John Chuckman
COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE BY EVAN DYER IN CBC NEWS
"A battle over aid in Venezuela - and a border zone primed to explode"
Aid? What goes so often unreported in the mainline press is the way such "aid" is in fact used.
First, the pallets may well contain things other than just legitimate aid.
Second, and very importantly, the guys wanting to bring it into the country likely include American special forces disguised as aid workers. It's a black-op trick the United States has used before.
Only the other day, the International Red Cross, always concerned that it will lose its international credibility through misrepresentation, complained about misuse of its well-known symbol at the site. Some workers around the aid trucks were photographed wearing white t-shirts with big red crosses printed on them, people who in fact have no affiliation with the official Red Cross organization.
It’s a good way to infiltrate some really nasty actors into a country, actors equipped with deadly stuff and ready to assassinate and sabotage.
If you want to see some truth about the “humanitarian crisis” the US keeps announcing, see this where an independent reporter goes to a Venezuelan supermarket. It’s an eye-opener:
https://www.mintpressnews.com/investigating-venezuela-humanitarian-crisis-max-blumenthal-tours-supermarket-caracas/255404/
Please note also, several countries have already sent hundreds of tons of genuine aid to the government.
And, of course, the degree to which any real crisis situations may exist owes its origin to American sanctions and constant attacks on Venezuela’s international trade. Maduro has rightly pointed out that removing the arbitrary and severe American sanctions would be far more helpful to the people of Venezuela than some pallet-loads of bandages and tin cans. But that’s logical, and logic has no place in such dark operations.
Gee, and special thanks to the efforts of Trudeau and Freeland for helping make this all possible.
