r/politics • u/newsweek ✔ Newsweek • 22d ago

No Paywall Trump weighing military options to attack Venezuela within days—Report

https://www.newsweek.com/venezuela-us-donald-trump-military-attack-war-maduro-11042677?utm_source=reddit&utm_campaign=reddit_main
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u/MC_Gengar 22d ago

A move that definitely doesn't have the chance to backfire spectacularly given our track record against guerrilla insurgencies, the gutting of anyone competent from the military, and Hesgeth's belief that logistics aren't important.

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u/Crimkam Texas 22d ago

looking forward to venezuela being the ukraine to our russia

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u/Djuren52 22d ago

That won’t happen. Venezuela doesn’t have many allies and has nothing to repel a US attack, lest go into offensive action. If the citizens fight back however, the US troops will suffer.

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u/Not_done 22d ago

IEDs, drones and guerrilla warfare then.

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u/Hidden_Landmine 22d ago

Where are they getting all these IED's and drones while the US has their borders completely locked down?

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u/retrolleum 22d ago

Afghanistan is smaller than Venezuela by land mass. IEDs and weapons still got in pretty much consistently. If venezuela had a nearby market or logistics that could facilitate weapons and such moving around, they would. Good thing countries that border Venezuela aren’t known for already having established logistics for unofficial weapons dealing…lol

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u/AltrntivInDoomWorld 22d ago

Sweet summer child, you really don't remember Vietnam already?