Re: Let's talk Venezuela and US intervention
Maduro sucks, Trump sucks, Abrams sucks, I don't know much about Guaidó.
Hell, even if you WANT to support Guaidó, fact is that US support (particularly with Abrams's involvement) may be more likely to backfire and rally more support for Maduro and make the outcome more violent. That is, Guaidó may have a higher chance of taking power, and doing so peacefully, if the US takes a hands-off approach.
If you don't like either side, then you also probably don't want to do anything.
If you're a tankie who likes Maduro, maybe you think that ideally the US would intervene on his behalf, but nobody is delusional enough to consider that a likely outcome (and Maduro probably would refuse anyway).
So I'm not sure there's an argument for the US doing much of anything regardless of what you want to happen there.
And that's before you get to the part where it would be Trump, with most decisions delegated to Bolton and Abrams, in charge of doing stuff there with Rubio cheerleading...
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