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>There will be a massive mountain of bodies before it leaves if it does invade.
Do I agree the US can bomb Venezuela? yes.
Do I think the US can invade Venezuela? yes.
Do I think the US public can stomach the *inevitable* 4k drone videos of GI Joe / Jane getting eviscerated? Not at all. To defend the US? Sure. To just randomly attack Venezuela out of nowhere? No freakin way and not even the biggest lies about Venezuelan drugs will give the US public the courage to bear those losses.
The US social contract about international affairs is that the US public doesn't really know or care what happens overseas.... as long as there aren't lots of coffins coming back home. The entire US military doctrine, up until the Ukraine conflict, was geared towards that end - lots of drones and standoff weapons, specops operators, snipers.... insane lengths to make sure that US blood was never spilled. As empires go, it's probably the most squeamish and soft in that regard, in all of history.