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  Since the moment the United States captured Venezuela’s president in a military operation, one question has been echoing in many minds: what will China and Russia’s response be? According to informed observers, the very first question for China and Russia is this: where do Venezuela’s vice president, the regime, and the military actually stand? If there were no prior understanding between Venezuela’s regime and the United States, such an operation would seem almost impossible. That is precisely why the world has been shocked by this development. In these circumstances, it becomes unavoidable to consider that some form of understanding must have existed between Washington and the current Venezuelan regime. And if such an understanding was in place, then any practical action by China or Russia in support of Venezuela appears extremely unlikely. However, Trump’s move has certainly handed a justification to both China and Russia — a justification to carry out similar actions against ...

The American military’s police operation in Venezuela has stunned and shocked the world. As a result, people from every school of thought are offering their own interpretations — mostly without seriously reflecting on the actual circumstances and sequence of events. If one examines it carefully, the first major question that arises is: Why was there no resistance whatsoever to this operation? Nor did any strong reaction follow from the Venezuelan regime. The U.S. armed forces never conduct operations of this nature without 100% planning and complete security. In this particular operation, the level of security was so tight that the entire mission was professionally filmed and broadcast to the world. So the question becomes: What was the Venezuelan regime and its military doing at that time? Was the regime truly unaware of the movement and actions of American helicopters — operations that were being openly covered by international media? And today, why did Trump once again abandon the s...