@nstr_att Do you ever head out to Bull Run / Manassas to run the battlefield trails? The ability to be on so many different trails and landscapes motivates me to get after it and run even when tired.
@KatieDaviscourt Wish they would start using current photos and not one from the past that doesn’t reflect what her current (up to the point of passing) life looked like.
🚨This account from a Venezuelan security guard loyal to Nicolás Maduro is absolutely chilling—and it explains a lot about why the tone across Latin America suddenly changed.
Security Guard: On the day of the operation, we didn't hear anything coming. We were on guard, but suddenly all our radar systems shut down without any explanation. The next thing we saw were drones, a lot of drones, flying over our positions. We didn't know how to react.
Interviewer: So what happened next? How was the main attack?
Security Guard: After those drones appeared, some helicopters arrived, but there were very few. I think barely eight helicopters. From those helicopters, soldiers came down, but a very small number. Maybe twenty men. But those men were technologically very advanced. They didn't look like anything we've fought against before.
Interviewer: And then the battle began?
Security Guard: Yes, but it was a massacre. We were hundreds, but we had no chance. They were shooting with such precision and speed... it seemed like each soldier was firing 300 rounds per minute. We couldn't do anything.
Interviewer: And your own weapons? Didn't they help?
Security Guard: No help at all. Because it wasn't just the weapons. At one point, they launched something—I don't know how to describe it... it was like a very intense sound wave. Suddenly I felt like my head was exploding from the inside. We all started bleeding from the nose. Some were vomiting blood. We fell to the ground, unable to move.
Interviewer: And your comrades? Did they manage to resist?
Security Guard: No, not at all. Those twenty men, without a single casualty, killed hundreds of us. We had no way to compete with their technology, with their weapons. I swear, I've never seen anything like it. We couldn't even stand up after that sonic weapon or whatever it was.
Interviewer: So do you think the rest of the region should think twice before confronting the Americans?
Security Guard: Without a doubt. I'm sending a warning to anyone who thinks they can fight the United States. They have no idea what they're capable of. After what I saw, I never want to be on the other side of that again. They're not to be messed with.
Interviewer: And now that Trump has said Mexico is on the list, do you think the situation will change in Latin America?
Security Guard: Definitely. Everyone is already talking about this. No one wants to go through what we went through. Now everyone thinks twice. What happened here is going to change a lot of things, not just in Venezuela but throughout the region.
@TheLaurenChen@hodgetwins She is (was) no different than all the others you see antagonizing LEOs as someone videos the event.
She was looking for her minute of fame to be on Social Media and the News Networks.
Unfortunately it didn’t pan out like she had envisioned.
@OneBadDude_@Namara18Mc It’s that way for “pick a protest”. People just need to feel good about themselves and assimilate with those who always need to feel good about themselves.
@AVGirl4Life Complaining , looting, blocking of roads / public transportation, thinking illegal immigration isn’t criminal just off the top of my head.
@krassenstein@TheAtlantic It’s called “spillage”. Happens quite often I’m sure due to aggregation of non-classified info to a point of where it becomes classified or just a mistake from SIPR to NIPR. Yes, OPSEC was broken beyond any doubt.
@CalltoActivism Research WW1 and WW2 on how long the two wars were going on before the U.S. joined and events that caused them to. Also there was a financial obligation that went with them joining the war and post war efforts.
@TheFungi669 I feel for them and have empathy however, people loose their jobs every day. Only because it’s political now is everyone being a good neighbor. I wish them the best though in all honesty and hope they bounce back better than before.