To loosely parrot Peter Zeihan, the Russians are going to do anything possible to push back their expiry date. My guess is that the Kremlin is going to try and create a bigger mess in Venezuela, just to keep us occupied.
If RUS can destabilize VEN into full out civil war, then our immigration problems are going to get worse; especially when South and Central America are thrown into chaos. On the other hand, if the RUS stabilizes Maduro's govt (highly unlikely) then VEN and the Kremlin will forever be a hindrance towards a democratically unified American continent.
Fucking Russians, I wish they would die out in peace instead of trying to take the rest of the world along for the ride.
https://www.businessinsider.com/a-perfect-demographic-storm-is-crippling-russia-2015-9
True, but Putin may be doing to us what we did to them. i.e. bleed us out financially until we implode. How much does it cost for him to put a couple of bombers in for a visit? or a PSD to keep a stooge like Maduro safe?
This is one reason I support getting out of Syria, Iraq and a few other locations. We don't have Cold War level manpower resources. Technology doesn't win wars (sorry Big Blue), people win wars.
I've already seen people convinced we're about to invade for Venezuela's oil resources.
We produce more then Russia and Saudi Arabia combined. We are exporting to keep jobs going and prices down. Why do we want/need 2nd rate oil?
Ever read the book Masters of Chaos?
The last 1/3 of the book covers the initial invasion of Iraq. The ODAs basically did everything you mentioned and it worked, until government officials (Rumsfeld, Rove, Bolton, etc) got involved.
No I've never read that book, but it's on the list now.
Some of the biggest problems we had immediately following the invasion of Iraq, was keeping the utilities on and law enforcement. By disbanding the MIL/LE we left a power vacuum and then filled it with English speaking, cussing, hip-hop gangsta wannabe 18-20 year old grunts, who could careless about cultural differences, etc.
Then for some fucking reason, we could give everyone cell phone towers and low speed internet, but couldn't fix the power grid, get fresh clean water pumped in or raw sewage pumped out.
I mean a quick look at the power line infrastructure would give you a light bulb of understanding. But really, we had dudes putting up cell phone towers, bought and paid for with American funds, while 3/4 of the city was blacking out and water and sewage treatment was nonexistent.
And people couldn't figure out why it was so easy for the ignorant haji man to want to blow some shit up. You try living in filth, without water, power, and while the American occupation is teaching your son to sing along to the latest DMX album. See how long it takes before your convinced that 72 virgins and a engine block through your ass don't sound so bad...
PM your address and I'll give you the book.
Jesus H Christ if I saw that face in a bar I would run for the fucking exit. That is the look of pure unadulterated crazy.
Crazy combined with horse teeth, perfect Marine Corps date.
j/k
maybe
No different then our keeping that weasel Karzai alive.
Which says a lot as the Military kept Maduro and Chavez alive.
Russia is fucking up getting involved in this one. They can bitch, they can have their UN security council vote. But they are straight fucked up if they are going to influence by show of force in the Western hemisphere. New Cold War? Yeah that's been pretty clear for a couple years now, that could turn into a hot war most lickytick, they start poking around in the America's.
Kabuki theater. Tie us up then finish the Ukraine off of fuck with Estonia.
Putin plays chess, Trump plays the long game too.
BFD Two nuke capable airplanes visit Venezuala. Non-stop or with Tankers. Very weak show of force (which is why Guam and Diego Garcia are important US bases).
I feel for the poor shits stuck in Venezuela. Those with money left, and those stuck are really stuck. IIRC Colombia is pushing them back across the border.
Like the siege of Stalingrad, only on a National level.
Food gone eat zoo animals and pets.
Animals gone, eat your neighbor.
Note: Chavez and Maduro enacted strict gun laws which effectively disarmed the population. Just like Hitler and the Communists in Russia.
