Inside the World's Most Spectacularly Failed Coup

In May 2020, American mercenaries and armed Venezuelan rebels attempted a shambolic coup d’etat against the Nicolas Maduro regime. Rather than a glorious victory and toppling a socialist dictator, the planned invasion ended in disaster, deaths, and two ex-Green Berets in captivity in one of that year’s spiciest geopolitical quagmires.
“Operation Gideon,” as it was dubbed by its mastermind and former special forces soldier Jordan Goudreau, drew in a bizarre cast of Trumpworld heavy hitters, the CIA, viral tweets, and a Kraft family heir and was supposed to somehow overthrow the Venezuelan government. Instead, it became an internet laughingstock. But new interviews with mercenaries who were there reveal the backstory is even more complicated than previously thought.
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[@Henkkaassouffle]

“This house is in a strategic position, we can walk to the beach” what a masterplan they had

[@SeaUrchinFilms]

Exactly, it sounds like a pitch from a real estate agent.

[@jameslyddall]

Glory to you and tour house

[@lancetheking7524]

They do be playing call of duty

[@StreetDrilla]

they can walk to the beach!

[@a.d.3606]

Its called audio editing. Play edited audio while having a flow of visuals to distract you. Fake news media, whether left wing or right wing, have used this technique forever now. You can only trust that the audio wasn't spliced if you have a continuous shot of the speaker saying/doing what you're hearing. So when you hear something that sounds a bit ridiculous like this, you can bet it's probably audio splicing.

[@03stmlax]

Wait, did I hear this right... Did the Venezuelan officials go on their national TV and announce they knew of the impending attack/attempt and even give the names of the American mercenaries, and these goons *still* attempted to carry out the mission?

[@dheiyomain6775]

Embarassingly enough... Yes

[@a.d.3606]

The CIA probably has a strict no refund policy.

[@xxjr8axx]

These guys think that Rambo is a documentary.

[@musicguy20]

They wanted the money badly apparently

[@125israel]

They are stupid lol

[@hes_alive]

This makes the attack on the Bay of Pigs look like Operation Overlord.

[@octaviocorreia7784]

😂😂😂😅😁😁🤣🤣🤣☺️☺️☺️😢😢😃😃😃😁🤣😁😅😅😂😂😂😁😁😄🤣

[@albertodelarosa8047]

lmao!!!!!11!!!!

[@prism8289]

If Green Berets got involved in this, it makes you wonder what is being taught to Green Berets.

[@manuelmarquez2514]

😂

[@jameslyddall]

I laughed at this more then I should have

[@jamesmcgarragle8702]

I like how in the Silvercorp guys training video it shows him skillfully avoiding puddles whilst firing a handgun hahah. That's clearly the sort of skills needed to overthrow a government. 'Ending tyranny with dry feet'

[@arighteousname5882]

It's hardly a skill but I get your point.🤣🤣🤣

[@fattyboygreaseball3619]

He barely jumped over that puddle too 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jojosaylor8996]

😭😭😭😭😭😭😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Mirsab]

4:29

[@jakebaba2149]

His avoiding puddles is a great skill in taking over a nation with no dirt and mud on his combat boots.

[@sisu9663]

The lack of self awareness of these guys playing Soldier of Fortune is both frightening and hilarious

[@jjcoola998]

Nice to see after the atrocities they committed under the us flag in the Middle East 😍

[@kazumahaz563]

i miss those memes and the whole world laughing at those clowns XD

[@drakebell6784]

But, you wouldn't say that to their faces ;) internet bravery is cheap

[@fluxcapacitor1621]

Republicans aren't known for intelligence. They love war, not education.

[@getthegoods420]

​@@drakebell6784 why would they say that to their faces?

[@foxtailedcritter]

When you order a coup from wish...

[@djpower8791]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Ur.MomfAg]

SNAP🤣

[@travelwiththeQ]

Lol

[@brucelee-wb7ph]

That was the best!

[@user-uv3li8tk4r]

@Juan Sánchez except that wasn’t an organized coup attempt. Just a bunch of angry rioters. This is what the fbi concluded

[@enigma3383]

What I don’t get is how the green berets thought they’d overthrow a whole government with only 60 guys while not even having the money and resources to equip and take care those 60 guys

[@mattk8810]

Thats literally what Green Berets do in liaison with the CIA. This was a long term happening that fell apart. They had the idea that if they went through with it when they went private and if it worked, the govt/previous investor would help out.

[@chrischong6613]

They were all enlisted green berets which meant they had all the experience working on a small tactical level but not on a large strategic level. They never had to deal with the duties of a high level officer that any successful coup would require.

[@yakuza01]

Just goes to show you how specialized each position is. Look, I don't doubt a lot of these guys are real bad asses but they were just tools that followed precise orders back when they were active. They were not the big picture planning people.

[@Fractured_Unity]

I mean, Maduro is guaranteed to have at least ten times that many as personal security. And this isn’t the 60’s, dictators give their personal troops Western quality equipment. What type of intelligence did they have that they believed this would work?

[@Syn410]

Above everything they should have known how valuable intel was, along with taking the enemy by surprise. When your enemy goes on national tv, ID's your leaders, and shows a diagram of your plan, you have to be an absolute idiot to keep going forward with it

[@PhilLesh69]

Silvercorp is an example of a guy who learned enough stuff during his five to ten year stint in the military to convince himself that he can start up, equip and train an entire military.

[@jakeryan152]

I mean 10 years is a lot

[@beepboopbeepp]

@@jakeryan152 apperantly experience doesnt always mean wisdom

[@jimmy_rizo]

Should've learned something from El Mencho and CJNG militia even though they're cartels but just imagine if they were Mercenaries?!

[@andreslinares6429]

Who told these guys that a corporal could oust an entire regime ?

