Putin is planning a multi-front attack on The West. Europe will be busy with Ukraine and the USA will be held in place by it's near border wars. North Korea is a direct threat to allies and that might just complete the picture with China a grateful servant to secure it's monetary dominance of the world. Israel is hemmed in by interceptor missiles in Syria.
I suppose one could say that is quite an imagination and my response would be, "You betcha and it is all based in real possibilities."
Impeachment takes a while, although it doesn't have to; so the way to work with Trump still in the Oval Office and move the USA to protect itself and allies, is to bring on former Presidents and their assessments.
Estimates value this at nearly a trillion dollars US. A lot of things come to mind of which money laundering is one, but, weapon systems can be easily purchased for that kind of money.
Trump has to be the most gullible idiot on the planet if he isn't clamping down on Russian activity in the Western Hemisphere.
The Pentagon should be examining satellite data to find out what kind of cargo has been sent to the region lately. Columbia may have the answer and then again with refugees pouring in, Columbia may be overwhelmed to know the particulars of the Russia plan for a near border war with the USA.
30 January 2019
By Daria Litvinova
Russian authorities (click here) have moved to quash suspicions that 20 tonnes of gold are about to be moved from the Venezuela’s national bank to Moscow.
Allegations that a Russian jet which landed in Caracas was due to load an $840 million portion of the country's gold reserves surfaced early on Wednesday.
Venezuela’s opposition-controlled parliament, sidelined by the Maduro regime, said in a tweet that they received information from the Bank of Venezuela that a plane from Moscow arrived to Caracas to “extract at least 20 tons of gold” - 20 per cent of the bank’s holdings.
“We are demanding the Bank [to reveal] details of what is happening. That gold does not belong to Calixto Ortega, [head of the Bank]. It belongs to the Venezuelan people,” the tweet read....
I hate to say I told you so, but, I am telling you. This is more than money laundering, this is a strategic deployment.
Caravan's from the Northern Triad make for an interesting distraction for Trump and Putin evidently.
January 30, 2019
By Madeline Roache
As Washington intensifies its push (click here) to drive Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro from power, Russia's Vladimir Putin has vowed to support his South American "strategic partner" and warned of the "catastrophic" consequences if the United States were to send military assistance to opposition leader Juan Guaido.
When the US called a special United Nations Security Council session on Saturday, focused on the crisis in Venezuela, Russia used the session to warn against foreign intervention in the Latin American nation and accused the US of attempting a "coup".
Russian private military contractors have flown into Venezuela in recent days to increase security for Maduro, according to Reuters news agency.
Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov has denied the reports.
On Friday, Russia offered to mediate between Maduro's "legitimate" government and the opposition if necessary, saying it was ready to cooperate with all political forces that acted responsibly....
Putin is selling weapons to Venezuela. The region has huge issues now. Russia probably wanted to be paid up front, but, there could have been smugglers acting and the payment is coming after the fact delivery took place.
...Pete Duncan, a Russian politics professor at University College London said: "Losing ties with Venezuela would be a huge blow to Russia. Putin will do his utmost to prevent regime change."...
It isn't like Trump won't lay down cover for Putin either, he will. Trump will deny and make a story for the desperate Russian president. This is trouble. Big trouble and Trump doesn't trust USA intelligence. I'll be darn.
The USA needs to remove any doubt about what it will tolerate from Venezuela. An arms build up will destabilize the region.
