This operation wasn’t really about regime change. We already control the oil flow with the placement of the Gerald R Ford carrier group. This is a show of force demonstrating the capabilities of the us military. It’s a warning
Anyone who knows anything about US special forces would not argue that they are badass as fuck and the mission was super impressive. The problem:
Maduro is one man. Although Trump is desperately trying to perpetuate the image of not starting or getting into more forever wars. This would most definitely be one. Because it is going to take years beyond Trump’s final presidency to install or oversee a new regime that the U.S. approves of and then on top of that get the oil to market in a way that is acceptable to the U.S. If it goes according to “plan” and there are no unintended consequences or resistance it will take maybe 5 years. But…
Maduro is one man. Venezuela is a large country and land mass with 28 plus million people. Like every other regime change operation the U.S. has failed at. There’s going to be military resistance or gorilla forces resistance at the least. In order to protect the interest of the U.S. They will need large amounts of U.S. forces on the ground to ATTEMPT to maintain their interests. You don’t just win by removing one man. The U.S. will have to occupy this country for generations to maintain its interests.
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Discussion
I definitely agree it was a show of force. But I disagree, it is most definitely a regime change. Trump wants a regime that will work with America.
I think the regime doesn’t matter. The oil embargo forces whichever regime is in power to listen to the US or have literally no revenue. It’s more like let’s do a show of force here, if it happens to cause regime change, so be it.