Originally published at: U.S. Repositions 10 Stealth Fighters Amid Rising Caribbean Tensions - AVweb
Pentagon warns Venezuela after warship buzzed by fighter jets.
So, somewhere there are 10 less F-35s in areas where we face real threats, so we can sink a dingy or two of ‘supposed’ drug runners in international waters. Somewhere, a village is missing its idiot.
Bone spurs recently renamed the the Department of Defense to Department of War. That might be a hint as to where his actions are taking us in regards to Venezuela.
Yea-And by your comment, I think we just found him.
GTF outta here, Tampon Hans, your BS is irrelevant, don’t like Trump, then go out and find your Commie candidate and win an election. Richard Cranium.
Were the boys on the cruiser asleep? Seems like a target of opportunity.
Hey, Copp, adults are talking here. If you can’t act like one, crawl back under the bridge you’ve been trolling.
There are plenty of places where you can scream your whiny offensive political bullshit. Go there and tell somebody who really wants to hear it. We don’t.
So just to recap the main reasons for a military response?
“” Pentagon warns Venezuela after warship buzzed by fighter jets.””
Venezuela threatened a US warship with F16 fighters.
Why? Because US DEA and US Military tracked and verified a Maduro backed Cartel delivery boat was headed for USA to poison USA citizens. That boat got sunk as it should have.
But there is more, A $50 million bounty is posted for the capture of Maduro for which there is a long history of drug and human trafficking into USA and other countries.
Also Maduro is tied to China where Venezuela sells oil to and receives chemicals to make the poison
it sends to USA killing its citizens. China continues its provocative shows of military force threatening
Taiwan and its Pacific neighbors with fly-overs and missile’s launched right over the top of Taiwan.
Maduro is brave enough to buzz a US Warship because he has China backed defense systems. Also I would suspect he was told to buzz the US Warship by China. Why else would a criminal
cartel backer like Maduro have the guts to send jets to buzz a US warship. All that would do is
give USA justification to act in a military response. That is suicide for Maduro. He knows his
game is up and he is caught between two tigers. Maduro is not long for this world no matter
what he does next.
What does the above have to do with all the bad actors meeting in China last week and the USA
renaming Department of Defense to the Department of War during that China hosted event?
A message that for bad actors like Maduro who threaten USA security and plot to kill USA citizens for profit or other motives including threaten world peace. USA position has changed from a posture of defense to a posture of preemptive threat elimination.
So comments about “little” boats and “missing village idiots” only show the readers here how insignificant they themselves are. It makes me feel good that President Trump is ignoring those village idiots and going about the business of the DOW and with the support of the American
people, well the ones that matter anyway..
So just to be clear on who matters and who does not? If you are demonstrating in USA cities when
law and order is restored because you like crime, murder, drug cartels, no cost bail and sanctuary
cities for illegal aliens? Yea if you’re one of those people, you do not matter period!
I’d love to battle wits with you, but I can see you are unarmed.
when I was growing up I had a friend who’s father was US coast guard in charge of drug interdiction off the CA coast. At the time what were called cigarette boats (off shore unlimited racing boats originally sponsored by the major tobacco firms). Thes were used to out run anything the guard had and to land at any coast unload and return to deep water to evade capture. this was the SOP in the caribeann also. this was driven by Mexicos cooperation of closing most small airports in the north of the nation and limiting fuel sales to secure airports which drove the smugglers to the sea. During the 1990s there were several high profile hijacking of luxury yachts in the carib by smugglers killing the owners to use these for transport. THE attached article in Wikipedia gives an overview of the past and current State of affairs. I am anything but a supporter of the current Administration HOWEVER< under the law of the sea the open ocean is open territory. the 200 mile limit of for ECONOMIC use but not considered national terror. The interdiction of contraband is a legitimate use of armed services by convention. With this in mind if you get your ass shot out of the water transporting illegal items ..well too tanned bad. NOW also if you decided as a nation to threaten a warship a war plane a soldier who is performing legitimate task and you get your ass handed to you that is your fault. Venezuela has been supporting drug shipment to the world for decades. That is a crime. the current president is involved in it the international community has condemned this. he is therefore fair game. welcome to what is called realpolitik.Illegal drug trade in Venezuela - Wikipedia
I hope Secretary Hegseth’s wife signed off on this.
TDS got a hold on you Chucky Wucky, too bad it’s not a terminal mental illness, You obviously have “bone spurs” in your brain.
Thanks for the reference to wikipedia on Maduro and drug trafficking history from Venezuela.
I am not a person who debates village idiots, no productive reason for it. Just speak facts
and common sense. The wikipedia page links Maduro to Middle East Terrorists, Iran Nuclear
bomb funding pointing to China as a major partner.
Then this quote of Maduro’s,
“Maduro, for his part, dared Trump to arrest him during a nationally televised speech and warned American leaders not to even attempt such an action, saying it would provoke a response that could also lead to the end of the American empire.”
