Comment by lm28469
4 days ago
The army is full of very competent people regardless of who's in charge for the last 4 years, it's not like they start from scratch at every new administration. And most of them just like to blow shit up regardless of the moral aspect of it, as we've seen in the past
I certainly don't doubt the competence of the US army, but the fact that they spent only minutes on active SEAD bombing raids to enable this operation suggests that it wasn't just cool tech or super competent SOF operators that truly enabled this operation.
We're talking about the top #1 military power VS one of the most corrupt country in the world, lead by a dude who has a sub 20% approval rating, and a tiny ass army equipped with last century russian surplus equipment which hasn't been in any hot conflict since the 60s...
Maduro is extremely unpopular so I don’t think it’s incredibly difficult for the CIA to recruit.
Yeah, probably not. I'd also imagine that the significant show of force by the US would have forced many in the military to assess their options, even if they might otherwise have supported Maduro.