⚓️ Operation Southern Spear Now that CSG-12 is on station, along with multiple destroyer squadrons, submarines, an amphibious ready group, and a substantial USAF contingent ... well, I reckon it's time for Trump, Greasy Pete, and the Department of War to shit or get off the pot. They have to do something big to justify this massive deployment of forces, and they have to do it SOON. As in, within hours or a few days at most. They can't just hang out for weeks blowing up little boats with Reaper drones. And, if all they planned on doing was launching a few dozen Tomahawks at various targets in Venezuela, they would not have a carrier strike group and an amphibious ready group in the mix. So, against all my prior expectations, I am left to conclude that the Pentagon is gonna do something ill-advised. In my estimation, it is an inexplicably stupid and highly risk-laden undertaking to try to insert SOFs and Marines. And, notwithstanding the fact that Venezuela is a minor military power, they do possess a handful of potent tools capable of inflicting damage against the US Navy and US aircraft. So let the show begin ...