Trump's military threat has Venezuelan dictator dancing for joy
It’s been said that those who are loudest in their threats are weakest in their actions. Threats are often ineffective, and idle threats always are. On Friday, President Donald Trump announced that the United States had “many options for Venezuela, including a possible military option, if necessary.”
Those words, intended to make Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro quake in his boots, instead more likely inspired Maduro to break out into the salsa dancing he so often inflicts on Venezuelans during his television appearances.
Put simply, there is no way the U.S. will invade Venezuela. Americans have no appetite for further international military adventurism. Unless the Maduro government took more drastic action against U.S. interests, President Trump would have an impossible task in rallying support on Capitol Hill or among the American public for any substantial military move in Venezuela.
He would also fail to receive any kind of international support and face worldwide censure, including from the United Nations and the Organization of American States.
Also, despite what you may hear from pundits who fondly remember American invasions of Panama and Grenada, Venezuela is in a whole other league. It is about 12 times the size of Panama, more than twice the size of Iraq and about the size of Texas and Utah put together. Venezuela’s population is pushing 32 million and the Caracas metropolitan area alone has significantly more people than all of Panama.
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/international-affairs/346375-trumps-military-threat-has-venezuelan-dictator
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