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		By: Pat O'Dea		</title>
		<link>https://thedailyblog.co.nz/ben-morgan-initial-thoughts-about-the-us-intervention-in-venezuela/#comment-349668</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pat O'Dea]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 21:13:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#039;I am inspired by the beauty of our weapons, I am inspired by the orange of my skin&#039;,
&#039;First we take Caracas, then we take Greenland&#039; 
(Sung to the tune of &#039;First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin.&#039;)

The top brass at the NZDF must be having a bit of an identity crisis.
The US MoW, or Nato?
The MoW provides more all expenses paid junkets than Nato.
And the buffet is much better at the Pentagon than Nato HQ in Brussels.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8216;I am inspired by the beauty of our weapons, I am inspired by the orange of my skin&#8217;,<br />
&#8216;First we take Caracas, then we take Greenland&#8217;<br />
(Sung to the tune of &#8216;First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin.&#8217;)</p>
<p>The top brass at the NZDF must be having a bit of an identity crisis.<br />
The US MoW, or Nato?<br />
The MoW provides more all expenses paid junkets than Nato.<br />
And the buffet is much better at the Pentagon than Nato HQ in Brussels.</p>
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		By: Pat O'Dea		</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 11:07:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://thedailyblog.co.nz/ben-morgan-initial-thoughts-about-the-us-intervention-in-venezuela/#comment-349650&quot;&gt;Pat O&#039;Dea&lt;/a&gt;.

A personality cult, a fanatic mob, a show trial - What else do you need for an American (MAGA style) cultural revolution?

&lt;i&gt;&quot;It is possible that holding out the possibllity for bail for Flores is a clumsy attempt by the court to pressure Cilia Flores to testify against her husband as condition of her release from custody....&quot;.&lt;/i&gt; P@

Reminds me of the opening scene of the Netflix scifi drama, The 3 Body Problem.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS8c6hLj7uA]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://thedailyblog.co.nz/ben-morgan-initial-thoughts-about-the-us-intervention-in-venezuela/#comment-349650">Pat O&#8217;Dea</a>.</p>
<p>A personality cult, a fanatic mob, a show trial &#8211; What else do you need for an American (MAGA style) cultural revolution?</p>
<p><i>&#8220;It is possible that holding out the possibllity for bail for Flores is a clumsy attempt by the court to pressure Cilia Flores to testify against her husband as condition of her release from custody&#8230;.&#8221;.</i> P@</p>
<p>Reminds me of the opening scene of the Netflix scifi drama, The 3 Body Problem.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS8c6hLj7uA" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS8c6hLj7uA</a></p>
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		By: Pat O'Dea		</title>
		<link>https://thedailyblog.co.nz/ben-morgan-initial-thoughts-about-the-us-intervention-in-venezuela/#comment-349666</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pat O'Dea]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 04:07:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://thedailyblog.co.nz/ben-morgan-initial-thoughts-about-the-us-intervention-in-venezuela/#comment-349658&quot;&gt;Pat O&#039;Dea&lt;/a&gt;.

Another person taking notes, President Zelensky.

Turns out Russian air defence is vulnerable to cyber warfare

Venezuela had Russian supplied air defence systems.

The US first sent in electronic warfare drones which bombarded the airwaves with electronic static which weakened Russian air defence radars, in response the operaters turned up the power, the stronger radar signature allowed US anti-radar missiles to home in on their signals blinding the system and leaving Caracas completely undefended. 
Over 150 US helicopters and aircraft entered Venezuelan airspace completely undetected.

From Google AI
&lt;i&gt;Electronic warfare (EW) drones are unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) equipped todetect, disrupt, or deceive enemy electronic systems (like communications, radar, and GPS) and protect friendly forces, adding a crucial layer to modern electromagnetic spectrum dominance through jamming,&lt;/i&gt; 
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Could the same cyber warfare strategy be effective against the Moscow&#039;s air defences?

