10 Reasons Venezuela Isn't Nation-Building

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This is an amazing, insightful analysis.  Read it and respond with how much you agree with the author's points.

 

This can be our dedicated "Venezuela" thread, if more attacks than just drug-boats are forthcoming.

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10 Reasons Venezuela Isn't Nation-Building

 

For months — long before the MSM caught on — I've been writing about how the Donald Trump administration seemed ready to take down the illegitimate Nicolás Maduro regime in Venezuela.  All of the signs were there if you paid attention, and I know that it's something personal for Secretary of State Marco Rubio and has been for years.  He's finally in a position to do something about it.  It's become personal for me, as well, and it's personal for millions of Venezuelans who have fled their homeland, seeking a better life, and maybe even more so for those who live oppressed under Maduro and his thugs and just want relief.

But that's not reason enough for the U.S. to get involved.  I get it.  I do.  Most of us lived through Iraq and Afghanistan, and many of us are sick of our tax dollars going to other countries for this and that.  What I've heard from many of you in the comments sections and in my email and beyond is that you're not interested in a forever war.  You're not interested in nation-building or regime change in a foreign land.  And despite what Maduro and some of his friends down south say, it's not imperialism or occupation either.  It's a partnership.

Should we become militarily involved in Venezuela, it won't look anything like what we've seen in recent decades.  [...]

 

https://pjmedia.com/sarah-anderson/2025/10/16/this-isnt-nation-building-x-reasons-venezuela-is-not-iraq-n4944559