Anybody who supports the US attempted coup in Venezuela also supports the Deep State which is provably the enemy of Donald Trump and the American people as well as many peoples all over the world. The United States has a long history of overthrowing foreign governments. Here's a short list:

1. Hawaii (1893): A group of American sugar planters and businessmen, supported by U.S. military forces, overthrew Queen Liliʻuokalani, leading to the annexation of Hawaii by the United States in 1898.

2. Cuba (1898): The U.S. intervened in the Cuban War of Independence against Spain, leading to the Spanish-American War. Following Spain's defeat, the U.S. occupied Cuba and established a protectorate, influencing Cuban politics for decades.

3. Philippines (1898): After defeating Spain, the U.S. took control of the Philippines, leading to the Philippine-American War. The U.S. suppressed a Filipino independence movement, establishing control over the islands.

4. Guatemala (1954): The CIA orchestrated a coup to overthrow President Jacobo Árbenz, who had initiated land reforms affecting the interests of the United Fruit Company. This intervention plunged Guatemala into a prolonged civil war.

5. Iran (1953): The CIA and British intelligence services organized a coup to overthrow Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh after he nationalized the oil industry. The coup restored the Shah to power, leading to decades of authoritarian rule.

6. Chile (1973): The U.S. supported a military coup that overthrew President Salvador Allende, who had pursued socialist policies. General Augusto Pinochet's subsequent dictatorship was marked by widespread human rights abuses.

7. Vietnam (1963): The U.S. supported the coup against South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem, who was seen as an obstacle to American military objectives in the region. His assassination led to the Vietnam War.

8. Panama (1989): The U.S. invaded Panama to depose General Manuel Noriega, who had been involved in drug trafficking and had become increasingly uncooperative with U.S. policies.

9. Afghanistan (2001): Following the 9/11 attacks, the U.S. led a coalition to overthrow the Taliban regime, which had harbored al-Qaeda terrorists. This intervention initiated a prolonged conflict in the region. And, at the end, Afghanistan was returned to the Taliban along with millions of dollars of US equipment.

10. Iraq (2003): The U.S. invaded Iraq, toppling Saddam Hussein's regime under the pretext of eliminating weapons of mass destruction, which were never found. The invasion led to long-term instability in the region and killed well over a million Iraqis.

11. Libya (2011): During the Arab Spring, the U.S. and NATO allies launched a military intervention in Libya to support rebels against Muammar Gaddafi's regime. The intervention led to Gaddafi's overthrow and death, but also resulted in ongoing civil war and instability in Libya which is ongoing.

12. Ukraine (2014): The U.S. supported the Euromaidan protests that led to the ousting of President Viktor Yanukovych. This intervention was part of a broader geopolitical struggle between the West and Russia, contributing to the annexation of Crimea by Russia and the ongoing conflict in Eastern Ukraine and the deaths of probably a million Ukrainians.

These interventions reflect a pattern of U.S. foreign policy driven by greed hidden under a combination of shields that include strategic interests, economic motives, and ideological goals. Note that these interventions have significant and lasting consequences for the affected countries and their populations.

Now, specifically regarding Venezuela, the reader should consult the work of Anya Parampil Journalist @TheGrayzoneNews and author of "Corporate Coup: Venezuela and the End of US Empire."

She wrote the following on X yesterday:

Don't turn off your critical thinking skills just because you have been told Venezuela is "socialist" your whole life. The Venezuelan opposition have claimed fraud and contested virtually every election that they have lost since Chávez came to power. Yet they can never provide evidence, and that is because Venezuela's electoral process is far more secure than what we have in the United States. I describe the voting process in the country, which I have observed firsthand, in my book, Corporate Coup:

"In Venezuela, voting machines were activated through a two-step verification process consisting of a physical check of the voter's national identity card and a digital scan of their fingerprint. After casting their vote, the voter received a physical receipt of their ballot which they then personally dropped in a secure box on site. The voter then signed their name and stamped their thumbprint on a physical electoral registry to certify their participation. When polls closed, authorities assuaged fears of digital vote tampering by checking their final electronic tally against a random sampling of 54 percent of the physical ballot receipts submitted by voters at polling stations."

Citizen and international observers are present throughout this process. Do not fall for claims of fraud unless hard evidence is produced. Especially because further escalation in Venezuela will only result in civil conflict and perhaps even regional war in the Western hemisphere. You think our border looks bad now? Wait until Washington turns up the heat on Caracas. Oh — and the Russian military has strong military ties with Venezuela and a presence within the country. We are not only talking about regional war here, but an expansion of the World War currently raging against Russia and its allied rising powers. Are you ready for that war to hit "Washington's backyard"?

