A recent InSight report revealed that three of the ELN’s five main fighting divisions operate from Venezuelan territory, using it for logistics, training and cross-border movement
Colombia’s National Liberation Army (ELN) and dissident factions of the former FARC rebel group issued defiant statements following the U.S. military operation in Venezuela that led to the capture of Nicolás Maduro, framing the attack as a violation of regional sovereignty and vowing armed resistance against Washington.
In a statement released by its Eastern War Front, the ELN said that “once again U.S. imperialism violates the national sovereignty of the countries of Our America and the world,” and rejected what it described as a U.S. attack on the “Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.”
The group expressed “solidarity and support for the Venezuelan people and government” and called on Latin American nations to “reject the gringo aggression, defend national sovereignty, and embrace unity and popular resistance,” as Infobae reports.
Those Colombian guerillas have been hiding in the jungle for decades. When the main body of FARC surrendered in 2017, many of them had never seen a smartphone before. They’ve been living the asymmetric warfare life since god knows when, they would prove extremely difficult to root out.
It would be Vietnam all over again.
And Afghanistan. And Iraq.
Except that Venezuela & Colombia are a lot closer to the US and a lot of the US population already speaks Spanish and the fact that a decent portion of the military is Hispanic.
None of that matters.
It does actually, but against an invading army. There are reports of Russian fighters having trouble executing orders because the “enemy” also spoke Russian in some instances of the Ukraine/Russia war.
When there is a common language, the people sent to fight might notice there is more in common between them and the people on the other side than with the people in power that sent them there to die if needed.
Matters to what?
In the context we are talking about.
What do you mean? Those are objective differences. Whats your point?
Hint: the Colombian military speak fluent Spanish and know the territory.
They have really good counterinsurgency units that have been fighting the guerrillas for years, with material and intelligence support from the USA.
They have been unable to destroy the guerrillas. And when the current government tried to end the remaining ones via negotiation, they sprawled again and basically toke control of the Catatumbo department.
If the US military get entangled in that fight, they will lose. After killing a lot of innocent civilians in the process.
If you think that makes all the difference in the world. Good for you. Here’s your reward.
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Oh and uh actually it’s happening in a different year and the uniforms are different so really it’s objectively different to Vietnam after all checkmate
What point do you think youre making here? Everything you listed is a reason it would be tougher for the US than Afghanistan or Vietnam.
Being tougher than Afghanistan or Vietnam was the point I was trying to make. A war in Venezuela or Colombia would be even more of a quagmire than Vietnam.
I missread. My bad.
not exactly, many venezuelans hate venezuela and maduro for displacing millions. hence why they are all voting republicans. its the same with vietnamese people too, very pro-right wing.
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Wow, it’s almost like repeating history causes history to repeat.
“Those who ignore history, are doomed to repeat it” is supposed to be cautionary, but for MAGA, it’s a game plan.
First as tragedy, then as something else, I think
Yep, Trump’s actions are gonna legitimize gangs and guerilleros
Just a reminder that America has not won an armed conflict since WWII, and they have been absolutely savaged by guerilla warfare strategies in multiple conflicts.
Everybody fears the American Military, and they will do a lot of damage when they come to your neighborhood, but ultimately, they can’t get out of their own way.
And even saying they won WWII is generous in itself, they joined the winning side in progress.
its all about just overwhelming with numbers, not that different from russia but with hordes of orcs. theres no strategy in it.
FUNNY HOW the msms suddenly dropped venezuela from the news, the moment the minnesota shooting happen, they need distractions constantly to get away from the epstein files.
Based
How to create terrorists 101
It’s Vietnam 2: Oily Boogaloo
I am expecting them to join ICE, and go to town on MAGA. No better place to attack a titan, than from the insides of the beast.
Sure getting a job with ICE is easy, but how would a bunch of Colombians enter the country and get a work permit in the first place?
When you become ICE, accountability and legality is for everyone else. ICE cosplay is a Temu away.
Buy Trump’s Golden Pass for $5 mill?
This reminds me of SOMETHING, I cant put my finger on it…
Understandable