If you have a brain and care about the United States it is obvious where he gets his confidence from.
China, Iran and Russia refer to USA as the “American Empire” and ending it.
So it is also obvious to me that many readers here do not care about the USA and its continued existence. They are either foreign or traitors. America is the freest nation in the world when it comes to aviation and owning your own airplane. And it is also the freest nation on earth for its citizens to acquire and own the tools to keep it free. Yes America has many problems as do every other nation on earth.
Imagine a world without America?
Can you actually do that and come up with an example which seems possible?
Since this is an aviation focused site for comments lets use an aviation example.
A Japanese bomber pilot who dropped the bomb on USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor
came back to the memorial many years later during the Dec 7th anniversary.
He got down on his knees and wept in front of the crowd and veterans gathered
there. He asked to be forgiven because he killed Americans who later spared his
country from destruction. He also stated later that Japan would not have given
America back to its people after a war like America did to the Japanese people.
This veteran of Pearl Harbor felt so much guilt for taking part in the attempt to
destroy such a Nation and such a people that he did even more. He returned to
the memorial site where he received forgiveness from his enemy combatants
every year until his death. That was his memorial to his new friends who he made
of his previous enemies. I do not remember how many trips he made back to
Pearl Harbor but, that he made such an effort tells me more than words or pictures.
There are many such stories like this from Germany, Holland, France, Italy and
others. Which country or government or people have ever given back the countries
they concurred in total war to their native people? That tells you more about America
and why it has so much global power in our world. It is not just military power.
No, only ignorant people think that way. It is because of how Americans use their
power and mostly how they hold back their power!
Our world is to small for bullies and blackmailers with their fingers on nuclear weapons.
Then bad actors like Maduro can only exist with friends like China, Russia, Iran and
North Korea. If you want a world like that, then move to one of those and do us all a
favor. Keep the experience you are having in your new home to yourself. We are not
interested in hearing about it..
Un-plug the simulator and go fly an airplane, well unless your gov forbids it or it is
only for the privileged there.
Release the Epstein files.
This is an attempt at distraction. Border and Customs Protection have 14 P-3’s to detect smugglers. They are trained for the mission.
Did anyone else see the movie 1997 “Wag the Dog”? A spin-doctor and a Hollywood producer join efforts to fabricate a war in order to cover up a Presidential sex scandal.
AvWeb - the repositioning of military aircraft is a story about military strategy, not general aviation. The result displayed in the comment section is the inevitable nasty vitriol that has gripped the nation. I will stop checking AvWeb if you continue to scrape the internet for any story that has an airplane mentioned in it. If you insist on stories about where military airplanes are being stationed, then start another site for interested readers. So sorry to see AvWeb fall apart like this.
Hey Fred,
I do not think AVweb was ever just about general aviation. What about ultralights?
Lots of USA Military Aviators are Private Pilots, but I might be wrong about that, don’t
they all qualify for civil pilot ratings?
I think the vast majority of readers here would like to know where the boys and girls are
being deployed in the most formidable fighter aircraft every to fly. Oh and about the girls
who fly them. I met a female fighter jock who was an F35 demonstration pilot at KOSH
in 2023. She had less than 20 real solo flights in an F35 before she was promoted to
the Airshow Team in front of the biggest crowd of aviators in the world! Now that is some
very effective simulator training or she is a flying genius. Fred you got to get to Oshkosh!
Without the military there it would not be as good an aviation week, trust me buddy.
AVweb was there and they are Canooks.
But if you are not interested in your Military Pilots, I will warn you to wear ear plugs!
Gee, just make it a full noise canceling headset. See Fred I say your military pilots
because you also said “the inevitable nasty vitriol that has gripped the nation”.
Aviation is about pure science mixed with human factors. Those human factors
are what makes the flying science interesting, also wholly unpredictable in some accidents.
Fred I am glad there are not more accidents to write about. Well, enough to keep you
checking AVweb with satisfaction anyway. When you check, you and I mean you, choose
what to click on. No one is water boarding you into submission with your keyboard.
If you do not want pushback when you write something others may not like or
maybe they would like it, then do not write. If you do, think about what you are
saying to the whole world of aviation. AVweb has an international readership.
Last point Fred, you suggest AVweb start another site. Oh that is humorous.
Do you mean like President Trump did with Truth Social because he got kicked
from Twitter and Youtube? How about this, Ask Elon Musk to buy it and fix it like
he did with Twitter, Oh sorry I mean X.
In both of those examples People were getting canceled and silenced. How does
any of that compare? You are welcome here, I am welcome here, military pilots
and commercial pilots, and future pilots are all welcome here. Actually anyone is
welcome to read AVweb stories here.
Come on Fred,
Hey all, Group hug for Fred….