>>2592182>Americas too fucking scared. This is fake sabre-rattling. Venezuela is not calling their bluff.It doesn't have to be a bluff even if the US never enters the war proper.
They are just doing a soft naval blockade and scaring the money from Venezuela by seeding uncertainty. Eventually, Venezuela will face unrest and much before anything grassroots(glowopped or not) takes root, the army will intervene. Because that's all the armed forces need in a liberal regime, the signal that *they* will do better under the new management than the old. The regime change environment under siege will give them exactly that veneer of consent. And then they'll get bribed to do a coup "for the people".
The USA is just gonna keep Venezuela under siege until it is sufficiently undermined internally and externally. Venezuela is getting the Syria/Irak treatment. They can afford it, it's a giant mineral wealth and the promise of so much more on the region once the upcoming blue wave gets sponsored by cheap fuel. And also, once the gulf states sign the Abraham accords or w/e, having an unhindered Venezuela with the full support of the USA to refine and export puts OPEC even harder under the USA's heel.
The reward for undoing Chavismo and grabbing Venezuela is probably so vast that the USA would happily burn any amount of money to get it, as long as it is a straightforward transaction like that, with no other risks.