Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen
by int_19h on Sunday January 04, 2026 @09:04PM
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Thank you for the comment. It's a very good illustration of the kind of paranoia that is prevalent among Russians in general and their rulers in particular, and this is exactly why NATO is necessary and Europeans shouldn't assume that feeding Ukraine to the wolves will help in the long run.
Recently there was a terrorist attack on a concert hall in Moscow and about 150 people were killed. The actual attackers were rather simple-minded Tajik people. No way they could plan such an attack themselves. You do realize that there was someone else? "A quiet American"? (Or maybe a British; doesn't matter.) Some timidly looking guy visited that concert hall before that attack, walked around and made notes. He noted, for example, whether the finishing materials were flammable. He did that reconnaissance in several places and finally picked that concert hall. That fellow belongs to a group that does this kind of things. They have something like a list of cases, teaching materials and lectures. You don't see such people in the news; but they surely do exist.
This is how a modern Western invasion looks like.