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Yes. I think the days of American armed intervention in Latin-America are well behind us. Legolas Send a noteboard - 17/10/2017 11:54:41 PM

View original postOn Venezuela, I think it would be an incredible waste of resources because it's going to collapse on its own anyway, and you're right that there's no military threat. It would also provide the neo-marxists in Latin America with more propaganda points about "yankee imperialism". However, I can see some circumstances in which we would intervene, mostly involving increased involvement by China in Venezuela. Having said that, I also don't see that happening because China also understands that you don't throw good money after bad.

I don't see China getting itself caught up too badly in that mess, either, and I can't think of any circumstances in which the US would get militarily involved in Venezuela. Unless, and even that seems far-fetched but who knows how badly things will still deteriorate there, as part of some multinational peacekeeping force. And in such a case I'm sure they would ensure sufficient Latin-American representation in those forces, for the propaganda reasons you mentioned.
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Jeo I think you in particular will appreciate this damookster - 20/10/2017 09:07:39 PM 769 Views
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damn it *NM* damookster - 20/10/2017 09:07:39 PM 404 Views
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I kind of break them down into two types Vodalus - 22/10/2017 03:25:04 AM 812 Views
I wonder how much the fall of communism has to do with this? random thoughts - 24/10/2017 10:20:16 PM 776 Views
Definitely more than a bit. The Shrike - 25/10/2017 12:51:55 PM 704 Views
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