Since our politics is just as polarized – and even more vitriolic – than America’s, there gotta be some lessons we can learn from this attempted assassination of ex-Pres Donald Trump. First there’s the dehumanization and demonization of leaders from both sides of the divide. What this does is to make it easier for extreme actions to be taken since one is dealing – by definition – with something evil and malevolent!! Think of the kind of mind that can propose with utter seriousness that “the whole thing was fixed” for Trump to gain popularity!! Who in the world would agree for a shooter 450 yards away to shoot at one’s ear??!!
Even the best sniper in the world, with the best scope in the world and with the most technically advanced instruments to adjust for the wind factor ain’t gonna trust an AR-15 rifle to guarantee the delivery of the most precisely custom-made bullet to a target three cm thick (an ear lobe) and two cm away from a brain!! And he’d entrust the operation to a 20-year old who was thrown out of rifle club in high school- and never received any sniper training ?? And even if he’s willing to do that, Trump wouldn’t be daft enough to go along!! Even if he isn’t a shooter, he’s enough of a golfer to know a thing or two about angles, momentum and ricochets!! While some of the polarized American electorate might retort that Trump doesn’t have a brain and doesn’t have anything to worry about…we know the decision would’ve been Trump’s and HE certainly thinks he’s got a BIG BRAIN!!
Anyhow, we return to some other conundrums raised and are pertinent to Guyana. There’s the big question as to how was the shooter allowed to be on a rooftop – with a clear line of sight to Trump??!! This is basic SoP for any security detail – much less a contingent of supposedly the most highly-trained experts in the world!! As your Eyewitness had pointed out, Trump had a running battle with these security agencies and it’s not too far-fetched to wonder if this lapse was “enemy action”? In Guyana, the Disciplined Forces that provides security for our President and ex-presidents have historically been drawn from one side of our deep political divide.
The last subject your Eyewitness would bring up right now is the reaction of the leaders from both sides to the shooting. To a man, they’re all condemning it and protesting that “this isn’t the way democracy goes about its business”!!! This, of course is the biggest piece of crock – since, even more sickeningly – each side’s blaming the other for the extremism!!
Doesn’t this sound familiar in good, ole Mudland??
…the sanctions on Venezuela
Mad Maduro just announced that Venezuela has achieved the highest oil production since the Yanks slapped them with sanctions in 2019 – for rigging their elections and denying the winning pro-west parties to take over the government. Now this is certainly good news for Mad Maduro as he campaigns for their general elections – scheduled for the 28th of this month. Even though a quarter of the population have fled – and the rest are facing hard guava season – he can claim that with the upswing, happy days will soon be back again!!
So the question is, how come the good news for the Mad Man?? And the answer is it’s all thanks to the same Yanks we’re depending on to save us from Maduro’s clutches!! The announcement was that Venezuela has reached 851000bpd – with PDVSA and CHEVRON currently producing around 200,000 bpd. That’s right….remember sanctions were lifted by the US for Chevron? And let’s not forget that the US has initiated direct talks since July 2nd!!
What gives?
…SouthCom training
SOUTHCOM just conducted an Enhanced Domain Awareness training with the GDF. That’s the hot new concept in modern warfare – involving the four physical domains, sea, air, land, space plus the Electro Magnetic
Spectrum. And Mad Maduro??
