down, and given intelligence. Helicopters are vulnerable to multiple weapons systems they couldn't reliably take out, not the least in one of the most protected places in the country with the country mobilized.
There is no question, the military is now the de facto power, overseeing the now puppet civilian government in selling out their assets, an old cold war template.
'As such, they would not be able to do that in Iran. What they could do, is assassinate their leaders, including the ayatollah. They have everything compromised more than Iran thinks too, they could. Only the US likely stopped netanyahu from doing so already.
As to invasions, it has a lot of mountainous areas, and is several times larger than Iraq, which is mostly flat. We could go through and blow shit up with impunity, but an Iraq style invasion is out of the question unless our leaders lose their minds quite a bit more. Not that they wouldn't try anyway but not now they want to make war on America.
Idk about that.
The military wouldn't have brought helicopters low like that if they weren't. There are mobile units, shoulder fired weaponry, truck mounted, that can take down helicopters, and they were mobilized, and this was one of the most fortified areas in the country.
I am amazed at how bad everyone is at seeing what is going on, but here we are.
I'm not saying it isn't possible, I'm saying I really don't know. Like what discombobulator? Is that the source of "Havana syndrome?"
I was talking about venezuela being a military coup, an agreement with their military to give up maduro, on the cold war template, that their military is now the de facto ruler, a client state of the US, and their civilian leadership puppets.
I fully understand that and I am saying I don't know yet. Maybe it's hopium, we will see.
Iran's nuclear.