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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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
yes, clearly
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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I wasnt making any point, i was just asking yours. But i guess you dont have one either