[@badfoody]

yeah you actually can. but that's combat, things are different when you hit the ground

[@scar3xcr0]

I feel like the people who organized this "coup" just watched season 2 of Jack Ryan and were like "Yeah take over Venezuela! That looked easy we could do that!"

[@Rafi88]

It was a great season.

[@Kemite_Gaming]

pretty much how 18 year olds join the army thinking it be like COD MW but get the real wake up call of high difficulty settings lol

[@falcoperegrantus]

Bill Richardson??? REALLY???? Epstein's Buddy!!!

[@davidsalcido383]

@@falcoperegrantus “And here is Bill Richardson?! Thought he was in North Korea 🇰🇵 with Kim Jong Un building ☢️’s and ICBM’s to destroy Criminal AMERIKKKA with!” ☢️🚀☢️🚀🚀☢️🚀🔥🚀☢️🚀☢️🚀☢️

[@wrex419]

If anything you fell for the propaganda that show reinforces. The coverage of this "coup" is so misleading that it looks like life imitating art. However they are covering with so much misinformation from the pro guaido side comparable to covering climate change like its a 50-50 debate in facts and reality. 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@PASTRAMIKick]

Rendon seems like a guy who would play both sides to enrich himself as a villain in a 007 James Bond flick.

[@perroraton9515]

Rendón's an actual mercenary. He's a publicist known to work for the worst politicians in Latin America and infamous for using hostile attack adds and reusing the same campaigns over and over in different countries. He's a lazy fiend.

[@EnzoLuka21]

He is indeed!

[@Ivanisasi]

Reminds me of that CIA guy from Narcos tbh

[@falcoperegrantus]

Bill Richardson??? REALLY???? Epstein's Buddy!!!

[@blakebrown534]

He's probably helping far right central american leaders kill their citizens in the streets for wanting a better economic situation. I wonder if he had a hand in Bolivia.

[@noway9081]

This is why you shouldn't hire "Florida man" to organize things!

[@Zenwarrior123]

You shouldn't allow any american to "organize" things.

[@ricardoperez8879]

Florida Man or a Trump man

[@bagelchips3213]

You scared to say Trump?

[@raakeshgr397]

@@Zenwarrior123 especially if plan include freedom, liberation and power to people.

[@blackearl7891]

@@raakeshgr397 fuckers got stop by a single fisherman with a revolver.

[@L.CROSS0]

Love how Luke Denman’s brother didn’t want to admit his brother is basically a mercenary. 😂

[@yakuza01]

A 'contractor' lol. Yeah, I am sure he got hired to paint houses ;)

[@Ofasia777]

Remember kids, it's not a crime against humanity if you don't call it mercenary work!

[@jjcoola998]

Lol contracting 🙄🤔😂😭

[@matthewreynolds2384]

Lol private contracting even sounds like the word privateer. Good grief.

[@djcoopes7569]

There is a quantifiable difference though. they're just trying to reinforce the distinction. Private Security Companies are defensive only - they cannot undertake offensive operations, whereas mercenaries can undertake both defensive and offensive operations. The difference between Mercenaries and privateers is that mercenaries are freelance and can be hired by any non-state actor, whereas privateers are hired by an organised government Edit: so in this case Silvercorp SA could be considered privateers

[@Floedekage]

@michele langston I'll sell you a Caps Unlock button, if you need one?

[@ChristopherGray00]

Dictatorship and authoritarianism isn't a crime against humanity? Your logic is completely warped.

[@ChenAnPin]

The best part was that not everyone on the boats had actual weapons, some had just airsoft guns xD

[@matts5247]

They got mixed up whether that day was: “airsoft match with amigos” or “Armed beach assault and subsequent violent coup Hate when that happens

[@matts5247]

Last time that happened to me ended up at bay of pigs with a cap gun

[@crawfordsmith3700]

Is that true ? Airsoft guns ?

[@BillyT886]

@@crawfordsmith3700 Yup. And one had a paintball gun. They thought Venezuela was stupid/weak enough that if they saw “armed” men coming at them, they would just give up, seeings as they knew they were coming and thought America was backing it.

[@ChenAnPin]

@@crawfordsmith3700 they were convinced or deluded to believe that the Venezuelans troops they'd encounter would be so demoralized that they'd surrender or join them. Or, that they local forces would turn tail and run and they could pick new guns along the way. Y'know, like in the video games. The whole idea was dodgy from the start.

[@Johmatri]

When thinking about how poorly this failed, you have to consider that the venezualen navy once lost a fight against a german tourist cruise ship

[@nickhodges221]

Naiguatá (GC-23) vs RCGS Resolute

[@BootoBeneficiary]

According to CNN: “Venezuelan naval boat rams passenger cruise liner, damages itself, sinks”

[@war8036]

Special forces soldiers have never been able to win wars by themselves their role is actually relatively minimal in the grand scheme of things. I guess that “green Beret” training brainwashed him into a big ego🥴 big egos get crushed!

[@techfoolcasey4348]

They get told numbers don't matter. Sometimes, they do.

[@zd1322]

You’re clueless, like most VICE watchers.

[@MargaritaMagdalena]

@@zd1322 Elaborate please?

[@arighteousname5882]

Except these guys weren't soldiers and they were not acting as Green Berets.

[@war8036]

@@zd1322 he can’t elaborate everyone is clueless except for him…

[@Nawabid]

*They knew weeks before the "attempt", IT WAS EVEN ON THE NEWSPAPER 🤣 🤣 THE WHOLE PLAN 😆*

[@osl5686]

But the profit motive and hubris was soo high

[@Nawabid]

@@osl5686 Vice did this whole story an injustice lol this was way more entertaining 😂

[@Nawabid]

@@osl5686 So that guy who was arrested for Drug trafficking, he was at a restaurant in Colombia was bragging about what they were planning, just so happens that there IS AN VENEZUELAIN SECRET SERVICE AGENT LISTENING TO IT ALL LOL at the next table.... SO HE the secret service agent introduces himself and asks him what they were talking about (THIS WAS 2 MONTHS PRIOR LMAO) so our man breaks it all down for him in DETAIL lol The day of the "ATTEMPT" they Venezuela Printed their whole plane on the FRONT PAGE OF THE NEWSPAPER LMAO..................

