US President Donald Trump, in a bold and dramatic military operation similar to Hollywood movies, openly arrested Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, demonstrating that American power still dominates global geopolitics. Trump’s mission may be complete, but it has left behind a critical question that defence analysts worldwide are now asking.
The question is: why was there zero resistance from Venezuela’s military during the American operation?
To understand the gravity of this question, one must closely examine the operational visuals from Maduro’s ouster.
Footage shows US Air Force strikes on Venezuela’s capital, Caracas, and two other major cities. A careful analysis of these visuals reveals something extraordinary: American aircraft and helicopters were operating at dangerously low altitudes, some appearing to fly just 200 to 250 feet above ground level.
At such low altitude, any jet or helicopter can easily become a target of an air defence system. But that did not happen in Venezuela. Venezuela’s air defence did not offer even the slightest resistance to the US Air Force.
If this attack had taken place on a country like Bhutan or Ireland, it would have been understandable. These countries have armies, but they do not have air defence systems. That is not the case with Venezuela.
So it is important to examine the level of Venezuela’s air defence capability.
Venezuela’s military possesses one of the world’s most advanced air defence systems. It has two battalions of the S-300 system, meaning approximately 12 launchers. In addition, Venezuela has nine Buk air defence systems. It has also received the Pantsir air defence system from Russia. Along with these, Venezuela has short-range air defence systems to target aircraft and drones.
It is impossible that the US military was unaware of Venezuela’s air defence capabilities. Despite having lethal systems like the S-300, American helicopters and attack jets were flying at extremely low altitudes.
This raises a major question.
The question is: was the US attack on Venezuela pre-arranged?
Was there already an understanding that Venezuela’s military would not resist during the American strikes? And was it because of this understanding, or fixing, that the US Air Force carried out deadly attacks while flying so low?
The way Venezuela was attacked without any resistance, and the way Trump’s opponent, Nicolas Maduro, was abducted within just a few hours, further strengthens the suspicion of a pre-arranged deal.
But the bigger question is: if there was fixing, who shook hands with Trump? We will now present the next layer of this theory.
Since the opposition in Venezuela is very weak, the possibility of it striking a deal with Trump is negligible. That leaves only two possible players.
The first is the Venezuelan military, which allegedly did not respond to the US action under a prior agreement.
The second is Nicolas Maduro himself. It is quite possible that Maduro agreed to step down from power and allow a limited military action in exchange for his life.
Suspicion is also being directed at Venezuela’s government and system because of a statement by the Vice President of Venezuela. Instead of issuing a strong response to the US, she only demanded proof that Maduro was alive.
Soon after Maduro was taken into US custody, reports began circulating that anti-Maduro leader Maria Corina could be made the next president.
An attack carried out without resistance within hours, the arrest of a country’s president, and speculation about a new president emerging almost immediately, connect these dots yourself and decide: if this is not fixing, then what is?
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