With
Guaidó rapidly losing momentum and credibility after Tuesday’s
failed coup, López and his U.S. backers may turn on their own if
they think it will benefit or energize their cause or if it could be
used to set the stage for foreign military intervention.
by
Whitney Webb
Part
2 - Guaidó’s utility fading fast
With
López still unable to directly maneuver in the streets, Guaidó’s
continued freedom of movement may continue to make him a valuable
asset to the current efforts to overthrow Venezuela’s Chavista-led
government. However, with Guaidó rapidly losing momentum and
credibility after Tuesday’s failed coup, López and his U.S.
backers may turn on their own if they think it will benefit or
energize their cause or if it could be used to set the stage for
foreign military intervention.
Though
it may seem extreme, the U.S. — and the CIA in particular — have
turned on their assets in Latin America before, with former
Panamanian dictator and long-time CIA asset Manuel Noriega being as
good an example as any. Furthermore, the U.S. has often been led into
wars by “false flag” provocations, such as the now infamous Gulf
of Tonkin incident, which led to increased U.S. intervention in
Vietnam. The CIA, together with the Pentagon, even made plans in the
1960s to conduct terror attacks on U.S. soil in order to justify
military action against Cuba, showing that U.S. intelligence has even
been willing to kill American citizens to justify military
intervention abroad. There are numerous precedents from the CIA’s
past that show that a plan that would see Guaidó become some sort of
“false flag” martyr is hardly a far-fetched scenario.
In
Guaidó’s case, National Security Adviser John Bolton — known for
his marked tendency to favor military action over diplomacy —
previously stated that Guaidó’s “safety must be guaranteed”
and that “any threats or acts against his safe return will be
met with a strong and significant response from the United States and
the international community.”
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