[@JohnnyXanax]

sources?

[@ChineduOpara]

@@Nawabid ROFLMAO

[@imalatino2]

This first guy is a joke. Speaking about a “duty” to topple dictatorships and what not, saying it from the safety of his 20th floor Miami apartment hahahaha

[@mito88]

the duty to topple a dictator according to venezuela's constitution.... later they realized that there were no laws allowing them to "liberate" the country, after which they decided to rely on foreign participation....

[@NicoleM2108]

I thought the very same thing! Wealthy, greedy wanting more, and bored. Not concerned a BIT for the people. An agitator at best. A fool at worst "I liked him instantly...he had a plan to revamp the military!" Sounds like this guy is playing a fantasy video game.

[@baronnolanvonstraya5743]

As if his living condition invalidates his point

[@drakebell6784]

@@baronnolanvonstraya5743 lots of socialists/commies watch vice, you'll see alot of bias in favor of the Venezuela disaster.

[@tomsriver2838]

I don't know about you but I think it would be hard for a poor commoner living in the slums of Caracas to have the fonding and backing to attempt a coup.

[@hector9586]

I am from Venezuela and saw the title and knew for a fact it was going to be that coup, it's amazing how little they care about the people and more about power struggle, while all the suffering around.

[@scottbeaulieu8192]

Then fight against your dictator if you want the people's suffering to end. Stand up. Stop waiting for US green berets and Para military groups of 50 people to take over your country for you. Stand up for your own freedoms, your own way of life and take back control of your country.

[@hector9586]

@@scottbeaulieu8192 Easier said than done, I never said I wanted some para military group to claim a sovereign country, in fact most people don't know who these people are, they just want a better, honorable life, most of people just wanna live a normal life , for you to claim there are not people trying to have actual freedom, is quite insulting, and even so none of the average person can do a meaningful change only the very few people who has power, or have rose to power will change the destiny, and even so, they will still have interest such as this guy, who probably had good intentions but got blinded by greed, then we have foreign powers who want to claim resources or influence, it's an extremely complex situation, that will take years and a lot of responsibility from leaders and the "just fight for your rights lol" is quite naive. Get a grip on reality.

[@scottbeaulieu8192]

@@hector9586 well, yall did give up your guns and fell for their deception to take control over you. So....those Para military groups are the only ones that will oust your dictator or another legitimate government, and nome of those have come to the rescue as of yet. It's your people's last resort, you can't regain power with forks and spoons.

[@twat3789]

I know this isn’t even remotely the point, but that is an absolutely beautiful petrol bomb throw at 3:38. As an Irishman I’ve got to respect that

[@crazychicken8290]

hows the ira now that muammar gaddafi isn't there to fund em

[@JumboMceal]

Ireland has higher gpd p/c than most of europe. Irland has better security now that it's in the EU compared to the 70s. Tell me how is the UK/torries now that russians aren't funding anti EU propaganda? I heard that france has higher gdp than you nowadays.

[@Jamietheroadrunner]

@@JumboMceal The UK is the first country to self-immolate, through Brexit. India just surpassed the UK’s GDP. Poland is also expected to pass the UK in the next 3 years. Brexit was the final nail in the coffin of a once great empire.

[@tjbellah349]

The “I” in “IED” stands for Irish, not improvised.

[@sebastianguerrero6617]

The guy who helped try to start a coup is a weeb, look at those samurai katanas he has

[@mikeyorkav4039]

Fascists gunna weeb

[@MikoyanGurevichMiG21]

Explains a lot of the incompetence.

[@felixsaenz4586]

Hey, don't put us in the same sack,

[@ciro8861]

"most of the time i wake up and think we will eventually succeed." he's been at this for 23 years, and he's not dead or in jail, he's clearly not a regular citizen.

[@nobitanobi8888]

@@kyleb9719 KFC?

[@justberichofficial]

@@kyleb9719 LGBTQIA+?

[@yordygarcia1242]

he lives in Miami not Venezuela. Although he could be an informant and that's why he's not touched? playing both sides and one more than the other

[@JoeyTx90]

@@yordygarcia1242 yup :)

[@NeostormXLMAX]

Hes a cia asset lmao, literally cia trying to destabilize the country

[@noneofyourbusiness3288]

America still respecting the sovereignty of south-American nations as much as during the cold war. Very nice. also: I love the loaded language. The insurgence "languish" in Venezuelan prisons. A word they would never use for somebody in a US prison or black site.

[@user-tr4zq5zr8n]

I dont mind if America disrespects the "sovereignty" of my country. Venezuela's government is not respected by it's own people and the government doesn't respect us either.

[@GDawg2K2]

Not a word on the 20+ years of sanctions.. Assassination attempts, denial of Drugs, Food, Oil, .... Its SiegeWarfare at the hands of the same mob that butchered millions on other lies of WMD, funded Isis, corrupted the OPCW to lie about Chem attacks, then murdered even more! With a population that refuses to demand accountability for Crimes Against Humanity in their name! And its all sold by the lijes of these swine!

[@BurgundyTint]

There’s a videos online of Venezuelan prisoners force feeding another inmate his own severed fingers. But I feel where you’re coming from.

[@fuckbankers]

Free Assange

[@noneofyourbusiness3288]

@@fuckbankers yes. I just read an article today even in a "left wing" newspaper, which does advocate for his freedom, but they had to bring up his "questionable agenda" and that "he is an activist not a journalist" and "he helped Trump, because Russia emails". I fucking hate it. These pointless smears and personal attacks all the fucking time.

