Maduro being arrested wont prevent this from turning into a long drawn out conflict. Just like Russias “special military operation” didnt end very quickly.
The real question is how the locals will react to this invasion. A lot of them hated the Maduro regime after it continued the economic decline of the country. OTOH they are about to be occupied by an imperialist country, have their natural resources plundered, and likely experience martial law. There’s no greater radicalizing influence than having a loved one killed or their property stolen by a hostile state.
There won’t be a military occupation in the sense of Humvees patrolling. It will be a political occupation, aka a puppet state, which is harder to physically fight against.
Kinda, I was expecting a long drawn out operation, this is one of the quickest arrests of a leader that I can remember.
Maduro being arrested wont prevent this from turning into a long drawn out conflict. Just like Russias “special military operation” didnt end very quickly.
Yep farc has been operating there for like 5 decades. Guerilla movements are really really hard to take down.
The Iraq War didn’t end when we killed Saddam, that was really only the beginning.
The real question is how the locals will react to this invasion. A lot of them hated the Maduro regime after it continued the economic decline of the country. OTOH they are about to be occupied by an imperialist country, have their natural resources plundered, and likely experience martial law. There’s no greater radicalizing influence than having a loved one killed or their property stolen by a hostile state.
There won’t be a military occupation in the sense of Humvees patrolling. It will be a political occupation, aka a puppet state, which is harder to physically fight against.
trump said that the US is “going to run” Venezuela until a proper transfer of power can happen. It will absolutely be long and drawn out.
The incompetence of the big leader is indeed quite the contrast with the competence of the military