Yes or no ??

    • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.club
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      2 days ago

      Yeah. The USA engaged in one raid to take the current head of state but left the rest of the country mostly intact.

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          Control of the gold and oil wealth was given by the remaining government and its release wasn’t enough to topple the Venezuelan government.

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            does it matter if the remaining government gave the us all they demanded in the first place?

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              In the context of “what did the military action physically do?” it is important to recognize the difference between direct action and additional effects caused by the reaction from the affected government.

              The attack on Venezuela was orders of magnitude less than the attack/war with Iran. Yet, Venezuela gave up financial control of its oil supply while Iran might be getting unprecedented control over a strategic waterway. If a government is going to resist American imperialism, it needs both the means and the will to resist. Iran has it, Venezuela didn’t have it, and early indications seem like Cuba is more like Venezuela than Iran.

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                sure, venezuela was really not that sovereign in the first place if that’s all it took. i could say that of most of latin america that i’m aware of tbh.