[@kurt6469]

To make the training more realistic, when they fired the wooden guns they yelled, "PLEK KEK KEK KEK!"

[@morqesahar]

Pot calling the kettle black, some guy who uses mercs with the approval of the State Department calling a sovereign nation a criminal enterprise.

[@chaosXP3RT]

He's not wrong though. Both things are true

[@sownheard]

@@chaosXP3RT no he is wrong

[@osl5686]

The Pot is always found in writing when u do *CTRL + F* "regime"

[@nathanlevesque7812]

@@chaosXP3RT more of a criminal enterprise than your government?

[@Hideyoshi1991]

@@sownheard that's exactly what's meant by pot calling the kettle black. It literally means both are shite

[@blackpuppy5645]

The stay calm guy was the informant. Staying calm doesn’t free you from the army being an informant does

[@Snagabott]

Nah, I doubt it tbh. I don't think he would want to talk if he was an informant. He didn't say he was captured, he said he stayed calm (I suspect he meant stayed still to avoid detection) after he had got off the boat and was on foot in the mountains. The Americans attempted to stay in the boat and pretend to be fishermen, but the military saw through it and captured them. Just imagine... you've just heard that the op is blown and the other boat is down. What would you do in that situation? The option of trekking through the mountains for weeks - possibly without the right equipment and the army hot on your trail - isn't particularly appealing. I could understand why just pretending to pass off as fishermen might seem like a valid choice. In hindsight it wasn't - but that might just be because the military knew what boats to look for.

[@chrispaat8299]

da

[@calvinware7957]

@@kyleb9719 it's too bad there is literally nothing to eat or drink in the mountains. Definitely not a fruit growing region of the world with any edible wild animals

[@TheBaldOne]

100%

[@monitorunal4903]

@@Snagabott it is not, I am Colombian and those guys do not look like your average fisherman mate, not to mention they did not speak Spanish or had a horrible American accent (probably). so... Pretty dumb if you ask me, I would go for the mountains

[@judastadeu5081]

This is what happens when you play FarCry and take It 2 seriously.

[@jameslyddall]

Lol lol as I’m playing far cry right now I laughed so hard at this

[@user-ue8il6jx3b]

Pretty sure that’s what happened to the Batista regime. Good riddance

[@teddynugz]

Imagine thinking the Trump administration had your back with anything ever lol

[@octaviolopezsr.4700]

They forgot in this "game" you don't get second chances (or extra lives) and Rambo will not save you.

[@Farhan917]

Lol

[@Praisethesunson]

They were hoping if they got a high enough kill streak they could call in an airstrike.

[@Praisethesunson]

@Legbaa Daniels Your feelings are correct

[@majun26]

This was so stupid that its impossible to believe Pompeo wasn't involved

[@jjcoola998]

You can tell this guy is either smart or has relatives in the state department LOL because she’s right

[@nyalih929]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@omeyehead7436]

No doubt.

[@marlostanly6650]

😮😁

[@ChineduOpara]

Hahahaah

[@sugadaddy7050]

OK, first off.... Just because you may have participated in a (special) military unit or operation DOES NOT MEAN that you are qualified to organize one. Especially one like this. Special Forces, Seal or Ranger, it doesn't matter. There are guys at the top (Admirals/ Generals) who put the plan together and lower ranked Captains and Sergeants that implement them. People need to stop thinking that EVERY SEAL or SPECIAL FORCES guy is Rambo. They're not. They might be great warfighters, but that does not mean they are great war planners. Hell, the official was on Venezuelan tv going over the entire plan weeks before the invasion. This is some Keystone Cop crap right here...

[@yakuza01]

yeah, pretty much this. As much of badasses as they might be, they are tools (the literal sense) that follow precise instructions from somebody much higher up who actually has expertise in seeing the big picture and planning.

[@PabloVelasco-hr3ko]

@@yakuza01 we die without supply. Assholes couldnt even get enough food for their training. How the hell would they get enough bullets and bandages to support a Insurgency? Those giant idiots were planning to run this thing like a invasion with only 20 men?

[@NoaManic]

Still pretty funny to me how they decided to follow through on the operation despite the fact everyone could see it was completely falling apart

[@NeostormXLMAX]

Amerimutts need to save face

[@seraph5765]

How can Juan Guaidó claim to be against socialism when he is so publicly owned?

[@mattroberts86]

Because socialism is one of the buzzwords used by America to describe democratically elected leaders that need to be eliminated in order to plunder their country. There was also a failed coup attempt in Venezuela during the the Bush Jr. administration. The public rioted in the streets for four days, booted out the installed puppet and put the guy they voted for back in power, Chavez.

[@ivario]

@@mattroberts86 Socialism is a buzzword, but trying to whitewash abuses of the Maduro regime is equally bad.

[@mattroberts86]

@@ivario Nobody even mentioned Maduro. But thanks for the random advice? Voters picked Maduro. Oil corporations and their political hacks paid people to lie, steal and kill to get Maduro out of office. So Maduro did something that the greedy, slanderous murderous control freaks of the world don't like. So i give Maduro the benefit of the doubt.

[@ivario]

@@mattroberts86 Your naivete in assuming that the PSUV regime didn't employ authoritarian methods (packing courts and the election commission, bypassing a freely elected opposition congress by creating their own, motorcycle thug gangs involved in assault and killings etc) is something. But no, it's all corporations, the CIA, Soros etc, of course.

[@mattroberts86]

@@ivario oh you butted in with your judgemental attitude because the axe you have to grind is to make excuses for why the murderous thieves just had to do it and that the public opinion was wrong, but you are right. You are a tool as well, crying "the election was stolen". The foreign government and international corporations were just there to help everyone, right? Help make sure the right guy is in office when the public makes mistakes? Is that how you sell your BS to yourself?

