Hamid Mir
If the political differences between the government and the opposition turn into tribal enmity, then the work of foreign powers becomes easier. Foreign powers can intervene in the internal affairs of a country through regime change, directly or indirectly, and then start looting natural resources there. The threat of a regime change operation in Venezuela was visible to everyone, but Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was not. He had banned his country’s Nobel Prize-winning opposition leader, Maria Corina Machado, from traveling abroad, but in December 2025, Maria managed to escape by sea. This dramatic escape meant that President Maduro was no longer well, but he was overconfident. He had forgotten that in 1989, the United States also arrested Panamanian dictator General Noriega through a military operation and tried him in a Miami court. Noriega had once worked for the CIA. When he became stubborn and stubborn, the United States sacrificed two dozen of its soldiers to punish him. The United States used Iraqi President Saddam Hassan against Iran for many years and then removed him in a regime change operation in 2003 on false charges. The same thing happened to Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. After Maria Corina Machado fled Venezuela, news began to appear in the American media that Iran had acquired a naval base in Venezuela and that Venezuela had purchased drones called “Mohajir Six” from Iran. On the other hand, Maria Corina Machado was trying to link Venezuelan President Maduro with Hezbollah and Hamas in addition to Iran. In her reaction to the kidnapping of President Maduro and his wife, Maria said that Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas had already occupied Venezuela. President Maduro visited Iran in 2015 and again in 2022. Venezuela is the world’s largest oil producer but has been under international sanctions since the time of Hugo Chavez. Hugo Chavez limited diplomatic relations with Israel after Israel’s brutal bombing of Lebanon in 2006 and expelled the Israeli ambassador from Venezuela after the Israeli bombing of Gaza in 2009. After his death in 2013, Maduro became president of Venezuela. In 2025, when Israel and the United States jointly attacked Iran, Iran retaliated by destroying the illusion of Israel’s military power. After the Iran-Israel war, Venezuela began to take an interest in Iranian missiles. The growing military cooperation between Venezuela and Iran was a threat to the United States because the distance between Venezuela and the United States is not far. After President Maduro’s growing ties with Iran, stories of his connections with the drug mafia emerged in the American media, and in 2025, the reward for his capture was increased from $25 million to $50 million. Now just imagine how easily the Americans took the man whose head was worth $50 million from his presidential palace. Osama bin Laden’s head was worth $25 million. The US military had taken Osama bin Laden from the Pakistani city of Abbottabad, while President Maduro believed that Donald Trump could not carry out an operation against him like the operation against General Noriega in Panama or against Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad. President Maduro believed that the International Criminal Court had issued an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, but despite this, Trump meets with this notorious criminal and even stands with him and talks to the media. President Maduro thought that Trump, who boasts of being friends with a declared criminal like Netanyahu, would not lay a hand on him, but Maduro lived in a fool’s paradise.
Trump has kidnapped him and his wife from the presidential palace and taken them to New York. Now he will be tried and sentenced in a New York court. Even the opposition of New York Mayor Zahran Mamdani will not save him. Many countries, including China, Russia, Brazil, Cuba and Iran, have declared this regime change operation in Venezuela a violation of international law, but the United States wants to carry out another such operation in Iran. According to some reports, the United States has also planned a similar operation for Afghanistan, but this operation will take place after success in Iran. The fact is that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro did not allow Maria Corina Machado to participate in the elections held last year. The Venezuelan elections were openly rigged, after which the United States got the opportunity to intervene in the political battle between the government and the opposition. Apparently, the US has picked up a man from the Venezuelan presidential palace who has a $50 million bounty on his head, but everyone knows that the real target of the US is the oil reserves in Venezuela. After the regime change, the oil reserves in Venezuela have come into the hands of US oil companies. After Venezuela, it is Iran’s turn. Israel will also be involved in the US operation against Iran. Russia and China will not remain silent in this situation and the world will remain at risk of a major war. It will be very difficult for Pakistan to keep the US and China happy at the same time in the rapidly changing world politics. Pakistan is not ready to send its troops for Trump’s Gaza peace plan. Pakistan will also be very important in the regime change operation against Iran.
Pakistan will have to stay away from any adventure that could ignite hatred in Pakistan. If Pakistan refuses to be a part of Trump’s adventures, new conspiracies against Pakistan may also start. That is why Pakistan needs to focus on its internal stability. Political hatred and division in Pakistan have crossed all red lines of danger and it will not be difficult for any of the government’s opponents to find a Maria Corina Machado. In these circumstances, Rana Sanaullah has suggested steps to build trust among the five elders of Pakistan. He says that President Zardari supports his proposal, but according to our information, President Zardari is not ready to reconcile with Imran Khan at the moment, and Khan himself is not ready to reconcile with the President and the Prime Minister. It is very unfortunate that political differences have turned into tribal enmity. The government and the opposition of Pakistan should learn a lesson from the situation in Venezuela.
