Rumors Of War

Important Elements Of The Equation Are Beginning To Come Together

Michael Snyder

As we enter the month of November, a large number of critical puzzle pieces are starting to fall into place.  Yesterday, I talked about the civil unrest that anti-Trump groups have planned in Washington DC starting on November 5th.  That is one important element of the equation.  The drama that is unfolding in the Middle East is another important element of the equation.  I will be watching Israel very closely during the weeks ahead.  In this article, I want to talk about the looming conflict with Venezuela and how it relates to other pieces of the puzzle.

The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami Herald, as the U.S. prepares to initiate the next stage of its campaign against the Soles drug cartel.

The planned attacks, also reported by the Wall Street Journal, will seek to destroy military installations used by the drug-trafficking organization the U.S. says is headed by Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro and run by top members of his regime.

But Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is so concerned about the massive buildup of U.S. forces in the region that he is “reaching out to Russia, China and Iran” for help…

Amid a buildup of American forces in the Caribbean, Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro is reaching out to Russia, China and Iran to enhance its worn military capabilities and solicit assistance, requesting defensive radars, aircraft repairs and potentially missiles, according to internal U.S. government documents obtained by The Washington Post.

The requests to Moscow were made in the form of a letter meant for Russian President Vladimir Putin and was intended to be delivered during a visit to the Russian capital by a senior aide this month.

Maduro, according to the documents, also composed a letter to Chinese President Xi Jinping seeking “expanded military cooperation” between their two countries to counter “the escalation between the U.S. and Venezuela.”

This made headlines all over the world when the Washington Post dropped this bombshell on Thursday.

The day before, President Trump announced that he has ordered the Department of War to immediately begin testing nuclear weapons again for the first time in 33 years…

Of course if we begin setting off nukes again, the Russians and the Chinese will inevitably follow suit.

If you doubt this, just consider what Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov just said…

Asked about Trump’s announcement, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov noted the moratorium on nuclear testing and told reporters, “Until now, we were not aware that anyone was testing anything.”

“But I want to recall President Putin’s statement, which has been repeated many times: that, of course, if someone abandons the moratorium, Russia will act accordingly,” he said.

We keep doing things that move us closer to nuclear war.

This has got to stop.

On top of everything else, CNN is reporting that officials at the Pentagon have given the Trump administration “the green light to provide Ukraine with long-range Tomahawk missiles”…

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