[@grizcuz]

I get the impression that even if this coup had been successful. A few people would have become very wealthy, but for the vast majority of average Venezuelans, nothing much would change except who the president was. Beware Yanks bearing 'democratic' gifts, especially if your country is oil rich.

[@darrenbutler9819]

exactly, nothing more then trying to put a US oil Puppet in Venezuela.

[@yakub3962]

What else does the crystal ball said?

[@alienvomitsex]

probably would be worse for the average Venezuelans as well to have their natural resources looted.

[@arturofernandez4874]

then it would be identical to how it is now lmao

[@DustinShort]

Replacing authoritarian socialism with crony capitalism is at best a lateral movement. The only sliver of positivity would be if the US dropped sanctions. That would go a considerable way towards improving the lives of everyday people, but the US won't do that until they have secured access to Venezuela's oil reserves.

[@Tesla_ofthe_Skies]

The dude with the Nickname “The Owl” actually looked like a damn owl lmao

[@merrickf750]

Sigh...this is hard for me to watch. Having a family member who's a Veteran that served in a tier 1 unit up until a few years ago, the constant "selling" to "go private" aka become a contractor has been nonstop from his friends who've made the switch as well as corporate people who have absolutely no business operating in their world. They're like car salesmen IMO...selling you on making great pay without the threat of command over your head. Don't mind WHO you're "helping"...just keep your head down, stay strapped and vested, and keep your eyes on the money and not the field.

[@Bread-nx9fo]

maybe don't try to coup a government with like a handful of guys lol

[@reggie8370]

Even thousands. Jan 6 fail

[@jeffreysousa1104]

Cuba has entered the chat

[@inigobantok1579]

Angola Siam and Tanzania entered the chat

[@concerningvenezuela]

The Regime needed a coup and these guys fit the bill while providing no realistic threat to the Regime.

[@lsarenkir]

@@jeffreysousa1104 you missed the entire civil war inbetween the handful of guys and the fall of Batista

[@rockymtndrone]

The CIA seems like it’s been having a hard time lately. Maybe it needs to talk to someone?

[@somedatussr4323]

The KGB.

[@moppypuppy781]

The CIA has been failing continuously since its inception, in the few times it succeeds it eventually backfires _spectacularly_ years later.

[@Mobbbyyy]

that's because the CIA has lowered down their standard to adapt to the mindset of this generation.

[@jimdaniel5566]

@@Mobbbyyy if today's generation is less apt to train and fund rightwing deathsquads to overthrow democratically elected governments...I'm okay with that. So far it seems like the cold war generation can't stop fucking up

[@wrex419]

@@jimdaniel5566 💯truth

[@chrsmcfrln]

I dunno, the failed 1971 Coup in Morocco takes some beating for shear incompetence. After successfully surrounding King Hassan’s garden party and ordering everyone to lie on the ground, the coup leader, General Medbough called out the names of ministers one by one at which time the soldiers shot them down. When he called out a name that a guest also had, 2 people stood up. Medbough stepped forward to identify the correct one and got killed in the crossfire. Coup over. And Hassan hadn’t shown up yet.

[@cfv7461]

Do you have a source for that? i looked it up but can't seem to find any mention of that incident.

[@usernamesta3334]

@@cfv7461 without a doupt he just made it up 🤣

[@BagelBoy97]

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_Moroccan_coup_attempt

[@forgetaboutit192]

"not an ideal development for a clandestine coup attempt" 😂😂

[@jtr7377]

That 90% estimate seems a bit too optimistic

[@FM_Official_2012]

More like Extremely unrealistic

[@jtr7377]

@@FM_Official_2012 Yeah, that seems more accurate.

[@tombesson7293]

87% of statistics are made up on the spot.

[@3TYKX]

A coup ending in a legal battle sounds like the Trump brand.

[@jonathanbalderas1722]

Except it was all a ploy from your precious liberal Nancy Pelosi, in a recent video by the New York times "Nancy Pelosi Responds to Covid Accusations": kzbin.info/www/bejne/pKu0fa1uhsisp7M You can see it was all planned and you were used...

[@osl5686]

Was proper payment skipped?!🤗

[@aminulhussain2277]

@@jonathanbalderas1722 It's funny seeing the alt-right try to fight the centre-right.

[@Nawabid]

LET ME PUT IT THIS WAY.... HE WAS INVOLVED. Don't ask me how I know, but trust me....

[@Nawabid]

and you didn't hear a 20% of all that went down lol

[@Riyaz__]

3:37 That's an incredible, accurate throw.

[@robertturni2845]

This was so poorly organised I find it difficult to believe the CIA wasn't involved.

[@majormoolah5056]

A proud tale of American can-do spirit :P

[@jjcoola998]

A true “job creator” 😂

[@majormoolah5056]

@@jjcoola998 Jordan Goudreau is self-employed for sure :D

[@urbanmasque]

At this point who is doubting they were bad actors abroad. Whether they were doing this with the backing of the government or not they committed a crime in that country and faced their judicial system.

[@jonasbaine3538]

Guido had an epic braveheart battle speech and got squashed like minions lol

[@inferno0020]

when i heard of people saying that America needs to have an American Foreign Legion in the Middle East, I just said "good luck; just look at the Silver Corps"

[@cookiemonster6816]

Interviewer: "Mercenary work" The brother: Contracting, sure. Ahh, the delusions of an American mind.

[@IllDrowsy]

Atleast half of America knows what gender is.

[@naltun4702]

I don't think the brother was being delusional, but trying to downplay the severity of what his brother did. I don't blame him, he was put on the spot. His brother definitely understands that the guy is/was a mercenary.