One more point: the vast majority of Venezuela's economy — hotels, restaurants, stores — are privately owned and operated. Venezuela's "socialism" is largely defined by the fact its industries, including its oil sector and precious mineral reserves, are nationally operated. This makes Venezuela comparable to Russia and many other modern states that consider the natural resources stored within the nation to be the property of the Republic rather than a few at the top. Venezuela is an obsession in Washington because before Chávez, US and European companies practically owned the country and the IMF set its domestic economic agenda. Venezuela is home to the largest oil and untapped gold reserves in the world. This is why Americans have been inundated with propaganda about Venezuela since it began the process of asserting sovereign ownership over that natural wealth. That is what their "socialism" is primarily about.

You can, on the other hand, listen to the shills for the Deep State such as Anthony Blinken and Elon Musk. Up to you.

For those intrigued by the covert operations of the CIA and its impact on global politics, L. Fletcher Prouty's "The Secret Team" is a must-read. As a staunch critic of the CIA, Prouty unveils the agency's unchecked influence on international affairs, often operating beyond the oversight of U.S. Congress and government. His works provide a deep dive into the CIA's origins, the Cold War's inception, the infamous U-2 incident, the Vietnam War, and the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

Prouty boldly claimed that JFK's assassination was a coup d'état orchestrated by a secretive global "power elite" determined to protect its interests by any means necessary, even at the expense of democracy. According to Prouty, elements within the U.S. intelligence and military communities conspired to eliminate Kennedy to prevent him from reining in the CIA following the Bay of Pigs fiasco. He pointed to Edward Lansdale, whom he referred to as "General Y" in Oliver Stone's film JFK, as a key orchestrator, even identifying Lansdale in photographs of the so-called "three tramps."

In "The Secret Team," Prouty presents a provocative alternative account of the 1960 U-2 incident, suggesting that anti-communist factions within the U.S. government sabotaged the flight, leading to its downing by Soviet forces. He argued that this was a deliberate ploy to derail the improving U.S.-Soviet relations and scuttle the promising Four Power Paris Summit between Khrushchev and Eisenhower. The fallout from this incident, Prouty contended, was instrumental in collapsing the summit and exacerbating Cold War tensions.

Prouty's work is a compelling exploration of hidden power structures and their far-reaching implications, making it essential reading for anyone interested in the shadowy side of international relations.

See also: Stephen Kinzer's "Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq".

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The Druze (/ˈdruːz/DROOZ;^[19]Arabic: دَرْزِيّ, darzī or دُرْزِيّ durzī, pl. دُرُوز, durūz), who call themselves al-Muwaḥḥidūn (lit. 'the monotheists' or 'the unitarians'),^[20] are an Arab and Arabic-speaking esotericethnoreligious group^{[21][22][23][24]} from West Asia who adhere to the Druze faith, an Abrahamic, monotheistic, syncretic, and ethnic religion whose main tenets assert the unity of God, reincarnation, and the eternity of the soul.^{[25][26][27][28]}

Most Druze religious practices are kept secret.^[29] The Druze do not permit outsiders to convert to their religion. Marriage outside the Druze faith is rare and strongly discouraged. The Druze maintain Arabic language and culture as integral parts of their identity, and Arabic is their primary language.^[30][31]

The Epistles of Wisdom is the foundational and central text of the Druze faith.^[32] The Druze faith originated in Isma'ilism (a branch of Shia Islam),^[33] and was influenced by Christianity,^[34][35]Gnosticism, Neoplatonism,^[34][35]Zoroastrianism,^[36][37]Gandharan Buddhism, Manichaeism^[38][39]Pythagoreanism,^[40][41] and other philosophies and beliefs, creating a distinct and secretive theology based on an esoteric interpretation of scripture, which emphasizes the role of the mind and truthfulness.^[20][41] Druze believe in theophany and reincarnation.^[42]

The Druze believe that at the end of the cycle of rebirth, which is achieved through successive reincarnations, the soul is united with the Cosmic Mind (al-ʻaql al-kullī).^[43]

Some scholars maintain that Israel has tried to separate the Druze from other Arab communities, and that the effort has influenced the way Israel's Druze perceive their modern identity.^[150][151] Survey data suggests that Israeli Druze prioritize their identity first as Druze (religiously), second as Arabs (culturally and ethnically), and third as Israelis (citizenship-wise).^[152] A small minority of them identify as Palestinians, distinguishing them from the majority of other Arab citizens of Israel, who predominantly identify as Palestinians.^[153]

A Tamir missile launched from a nearby position is likely to contain a substantial amount of fuel, as the air defense rocket was designed to fly for around 70 km. This means that the majority of the fuel meant for the missile's flight after take-off detonated and produced the fireball seen in the video.

Despite Israeli assertions of a Hezbollah attack using a Falaq-1 rocket, substantial analysis points towards a malfunctioning Israeli Tamir interceptor missile as the more plausible cause of the explosion. The discrepancies in crater size, the nature of the explosion, and Hezbollah's historical targeting patterns all support this alternative explanation. The true story behind the Majdal Shams explosion remains shrouded, but the evidence presented here offers a compelling case for reconsidering the initial narrative.