Venezuela; Libya, Iraq, all over again.

WILL TRUMP PULL THE TRIGGER ON OIL INSPIRED REGIME CHANGE? 

MAY NOT BE AS EASY AS SOME BELIEVE

We see the increase of U.S. forces in the Caribbean in what appears to be preparations for military action on Venezuela. This is supposed to be because of Venezuela's participation in drug running to the U.S.. This is about as believable as "weapons of mass destruction" for the excuse of taking control of Iraqi oil. Maduro should not believe that his capitulation to U.S. demands will save the country from exploitation. Gaddafi, after agreeing to demands was then deposed and murdered, I assume the same is in store for Maduro.

Again, while Maduro may not be the best leader in the America's, it is interesting we are not ready to invade either Mexico or Columbia, at least not yet. Of course the real cause of the drug business is U.S. demand, increasingly legal in states across the nation. As long as there is a massive demand for drugs in the U.S. there will be someone suppling it and many getting wealthy enabling it. 

It seems that the hope is to intimidate Maduro to leave the country and allow the new pick for his successor, Maria Machado, to take over, after all, she already has the international community's endorsement.

It could be a problem, if Maduro, who has already exposed one CIA plot to engineer a coup, decides to hang tough and resist being overthrown both politically and militarily. It seems there is serious preparations being made to militarily resist. 

We can assume the the U.S. can defeat the local military in the populated areas and then secure the oil facilities. It is doubtful that the U.S. will venture into the interior were it will likely find home gown insurgents and lots of others from neighboring countries, both free lancers and secretly supported by some South Americans, who do not like the precedent, who would like to inflict damage on the U.S..

If Trump does pull the trigger on this, we can then assume his " Make America great again" is over. It will be more of the same of the last 35 years of death and destruction. We will understand that powers that be have succeeded in cancelling his hope of turning a new leaf on America's foreign policy. It will also send a message to other Latin Americans that a new colonial power is intent on the business of plunder. It can also be the cause for many of the fence setters to align themselves with other trading blocks and other forms of unified resistance.