[@baronnolanvonstraya5743]

It’s because “Mercenary” work is internationally Illegal. Military Contracting though isn’t. He’s just using the legal term.

[@raymaster]

someone is confusing the american people with the government ... just like the ccp is NOT the chinese people.

[@matthewreynolds2384]

"we aren't pirates, we are privateers sanctioned by queen Elizabeth, who denies all involvement with our operations"

[@nobodyherepal3292]

Angry cops did a great break down of this stunt. If you watch that, you’ll get an idea just how poorly thought out and executed this “operation” was.

[@TheDrLeviathan]

You know where to find it? Or is the channel called Angry Cops?

[@jaimedelgado7529]

@@TheDrLeviathan it might be this kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZW7qYWppc9gkKM

[@TheDrLeviathan]

@@jaimedelgado7529 yup, that's the one. Much thanks

[@moppypuppy781]

They would have been better off just going for it from the start. Not that they would succeed, it would still fail but perhaps not as miserably.

[@concerningvenezuela]

@@jaimedelgado7529 Here's another one kzbin.info/www/bejne/gXuQi3aIeLiBgKc.

[@ayo8479]

when you order "coup package" from Craigslist

[@MatteoPrezioso]

4:20 "Ok perfect, Now that we finally got the one-arm, trigger happy mercenary we're all set to overthrow a foreign government."

[@cookiemonster6816]

The way he says "Operation Gideon" at times, has me thinking he's saying "Operation get-it-on"

[@mastersonogashira1796]

So the man publicly admit a crime he’s been committing for 20 years. What’s wrong with our moral these days

[@mikeyorkav4039]

Hes anti-vommunist so its ok. He can commit mass mirder just like the american government as long as it coincides with the interest of the capitalist fat cats. ...strangely enough...Venezuela isnt communist. Right-wingers are dumb

[@normanarmslave5144]

@@mikeyorkav4039 not communist because it doesnt fit into your magical idea about communism. LOL.

[@mikeyorkav4039]

@@normanarmslave5144 70% of businesses are privately owned. They nationalized oul and put all their eggs in one basket then got sanctioned by the usa. By that logic, norway is communist.

[@tomsriver2838]

I mean unless you're a troll or part of the Venezuelan ruling cercle, we can all agree that Maduro needs to go. Now the question is: how do you do that ? Through elections ? IMPOSSIBLE. So what are the other options left ?

[@normanarmslave5144]

@@mikeyorkav4039 ooooooh. you mean the "privately owned" members of Maduro's political party PSUV right? by that logic of yours, china is capitalist.

[@03stmlax]

4:20 | The mercenary's with just one arm are always the most effective, as the enemy never suspects a thing

[@felixsaenz4586]

Apart of the poor planing on this , the venezuelan guy who escape from justice "remaining calm" doesn't convince me, I think he is an inside man.

[@misslabellekitty1298]

How sad...it's like this man who ordered the coup hasn't looked at other examples within the Caribbean and South America where the US meddled... like... people out here in these countries really think their misery is from pure coincidence or random occurrences? Like...Venezuela lost all their fiscal autonomy after their dollarization process. The U.S. and Saudi Arabia didn't like the Petro Carive accord ensuring Venezuela becoming a viable alternative partner in petrol sales - making them their biggest competitor . Like.... it's sad that some people within the country didn't give a damn and still turned to Western powers for "help." Whew.

[@chaosXP3RT]

Venezuela invested everything into its state-owned petroleum companies and when the US sanctioned it's government, they descended into poverty. Now Maduro lies to his people and lies about the US. He cheers every time an American is killed. Simple as that.

[@darrenbutler9819]

@@chaosXP3RT what lies about the US does he tell

[@pamelaporter4750]

@@chaosXP3RT, and so many Americans are bewildered every time a large group of people arrive at the US border. What have we done to cause this?

[@concerningvenezuela]

@@darrenbutler9819 The Regime a few years back had a habit of releasing fanciful stories about the US doing this that or the other. They even quoted an inside source. Problem is they named the source. Continued to name the same guy even outlining his background, except his backstory continually changed. Sometimes he worked for the CIA, the DEA, the FBI, sometimes he was on the staff of a senator, sometimes the state department. The evidence often included photos of the offenders caught in the act, that is until someone would point out it was a copy and paste from Wikipedia, they would then immediately remove the photographic evidence".

[@DaemonJax]

It's not an accident.

[@gawayategulle6272]

Nice documentary, many thanks. I thought however that you could have done much better trying to conceal the people you are clearly trying to conceal. A close look at any of them will reveal who they are to those who know them well.

[@cardboardu6019]

I would imagine, as a non-expert, that tweeting about your coup is frowned upon during the coup.

[@SkraLord]

So all the masterminds are living well and the soldiers that carried it out are all dead or in jail...

[@kingcarlos7048]

story of life

[@DaemonJax]

All by design. Coup plotters rarely see justice.

[@ianbarker219]

"All of this military mercenary work is like waving an exciting carrot or apple in front of my horse's face, and all the while, my beautiful horse, not even knowing why or how or where we are going or both doing...doesn't mind at all, if the fruit is part of the deal..."

[@DaKingisDead]

Sure as shootin...🐎💩

[@Kebston]

This was an attempted kidnapping for a US bounty. Period. To call this a coup attempt is pure glamorization.

[@mattroberts86]

What do you call it when lies and violence are used to remove an elected person from office and put an unelected tool of the oligarchy in their place?

[@TheZachary86]

The coup was the ultimate goal, what do you think would happen once the leader is kidnapped and sent to the US? There would be a power vacuum.

