Rugoz wrote:If you limit the selection to Americas, you'll see that Venezuela is one of 3 left and the only major country.
So fucking what? You think Venezuela is special because it is in the Americas? Did you think that about Iraq, Libya and Syria as well?
The point still stands. If America wants to save the world from terrible leaders they best start off in Africa where there are shit loads with plenty of starving nationals.
As for the oil, the US hasn't taken it anywhere it intervened in the recent past. Which is a shame, since Venezuelans would be better off in the long term if somebody took it away from them.
For a start it is all about maintaining the Petro Dollar, not stealing oil. But should Venezuela become a US vessel state their oil will go to US contractors like
when they intervened in oil rich nations in the recent past!! The US' motivation is pretty obvious, limiting Chinese or Russian influence in the region. Also Trump hates refugees, Venezuela produces tons of them.
So not helping the people of Venezuela as claimed in the OP. At least you are honest about US intentions being selfish.
As for refugees, perhaps the US should stop sanctioning nations with poverty to prevent the conditions to allow people to become refugees to being with. Only an idiot will believe this is only self harm as global banks hold a significant amount of money that could well solve the main issue they have by buying aid themselves.
Overall I'm pretty indifferent about this intervention. Maduro's rule is a disaster, but a violent transition won't necessarily improve on it. If the US (and almost all of SA) manage to make the junta go peacefully, the choice is clear though.
Intervention will cause civil war. Why? Because Maduro has support.
Until Venezuela truly reject Maduro there can be no solution to this. However whilst America stack the deck against Maduro he will have a degree of sympathy around the world - not because he is a good leader, but because America should stop being assholes.