I guess we will find out.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://thedailyblog.co.nz/ben-morgan-initial-thoughts-about-the-us-intervention-in-venezuela/#comment-349658">Pat O&#8217;Dea</a>.</p>
<p>Another person taking notes, President Zelensky.</p>
<p>Turns out Russian air defence is vulnerable to cyber warfare</p>
<p>Venezuela had Russian supplied air defence systems.</p>
<p>The US first sent in electronic warfare drones which bombarded the airwaves with electronic static which weakened Russian air defence radars, in response the operaters turned up the power, the stronger radar signature allowed US anti-radar missiles to home in on their signals blinding the system and leaving Caracas completely undefended.<br />
Over 150 US helicopters and aircraft entered Venezuelan airspace completely undetected.</p>
<p>From Google AI<br />
<i>Electronic warfare (EW) drones are unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) equipped todetect, disrupt, or deceive enemy electronic systems (like communications, radar, and GPS) and protect friendly forces, adding a crucial layer to modern electromagnetic spectrum dominance through jamming,</i><br />
.<br />
Could the same cyber warfare strategy be effective against the Moscow&#8217;s air defences?</p>
<p>I guess we will find out.</p>
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		By: John		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 17:11:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Maduro&#039;s courtcase will be paraded like a gladiator trophy as an obscene tv ratings spectacle so Trump can 1) bask his ego in the cult success adulation of his base, 2) attempt spectacle distraction from the epstein files and 3) bait democrats and the left into the trap of supporting a dictator. What would be really funny though is if his legal case backfires.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Maduro&#8217;s courtcase will be paraded like a gladiator trophy as an obscene tv ratings spectacle so Trump can 1) bask his ego in the cult success adulation of his base, 2) attempt spectacle distraction from the epstein files and 3) bait democrats and the left into the trap of supporting a dictator. What would be really funny though is if his legal case backfires.</p>
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		By: John		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 16:42:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://thedailyblog.co.nz/ben-morgan-initial-thoughts-about-the-us-intervention-in-venezuela/#comment-349650&quot;&gt;Pat O&#039;Dea&lt;/a&gt;.

It would be really funny if US prosecutors lost this case on their own soil. But as you imply, the game is likely rigged.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://thedailyblog.co.nz/ben-morgan-initial-thoughts-about-the-us-intervention-in-venezuela/#comment-349650">Pat O&#8217;Dea</a>.</p>
<p>It would be really funny if US prosecutors lost this case on their own soil. But as you imply, the game is likely rigged.</p>
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		By: they call me trinity		</title>
		<link>https://thedailyblog.co.nz/ben-morgan-initial-thoughts-about-the-us-intervention-in-venezuela/#comment-349663</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[they call me trinity]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 09:54:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://thedailyblog.co.nz/ben-morgan-initial-thoughts-about-the-us-intervention-in-venezuela/#comment-349659&quot;&gt;sheep-dog&lt;/a&gt;.

very good. the debasement will continue until moral improves.]]></description>
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<p>very good. the debasement will continue until moral improves.</p>
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		By: Brian		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 08:12:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The US confirms again that it is a mafia state.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The US confirms again that it is a mafia state.</p>
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		By: stand_alone_complex		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[stand_alone_complex]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 08:10:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://thedailyblog.co.nz/ben-morgan-initial-thoughts-about-the-us-intervention-in-venezuela/#comment-349659&quot;&gt;sheep-dog&lt;/a&gt;.

You actually read his post?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://thedailyblog.co.nz/ben-morgan-initial-thoughts-about-the-us-intervention-in-venezuela/#comment-349659">sheep-dog</a>.</p>
<p>You actually read his post?</p>
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		By: Nick J		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nick J]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 05:28:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A definite own goal for the empire. Can they be trusted to transact honestly and openly? So let&#039;s not buy or hold T Bonds or US$s. Let&#039;s settle trade outside of the US system say the Global majority. All I&#039;m seeing is the decline of one empire that refuses to go calmly into the night. Dangerous times for us all.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A definite own goal for the empire. Can they be trusted to transact honestly and openly? So let&#8217;s not buy or hold T Bonds or US$s. Let&#8217;s settle trade outside of the US system say the Global majority. All I&#8217;m seeing is the decline of one empire that refuses to go calmly into the night. Dangerous times for us all.</p>
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		By: sheep-dog		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[sheep-dog]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 04:20:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://thedailyblog.co.nz/ben-morgan-initial-thoughts-about-the-us-intervention-in-venezuela/#comment-349648&quot;&gt;Pat O&#039;Dea&lt;/a&gt;.

Poor old Pat ,,,,, the contradiictions that infest his brain leaves him about as credible as a NATO stooge opposing NATO ......

https://ddgeopolitics.substack.com/p/gaza-to-donbass-how-israel-and-ukraine
&quot;In 2022, an officer of Ukraine’s Azov Regiment, toured Israel after surviving the siege of Mariupol. &quot; ,,,, &quot;In April 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, himself a stalwart ally to the Zionist cause, declared that he envisioned Ukraine becoming “a big Israel.” In doing so, he abandoned the pretense of liberal reform and embraced a future defined by permanent militarization, domestic surveillance, and an ideologically mobilized citizenry. Ukraine, he suggested, would survive not by joining Europe’s post-national dream, only by imitating the ethos of a heavily securitized Middle Eastern state.

