Key Points and Summary – The “alarming” U.S. military buildup in the Caribbean is a “compellence campaign” against Venezuela, not a counter-drug operation. -However, the administration’s demands are “frustratingly vague,” making it unclear what Venezuela must do to avoid conflict. How Strikes on Venezuela Could Become a Large War No One Saw Coming  What’s going […]

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Over the past two months, the United States has engaged in an alarming buildup of military capabilities in the Caribbean.

These capabilities vastly exceed the demands of even the most ambitious counter-narcotics program.

A report from the Miami Herald (quickly disavowed by the Trump administration) suggested that plans were in place for an extensive military campaign against Venezuela that would target military installations and suspected narcotics transit points on the way to a potential regime change campaign.

Nevertheless, official Trump administration statements have been frustratingly vague regarding the desired outcomes of policy towards Caracas. Are we at risk of drifting into war with Venezuela?

  • Mihies@programming.devEnglish
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    3 hours ago

    You sure though? I’d expect it at similar or lower level as Iran was. I might be wrong, though, certainly hope so. Funnily enough, they have also 2 or 3 F-16s.

    • supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz
      4·
      2 hours ago

      I think the amount of money in the US military industrial complex that has gone into obsessing over how best to bomb Iran is probably incomprehensible. Venezeula too a degree, but not anywhere as much. There was no way Iran could entirely deny US airpower, but so what?

      This isn’t just a question of strike capable technology vs. counters it is about landscapes and who knows them best and has invested in their idiosyncracies, and I don’t get the feeling Venezuelans have been wasting all this time thinking the US wouldn’t try some shit like this.

      Were the Iran strikes successful? What did they do but confirm to the world the irrationality of US foreign intervention under this administration?

      If the US wants to project actual power into Venezuela it will have to get its hands dirty and that is where the wheels will immediately fall off.