[@robbklobb6501]

100%

[@markduran2141]

The way the Venezuelan official spelled the names had me rolling 🤣

[@keytondaniels]

Someone hasn't talked to Turkey. I feel like turkey has like 3 of the top 5 most spectacularly failed coup

[@sunydee49]

Lmfao 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@YassinePineapple]

Lmao not so long ago aswell 😂 i dont like erdogan but a CIA backed Gulen doesnt sound like music to my ears either

[@smokyondagrass2353]

How is this guy not like in jail

[@rc59191]

Because we need more anti communists on our side.

[@f-86zoomer37]

@@rc59191 You mean CIA operatives. If you call yourself an America First conservative, how can you even for a moment side with the CIA.

[@rc59191]

@@f-86zoomer37 I'm not a conservative I'm a Constitutionalist and political moderate. I'd be perfectly happy with disbanding the CIA, DEA, and ATF.

[@f-86zoomer37]

@@rc59191 Good. Then be consistent and stop supporting obvious CIA regime change operations. Venezuela being socialist or not doesn't affect the lives of any regular American.

[@dathguy556]

@@f-86zoomer37 yea, have some ideological consistency.

[@atang1706]

So they're saying that people who play airsoft, had better training equipment than these poor souls... Got it, makes sense why this was a BIG F.

[@davidvincenthuffman]

Haha @ 4:30 the "green beret" almost killed himself rolling that ankle showing off 🤣 a damn puddle almost took my guy out hahahaha

[@johnsmith-so5do]

Go lookup how much oil Venezuela has, and tell me how this wasn’t about that..

[@nealteitelbaum8660]

SO?

[@davidsalcido383]

“AmeriKKKa the EVIL go to 🔥Hell🔥!!! 🦍🇺🇸🦇💀🇺🇸🔥💀

[@Guapo10292]

Yeah obviously u need money to pay for coup, they clearly say in the vid that his 200 million payment was backed by the country’s oil. Ur acting like u just figured everything out lmao, maybe just a bunch of dipshits got together and failed a coup. It’s happened dozens of times

[@binah7744]

Sees the title: The Venezuela thing? Sees the description: yup

[@dertythegrower]

Vice has to do one on the recent assasination of the Haiti president set up by a supposed international coup (confirmed by Bolivia president recently as a double confirmed).. Vice, also cover how the Amish people in my town are now hostages to Haiti gangs after going to their town to help bring peace and aid to Haiti from Michigan (big report locally and nationally now on your sister-station ABC News owned also by Disney)

[@marcusherbold993]

4:20 Dude shooting with one arm!!! You know he’s a badass.

[@pyrho1]

A 1-minute long unskippable ad? Really KZbin? Lame.

[@raiden233]

You guys know that if Venezuela did not have the second largest underground oil reserve in the world, no one would have the remotest interest in the country right? Correction: The Largest Oil Reserve

[@allancrow134]

You guys know that the Koch brothers have a heavy oil refinery in Louisiana and would really like to get their hands on Venezuela's heavy oil. Gee, I wonder if the US sanctions and efforts to overthrow Maduro are related?

[@willtb6131]

Literally. No one gives two shits about the Colombian people's oppression under dictatorship, or the Brazilian governments fascism. These countries are firmly in American hands thats why. Overthrow Maduro, and you just get the same but Yankee Maduro instead

[@letsburn00]

Give it 10-15 years. Venezuela and most of the middle East will be utterly irrelevant for most of the west. Oil is having the one last go it was on its way to having before Covid, then it'll slowly fade out as a fuel except for shipping and airplanes over the next 40 years. The money will run out way before that. I still think half these countries will still be run as dictatorships though. There will just be less bling on the leaders.

[@thesayxx]

@@letsburn00 You know shipping and planes use the vast majority of oil right? the fuel cars use is a drop in the ocean compared to industry.

[@GeraldoluizAprendiz]

the major buyer of their oil is the USA. US need it and they need the dollar

[@MaximBady]

All these people seem to be greedy father frackers

[@tariqazizsofi7875]

Not many seem to recognise you here.

[@hafizhaniff4429]

Yalaaaa

[@fluxcapacitor1621]

Republicans.

[@NeostormXLMAX]

Damn 2 million subs

[@jaypr719]

Me, a Venezuelan: Hum, this is going to be a fun video to watch

[@joelfelicianovelez9670]

63 men vs an entire army, police and any other security agency.

[@Jake-fm5oe]

Bruh, was this dude training, stepping around a puddle 😭😭😭😭

[@kidthump]

I thought they were going to talk about Jan. 6th

[@christopheboucher3737]

Vice is back baby!

[@mortenrobinson5421]

Vice News 2022: Inside the World's Most Spectacularly Failed Coup 🤯 Prigozhin 2023: 😏Hold my vodka 🍹

[@rockymtndrone]

US Government: *meddles in Venezuela* Venezuela: *suffers* Conservatives: socialism is when Venezuela

[@theyeening]

Lmao, that's literally the situation.

[@chaosXP3RT]

The US hasn't don't anything in Venezuela other than sanction the government. Venezuela suffers because 90% of it's income is invested in it's state-owned oil companies.

[@darrenbutler9819]

@@chaosXP3RT and that Maduro his allies and the Military control the wealth, sounds capitalist to me.

[@serjthereturn]

@@chaosXP3RT erm apart from all the coups and economic warfare

[@Adam-xe5xm]

@@chaosXP3RT so Venezuela is very dependant on state oil for its economy. The US, one of the largest consumers of Oil itw, sanctions them harming their economy making a bad situation worse Also the US - Look communism bad. does that sum it up better?

[@phunkracy]

Starting the doc with literal right wing mercenaries, that's going to be good

[@Lemurai]

🤔… Shall we try left wing mercenaries next time?

[@phunkracy]

@@Lemurai yeah, left wing soldiers subordinate to big banks and capital. Those definetly exist and you're not just a hollow talking head.

[@Sleexb]

@@phunkracy big boss and the diamond dogs actually

[@goofygrandpa69]

Or we try soldiers with no political affiliation. Just cold blooded killers.