Zelenskyy’s statement didn’t emerge in a vacuum. It followed decades of quietly intensifying Ukrainian–Israeli ties, in historical memory, military cooperation, tech integration, and shared narratives of victimhood. But it also exposed a deeper and more disturbing fusion. When the president of a country still reckoning with the legacy of the Holocaust and its own fascist collaborators calls for the building of a “Big Israel,” he is not just invoking a model of defense, he is invoking a model of justified violence, permanent siege, and a long tradition of selective memory, one that both Ukraine and Israel have wielded to reconcile uncomfortable historical alliances of culpability.&quot; .....

.... &quot;This article maps the ideological, military, economic, and cultural architecture of the Ukraine–Israel relationship. From Soviet-era tensions to the post-2014 reconfiguration of alliances, we explore how pragmatic imperatives have forged a new axis of ethno-nationalist power, increasingly central to NATO’s long-term vision of regional dominance.&quot; https://ddgeopolitics.substack.com/p/gaza-to-donbass-how-israel-and-ukraine

In Bed with a Ped? &#124; The West Report    https://youtu.be/NnE6QYmndJs Has the final nail been hammered into the coffin of the Global Rules Based Order?

*sheep-dog , formaly known  and posted as B Awakesky,,,,,,, woof woof  ;)]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://thedailyblog.co.nz/ben-morgan-initial-thoughts-about-the-us-intervention-in-venezuela/#comment-349648">Pat O&#8217;Dea</a>.</p>
<p>Poor old Pat ,,,,, the contradiictions that infest his brain leaves him about as credible as a NATO stooge opposing NATO &#8230;&#8230;</p>
<p><a href="https://ddgeopolitics.substack.com/p/gaza-to-donbass-how-israel-and-ukraine" rel="nofollow ugc">https://ddgeopolitics.substack.com/p/gaza-to-donbass-how-israel-and-ukraine</a><br />
&#8220;In 2022, an officer of Ukraine’s Azov Regiment, toured Israel after surviving the siege of Mariupol. &#8221; ,,,, &#8220;In April 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, himself a stalwart ally to the Zionist cause, declared that he envisioned Ukraine becoming “a big Israel.” In doing so, he abandoned the pretense of liberal reform and embraced a future defined by permanent militarization, domestic surveillance, and an ideologically mobilized citizenry. Ukraine, he suggested, would survive not by joining Europe’s post-national dream, only by imitating the ethos of a heavily securitized Middle Eastern state.</p>
<p>Zelenskyy’s statement didn’t emerge in a vacuum. It followed decades of quietly intensifying Ukrainian–Israeli ties, in historical memory, military cooperation, tech integration, and shared narratives of victimhood. But it also exposed a deeper and more disturbing fusion. When the president of a country still reckoning with the legacy of the Holocaust and its own fascist collaborators calls for the building of a “Big Israel,” he is not just invoking a model of defense, he is invoking a model of justified violence, permanent siege, and a long tradition of selective memory, one that both Ukraine and Israel have wielded to reconcile uncomfortable historical alliances of culpability.&#8221; &#8230;..</p>
<p>&#8230;. &#8220;This article maps the ideological, military, economic, and cultural architecture of the Ukraine–Israel relationship. From Soviet-era tensions to the post-2014 reconfiguration of alliances, we explore how pragmatic imperatives have forged a new axis of ethno-nationalist power, increasingly central to NATO’s long-term vision of regional dominance.&#8221; <a href="https://ddgeopolitics.substack.com/p/gaza-to-donbass-how-israel-and-ukraine" rel="nofollow ugc">https://ddgeopolitics.substack.com/p/gaza-to-donbass-how-israel-and-ukraine</a></p>
<p>In Bed with a Ped? | The West Report    <a href="https://youtu.be/NnE6QYmndJs" rel="nofollow ugc">https://youtu.be/NnE6QYmndJs</a> Has the final nail been hammered into the coffin of the Global Rules Based Order?</p>
<p>*sheep-dog , formaly known  and posted as B Awakesky,,,,,,, woof woof  😉</p>
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