AZP News Commentary
THE hounds of war have been summoned!
In one corner we have Venezuela. – Russian allied, genetically engineered, Doberman, who hasn’t eaten in weeks and may or may not have rabies.
In the other corner we have Trinidad – three-legged, one-eyed, pothound, whose favourite pastimes include bussing up old pampers and licking bay rum off the lips of its designated piper!
Should Juan Pablo be released upon Brownie, guess who’d win? Not us!
So last week I was a bit shocked to hear Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar using war words and issuing threats of seeking legal advice to fire at will!
Yoooooo… all Venezuela said was some Colombian paramilitary dudes came into Venezuela from T&T and one Trinidadian, whom nobody has claimed, admitted to plotting terrorist actions on Venezuelan soil.
And let’s be real, we know it’s most likely an imaginary story, if not a very, very seasoned one.
Because Maduro needs to tell his people every now and then how great his government is and how wonderfully he is protecting his people from the capitalist devils.
This also works as a great way to spook any would be insurrectionists from acting up.
Therefore, there really was no reason for our government to go all Rambo and tell every Venezuelan to beat their road.
International relations don’t work like that. All that should have been said is we are talking to our Venezuelan counterparts and figuring it all out.
You can’t be choking a man like Maduro. Have you seen the Venezuelan army? Have you seen the guns, tanks, and fighter jets they have?
Bruh, we can’t fight that. Our soldiers aren’t war-trained. Some new Rav 4’s and an army green backhoe can’t stand up to a series of tanks. Jets, they have fighter jets. Do you know what we have? Cobeauxs, the true Trinbagonian Air Force.
I mean what are we going to do? Hope we can get the cannons at Fort George working again? The Venezuelans have missile launchers! All we could launch is ah set of glass bottles.
Look, best chance, and I don’t condone gangs, but should it be needed call the Sixes, Sevens, Gaza, Gully, Enterprise Dan Dadapas (I clearly know nothing of gangs) to fight. They are probably more war-ready than the boys down in Tetron.
And Tetron, what a stupid place for an army base. One road in and one road out. A fallen tree or carefully bombed hillside and they are cut off from the rest of the country, my guy!
Uhhhh, why are we this way?
Listen, I understand the government needs to be seen as tough right now, but antagonising a maniac isn’t the way to go. Neither is blaming all the crime on all Venezuelans. Are some migrants involved in crime and here illegally, yes, but there are also a lot who came here legally, work legally and contribute to our society.
But now they have all been demonised to distract us from all the local’s committing crime. Argh, if it wasn’t for those Venies, little Johnny would have been a brain surgeon, not a cocaine and gun-hustling gang member! Venies corrupt meh good boy! Sigh!
There are ways to handle conflict, diplomatic, discussion-based ways, that don’t involve loading up the matic and irritating a dictator.
Fun fact, if we are all banking on the support of the great eagle up north, it won’t come without a hefty price. If they do help at all, because right now they have their own issues happening. Also, guess what, we are not that valuable to them. We don’t have an exceptional amount of oil and gas, we don’t have gold like Guyana, we don’t have a thriving manufacturing or agriculture sector. Yeah, let’s face it, we are not important.
All I can ask for is that cooler heads prevail, because frankly, I don’t think I am built for the hardships of war. I am too old and tired to deal with all that. So, if war breaks out, I’m just giving up, it’s over, the end, goodbye. Starvation and constant fear of being abused and assaulted by foreign soldiers, just doesn’t seem like a good time to me.
So, to everyone cheering on the PM’s excessive use of verbal force, please leave me out. Please and thanks.