[@yeedbottomtext7563]

@@phunkracy ironically they do serve big banks these days hence the corporate pandering do LGBT and diversity initiatives

[@snazzysailor]

Excellent reporting

[@lisakeitel3957]

Advice: you need mercenaries when you don't have the people's support.

[@hayaglamazonluxe]

🎯

[@robertwillis6217]

You really should counter his lies a little more strongly. It is not journalism when you give his lies equal weight to the truth.

[@brandonfitzgerald8705]

it’s not journalism unless it has your particular bias?

[@agentpiggles6685]

Ironic you’re enforcing bias in media

[@robertwillis6217]

@@brandonfitzgerald8705 It is not journalism if it allows lies to carry the same weight as truth. But you knew that, you just want to pretend it is everyone else.

[@robertwillis6217]

@@agentpiggles6685 Yes, a bias for the truth. I want truth in journalism, not a platform for lies to go unchallenged.

[@adamjones3818]

@@agentpiggles6685 don’t they have the bias of CIA backing though

[@FM_Official_2012]

The failed Coup attempt against Chaves in 2002 was wayyyy more extreme. Vice should do a video on that. "The war on Democracy" by John Pilger is also an awesome video to watch about Venezuelan Coup Attempts

[@coolhand1377]

Man I wish I lived in a country that immediately jails people after failing a coup 🙄

[@Leemacht]

Me: Mom, I want to see Bay of Pigs. Mom: We have Bay of Pigs at home. Bay of Pigs at home:

[@nobodyherepal3292]

That guy on the far-left at 4:20 is firing a rifle with one arm amputated.

[@bigdog517]

Was just a flesh wound What a badass

[@timg3584]

Lol thought I was the only one who saw that

[@clockworkcrew8012]

The perfect timestamp

[@dillionsims]

How my beer.

[@robison87]

I thought I saw he only had one arm, but wasn't totally sure.

[@global.agsecuritycommunication]

Overthrowing a government is not a private military contract. The difference between mercenary and private defence contractor is that the contractor is there to defend as the name says. Meaning passive support and security tasks - in contrast to active combat and conquest.

[@Fray2221]

Why does the media keep calling Guaido charismatic. He is literally the least charismatic politician I can think of.

[@VerballyCopulating]

Refreshing to see an interviewee answering questions yes/no.

[@I.amthatrealJuan]

Ah yes, the Bay of Piglets invasion. Already forgotten in the annals of History

[@osl5686]

Lol. All south americans know it well. It is just American children who will never see it

[@evolution__snow6784]

This is a private company not the government

[@billyscenic5610]

@@evolution__snow6784 A good hunch that Trump and Pompeo helped.

[@I.amthatrealJuan]

14:36 A prime example of sunk cost fallacy

[@docouchi7929]

Funny how Florida seems like a safe haven for politicians from different countries … it still has that Scarface vibe

[@olefella7561]

The fact that we get free documentaries on KZbin by VICE News is truly a gift 👍 👍 👍

[@JimGamingTV]

Dude he was so mad when he called it, “mercenary” work - uHm iT’S AcTuALLy cOnTraCting

[@dmcgee3]

Right? It’s worth pointing out that early on in the Iraq war (dubbas occupation?, was never a war, what’s a better name for it?) anyways during Operation Cheney Attempts to Show the Middle East he can Achieve an Erection; [CASMEAE for short] it was constantly talked about how the US was building schools and infrastructure in Iraq. In the US, contractor generally means construction. So it really flew under the public’s knowledge for far too long that these ‘security contractors’ were in fact just corporate mercenaries. It’s a subtle language choice, but certainly worked effectively for the US

[@michealwyrick4356]

For now on when I do something wrong, I'm going to call it contracting. 😃

[@ninjaslash52_98]

It was probably for some legal reason or something

[@dopamine3255]

Maybe they thought they were about to shoot a HOLLYWOOD movie. LMFAO.

[@oneofthoseguys2019]

Hahaha 🤣

[@dopamine3255]

@@oneofthoseguys2019 yeah bro that's what America is all about propaganda and brainwashing people with movies/hollywood.

[@user-fn5xg7qt7u]

@@dopamine3255 so how exactly is the propaganda piece by vice that you just watched and commented on different from hollywood

[@dopamine3255]

@@user-fn5xg7qt7u you (I'm assuming) Americans always wanna dub truths as propaganda. Ok let's put it this way I thought I was about to see a Hollywood movie 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣.

[@user-fn5xg7qt7u]

@@dopamine3255 right. because left leaning vice making a politically charged video erroneously trying to link the trump admin to random americans aiding a coup in venezuela is less propaganda than hollywood making random movies about fictional characters.

[@ChiefMiddleFinger]

Moles and Spies, oh my ! I'll wait for the movie.

[@chrisswanson4422]

Bill Richardson's jacket is fly as hell, wonder where got that.

[@harrymac6957]

I wonder why the US is sooo interested in Venezuela, is not like they have the largest oil reserve in the world or anything

[@Hideyoshi1991]

I think it's more that the US views the Americas as part of their sphere of influence, the US cares far more about influence than oil.

[@Hideyoshi1991]

@@travisbiko8990 got any evidence? the US still produces more than enough oil for its own needs.

[@july9566]

America is an empire , they needs lots of stuff , let's stop pretending USA are the good guys on all subjects . They do what's good for them , that's all . And there is nothing wrong with that .

[@harrymac6957]

@@july9566 no we are 100% the bad guys, if this were star wars we’d be the empire

[@Hideyoshi1991]

@@travisbiko8990 have ya got a single piece of evidence that the country's in shortfall, a report of some kind perhaps. The US may still want to manipulate a country within what it sees as it's own sphere of influence, but I haven't seen any evidence that it has to do with oil.