The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier arrived in the Caribbean on Sunday as the U.S. ramps up its presence in the region and weighs action against Venezuela. Former national intelligence officer Fulton Armstrong has more.
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Why war. Come on Ridiculous Oil and gas is the magnet Its not easy to take There are pusshy lalla promting war for free gas . Wow feliz navidad
Trump❤
Maduro is going to spend Christmas in Moscow! 😂
"..andtheopposition…theyrenotreadytogovern….." otro"quitatetupaponermeyo(andcontinuingforgettingChildhood&Youth)"
Mr. Maduro, you have 3 days to leave the country. And take your officers with you.
Good thing China and Russia don't have a Monroe doctrine, because the US is certainly meddling in the eastern hemisphere.
The carrier strike would put terror on the leaders of the country its targeting all over the world…the reason is simple you have 0 defense against smart bombs and missiles….unless you are one of the few nuke countries.
IT seems like if you disagree your a terrorist .What is trump and his little circle with all their war crimes foren and domestic I would say thats terrorist. Venezuela has alot of oil more than most country's
Why is the left so against going after the Cartels?Because it's hitting their pockets thats why. 😂
Putin anti ship hypersonic ballistic missiles are waiting! 👍👍👍🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺👊👊👊
The so called war on drugs was the past.
Now, action is being taken!
Venezuela on a suicide mission lmao 😂 bro tripping, who ever that leader In Venezuela is know he wrong for sending drugs here and not stopping them he finna get a lot people killed because of his ego.
these guy said you dont need a aircraft carrier to stop these speeding boats i laugh here cuz is true
looks like they are going in to get rid of the drugs where they are made and also keeping socialism out of this side of the world.
Yes it's time to get rid of dictator Maduro. He has turned a rich country to a poor country. Many countries in Latin America and Africa are suffering from Dictators who steals every wealth of the people. This time Thump is right.
Stand off munitions and “technology” won’t change a government unless it’s extremely weak. I wouldn’t bet on it
Its moree than drugs…mudero is building weapons with iran…so mudero has to go
Yet another Leftist propaganda piece from CBS "News", aka the Democrat National Commitee. Disgraceful . No balance. No journalistic integrity.
War crime. Nothing else.
man the goofys are making up a lot of stories about minerals and oil.
Venezuela 😢
How nice would it be to have a margarita on top of the ford carrier 😂 be like "oh look at that missile go"
Im not sure about Venezuela it's more Colombia & Mexico. in Colombia coca leaves are legal and they throw it in tea & those leaves can turn into cocaine as well and the FARC is to blame along with some goverment officials too! like i said you never hear much bout Venezuela, maybe they just want to topple him? lol
Aircraft so big it got Maduro shivering his timbers and calling for peace 😂😂😂
Maduro is an usurper of power, he lost the general elections las year, there's an elected President of the country who's in exile, he will form his government when the present regime hopefully falls. If Americans manage to get in the territory they will be received like heroes, that's a fact.
00:02:00 The united states, venezuela, isn't going to spend money on itself training our marines in f-35s on your country for no reason, and the build up of forces with aircraft carriers right off the venezuelan coast for nothing. see that's tax payer dollars at work to come and get you Venezuela!
00:02:34 I disagree. I think we should put boots on the ground in venezuela They need to be occupied and set straight for a little while and get their president narco dictator off of his high horse.
If Maduro truly is the cartel leader the Trump administration claimed he was, then the buildup starts to look more justified. In that framing, we’re not dealing with a scattered criminal network—we’re facing a regime that allegedly operates as a state-backed cartel, complete with access to an air force and a navy. Yes, those capabilities are outdated and vastly inferior to ours, but they’re still real assets that can’t be ignored.
From that perspective, moving an overwhelming force into position isn’t about theatrics; it’s about ensuring any operation would be swift, decisive, and carried out with minimal risk to U.S. personnel. When a government is portrayed as a cartel with national institutions under its control, you prepare for the full range of possible responses, not just the criminal elements.
That’s why the scale of the buildup matters. It acts as a deterrent, limits Maduro’s options, and makes it clear that if the U.S. were to act, it could neutralize both his regime and its military support structure quickly and with minimal collateral damage.
If an aircraft carrier is there that means there is also a world ending submarine close by
thank you mr glasser
Dude doesn't know anything
And the toilets are broken on it! Go figure! It was supposed to be in pristine condition. Now it's beginning to resemble Russian military equipment….something's always broken! Sailors are NOT happy about this!
And how many more billions is this going to cost the taxpayers? All for nothing.