Will Venezuela Be the Next Country to Attack a Neighbor?

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Will Venezuela Be the Next Country to Attack a Neighbor?

 

All the world needs now is another dictator launching a war on its neighbor.  Last year Putin launched the war in Ukraine and in October Gaza initiated its own war against Israel.  Recently there have been signs that Nicolas Maduro's regime in Venezuela may be planning an invasion of neighboring Guyana.  The issue is supposedly up for a vote this coming Sunday.  [...]

 

https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2023/11/29/will-venezuela-be-the-next-country-to-attack-a-neighbor-n595613

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Does Maduro need a vote for this?  Almost seems this belongs in the Biden Tanking America thread, but I suppose it is separate enough.  Here is a little more analysis.

 

Venezuela exploits Biden's weakness

 

Biden can share the blame. Brazil's far-left President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva talks often about human rights and anti-imperialism, but his military intervention in Guyana's defense is unlikely. He has made only a token military deployment to Guyana's border. One can hardly blame Maduro for his cockiness. He knows that if America were to act alone against him, he could scream "Yankee aggression!"

 

Biden's leadership on Ukraine has been somewhat praiseworthy, as has his bolstering of U.S. alliances against communist China. But he has also shown repeated willingness to blink when faced with other foreign policy threats. He has refused to provide Ukraine with weapons it needs.

 

He chaotically abandoned Afghanistan to the Taliban and its al Qaeda allies, ludicrously claiming that retaining a small residual force that took few casualties was too high a price to pay. He has scrambled to restore the flawed Iran nuclear deal, tolerating repeated terrorist plots so as to keep talks bubbling. And Maduro cannot but notice what's happening right now in the Middle East, where Iran's proxies fire missiles, explosive-laden drones, and rockets at U.S. warships and bases, and Biden responds only minimally. Biden is right to avoid a broader regional conflagration, but the president's timidity encourages Iran to believe it can act with impunity. It makes a broader war more likely, not less. It makes Maduro more confident, not less, that intimidation will pay dividends.

 

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/venezuela-exploits-bidens-weakness