2025 U.S. - Venezuela conflict

[Czech_pivo]

I think people underestimate just how hard it will be to bring Venezuela's oil infrastructure back into service. It was leaking everywhere in the 1990's when I was there and that was the era where it still worked. There has been zero investment in the sector since Chavez took over in 1999.

Even if the US was able to topple the current regime, it would have to secure the capital, secure the port cities, and the oil terminals and fight a guerrilla war against drug cartels and insurgents, both who would target remaining oil pipelines.

Never underestimate the ability of the US Government to take on more than it can handle.

 

[lenaitch]

To be accurate…

Fair. I was thinking of ones with kinetic intent and the same healthy respect for the 'laws of armed conflict' or rules of law when they encounter folks in border areas.

 

[MilEME09]

I for one can’t wait for the “no new wars” types to explain this away…

special military operation

 

[The Bread Guy]

Not really necessary. It can stage a regime change, prop up a new regime, and that regime steers the nation’s oil industry into public private partnerships with American companies, or something like that. Public U.S. spending that drives Venezuelan state investment back to U.S. public interests.

You mean, where "oil," read "bananas"?