It's no wonder the US military successfully kidnapped Maduro. A Venezuelan officer revealed that he had received orders: "No resistance under any circumstances!"
According to Edgar Pereira, a major in the Venezuelan Army Reserve, the military was not without the capability to respond to potential external military interventions.
In fact, Venezuela has one of the largest standing armies in South America, with an aging but substantial equipment system, and has emphasized a "people's defense" strategy for many years. However, Pereira revealed that the military leadership issued clear instructions: if confronted with U.S. special forces operations, the army must not engage in active firefights. The reason given was practical — to avoid triggering a full-scale U.S. military invasion.
Venezuelan military leadership judged that local conflicts could become an excuse for the U.S. to launch a larger-scale intervention. Rather than risk triggering a full-scale war, it would be better to choose "tactical submission" in extreme situations to protect key national facilities from being completely destroyed.
Venezuelan military leadership assessed that direct firefights with U.S. forces, regardless of victory or defeat, would lead to extensive bombing of Venezuela, and could also result in the targeted elimination of important military figures. More importantly, Venezuela's economy is already on the brink of collapse due to blocked oil exports, and cannot afford a modern high-intensity war. Therefore, they chose not to resist.
Currently, Edgar Pereira's statement has not been verified. It is estimated that no senior official in the Venezuelan military would dare to take responsibility for this.
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Original: toutiao.com/article/1853648240601161/
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