The U.S. military on Tuesday struck a drug boat from Venezuela, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, as tensions spike between the Trump administration and the Venezuelan government.
Whatever opposition there was against Maduro, the US is ruining it for them. Instead Venezuela gets a clear view of the regional existential threat, further motivation to modernize its military and build non-US aligned trade. They’re shaping up to be, and getting help from the US in drumming up motivation, the Americas Iran but they can’t be boogyman’ed as Muslims
Whatever opposition there was against Maduro, the US is ruining it for them. Instead Venezuela gets a clear view of the regional existential threat, further motivation to modernize its military and build non-US aligned trade. They’re shaping up to be, and getting help from the US in drumming up motivation, the Americas Iran but they can’t be boogyman’ed as Muslims