Douglas Macgregor, RCD: American Military Power Should Not Decide Venezuela’s Future
The Trump Administration is backing Juan Guaidó, the 35-year-old leader of Venezuela’s National Assembly as the legitimate leader of the country.
Many in Washington, like Sen. Marco Rubio, who has urged the Trump Administration to publicly support Mr. Guaidó, are hopeful that the groundswell of support across the international community for Maduro’s political opponents will lead to Maduro’s removal from power by forces inside Venezuela. This would be the best outcome.
For others, the role of the Reagan Administration in removing Ferdinand Marcos from power in the Philippines is a useful precedent. The problem with this approach is that the Trump Administration risks getting caught in the unsavory trap of backing regime change via an internal coup d'etat cloaked in the legitimacy of the National Assembly, designed to confirm Washington’s preference regarding who enjoys the support of the Venezuelan People and who precisely should rule in Caracas.
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WNU Editor: The U.S. military is not going to intervene in Venezuela. There is no public or political will in the U.S. to be responsible for fixing the mess that is Venezuela today. Its infrastructure has collapsed, millions are destitute, and the cost that would be necessary to repair all of this would be enormous. In the end the future of Venezuela will be decided by those in Venezuela, and by its immediate neighbours.
