By Luis Manuel Aguana
In honor of the fallen and captured for the freedom of Venezuela
I had been really excited by the news that
revealed that the interim government had made decisions around starting
military actions to confront the regime, signing a contract with private
elements abroad, even if they finally failed. And why did I say that? Because
that at least demonstrated concrete steps in the direction of militarily
dismantling the regime from outside using the resources they have available and
which do not belong to them but to the Venezuelans. No one could object to that
action. Besides, this is not the first time that this has happened in
Venezuela's long history in the struggle to dislodge tyrannies in the past.
But then I had to be disappointed again by
Guaidó and his interim government when they read that pathetic statement where
they denied that action, indicating that "The
Legitimate Government has no relationship with any company in the security and
defense branch. We have no relationship with or responsibility for the actions
of the SilverCorp company or its representative” (see in Spanish Gobierno
de Guaidó niega vinculación con la empresa SilverCorp y su representante Jordan
Goudreau, in https://www.lapatilla.com/2020/05/04/gobierno-de-guaido-niega-vinculacion-con-la-empresa-silvercorp-y-su-representante-jordan-goudreau-comunicado/). It is quite difficult to believe the Interim Government and its team,
after seeing the signatures of Juan Guaidó, Sergio Vergara and JJ Rendón in a
contract that will very possibly see the light of day in the next few hours,
all this without counting the audios that have transcended publicly where Juan
Guaidó is clearly heard diligently signing that contract. It is even possible
that the mercenary Goudreau will be able to take Guaidó and the rest of the
signatories to court in the United States. For less than that, fortunes have
been lost in that country where contracts are enforced in the courts on pain of
ruin.
And I don't really know what the problem is
in denying it. What they're really trying to deny is that they screwed up by
having double agent Cliver Alcalá inside as Juan Guaido's military advisor
since the first botched job on February 23, 2019 in Cúcuta. And that contract
is a consequence of that. I want to clarify that the bad thing was not in
signing that military aid, but in those who trusted Juan Guaidó and his interim
government to execute it. From those rains came those
muds.
But the most serious thing in that communiqué
from the interim government is not to have denied that it signed that contract,
but to reaffirm the error of the route of cohabitation with the regime: "We ratify our central approach: the
only way to save our country from an unprecedented catastrophe will be with the
formation of a National Emergency Government”. This route embraces the
regime and the official opposition. And it does not move forward because that
is a dialogue where the regime stays, betraying the Venezuelans.
And there is something worse (if possible):
that mistakes on that scale cost lives. The launch of Operation Gideon without
the financial backing of the interim government is costing the lives of
Venezuelans. And that blood is on the hands of those who made that decision,
which they now deny. Rulers, whether they are interim, are responsible by
action or omission for the decisions they make, and there is nothing more
deplorable than not facing them because sooner or later they have a very high
cost, even if they slip behind the lie of denying it.
Too many mistakes that could well be
attributed to inexperience, lack of consistency in the decisions made, and most
importantly, in my opinion, the very serious collusion of the official
opposition factors with the regime, make any initiative a very painful failure
for the Venezuelans' struggle. This is not a lack of courage on the part of our
institutional military, which has demonstrated ad nauseam that it does exist
and by far. It is the failure to know how to lead them militarily and
politically. If for some reason power falls into the hands of that mediocre
leadership due to forces we have not yet visualized, that government would not
last. It could not last.
It's not only through sheer bravery that
battles are won. Courage is necessary but not sufficient. I don't know why this
is happening with the liberation groups already in the country. From the
expeditions of the Precursor Francisco de Miranda, through the many that review
the contemporary history of Venezuela such as the Falke, extraordinarily
recounted by Federico Vegas (*) in his book, and arriving at this one of
Operation Gideon, they had a common component: a deep love for the freedom of
Venezuela and the extraordinary courage of its members to offer their lives for
it. The time will come to honor that in the future for those true patriots. But
to do so, there must be people in charge who understand it and recognize its
true value. And that is not what we see in the current Venezuelan political
landscape that seeks power in Venezuela without deserving it.
So, what to do? Let the regime get away with
it? Let the mediocre opposition politicians continue to deceive Venezuelans as
Guaidó did by denying signing that contract? If there is anything left after
all this badly orchestrated mess, it is that neither one nor the other has the
capacity to handle a transition to the level that Venezuelans need. And if this
modest writer realizes that, won't those outside of Venezuela who hold that
interim presidency realize it? It's something to worry
about very much.
I believe that any military, police or
institutional armed force has an obligation to try something to displace a
regime that has violated the Constitution. That is the essence of Article 333
of the Constitution. These people in times of peace are given special treatment
precisely because of that. The military are the only professionals that the
Republic supports until they die. They do not go out on the streets to look for
work after they graduate. The Republic gives them that treatment precisely
because they are the last bastion in the defense of its institutions. Those
military personnel who fulfill that oath should be honored and recognized,
although my recommendation is that the Republic needs them alive. They should
not immolate themselves at the command of worthless people.
A high-ranking military intelligence
specialist once indicated, commenting on the case of Oscar Perez, that if this
top-level policeman in his field had applied all the knowledge he had based on
his special training, he would have caused much more damage to the regime than
trying to confront it head-on, with a much greater brute force than he and his
companions, and he might still be alive. And the regime knew that, and that was
the reason why they slaughtered him so viciously in the eyes of the whole world
as they did. To set an example to those like him who would do something like
that, and for fear that Perez would use against them what he knew how to do
very well and did not do. I would dare to say, without knowing absolutely
anything about this type of military operation, to those who are risking their
lives for Venezuela, not to make the same mistake as Oscar Perez of doing
something beyond the capabilities for which they were trained. That could
possibly save their lives, making the sacrifice they are making for the
Venezuelans more efficient.
Caracas, May 5, 2020
Email: luismanuel.aguana@gmail.com
Twitter:@laguana
(*)Erratum: In the first publication on May
5th I mistakenly placed the name of Francisco Vegas instead of Federico Vegas
as the author of the novel "Falke". My
apologies for that unintentional mistake...LMA, 07-05-2020
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