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Glowfag here. Basically Venezuela has become to Russia and China what Afghanistan was to terrorist groups. It is the staging area/nerve center for launching and coordinating anti-American operations in NORTHCOM. All the fentanyl deaths(over 100,000), all the 10,000s worth of Chinese (and Russian!) fighting age males which were surreptitiously moved into the homeland across the open border in preparation of open conflict with the USA, cyber operations, espionage and subversion... most of it employs Venezuela as a staging ground. And it gives good cover for action for most of these 5th generational warfare activities. There is a big propaganda smokescreen that Russia and China can maintain when they use Venezuela has a proxy. And the Venezuela economy basically doesn't exist, so Maduro is happy to do anything for Foreign Intelligence cash and also believes this is deterrence against the USA. Which is fucking stupid as hell, Saddam invading Kuwait levels of stupidity, because it is the exact opposite of deterrence. Although to be fair, the previous POTUS might have factored into that equation but with this one, it is a monumentally stupid decision to allow your country to be the 'disposable asset' in the Great Game between the USA and its adversaries. And yes, I speculate this only the beginning. I personally am now thoroughly adverse to military foreign intervention by now but I can bet the IC is desperate for a new battlefront in the Grand Crusade and Venezuela unfortunately checks all the blocks for an intervention scenario. 100,000 dead Americans from drug overdose, very attributable sedition, subversion and espionage acts, acting as a cyber proxy, all against Monroe Doctrine in league with hostile Foreign Powers. As I write this I realize, ya we are pretty much going to do this, unless Trump's adversity to conflict wins out. But I think victory conditions would be a very easy pitch, because Venezuela could be toppled very easy.