tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post7088782227404603879..comments2024-02-21T05:16:22.788-05:00Comments on Two Weeks Notice: A Latin American Politics Blog: What is Intervention in Venezuela?Greg Weekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15765114859595124082noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post-53674021142958347202019-02-01T13:43:36.794-05:002019-02-01T13:43:36.794-05:00Complicated issue obviously, but it is only very r...Complicated issue obviously, but it is only very recently that the opposition unified enough to even make this possible. Previously, the government had no incentive to change because it faced no threat.Greg Weekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15765114859595124082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post-27286025144501231492019-02-01T12:08:18.152-05:002019-02-01T12:08:18.152-05:00I think there is a broader issue in the sense that...I think there is a broader issue in the sense that we should recognize that genuinely productive engagement and encouragement towards a transition should have happened around 2013-2016.<br /><br />At this juncture, there isn't really much more that can be said besides how to arrange the rubble, and I strongly suspect that the US is fine with a collapsed state, with Libya as the example. Sure oil export can be iffy, but what exports do happens, benefits external actors to a large degree.<br /><br />Of course, I also expect a murderous anti-American backlash in the region, eventually.shah8https://www.blogger.com/profile/04537529816304128000noreply@blogger.com