Byker
2019-03-03 19:47:05 UTC
https://www.wearethemighty.com/news/how-venezuela-would-fight-invasion?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1
If the USA attacks Venezuela it is in for a guerrilla war. Alternativelythe world can just sit back and watch as the total exploitation of the
workers by Venezuela's left wing politicians continues to destroy the
country.
but occupying forces? Forget it.
Former secretary of defense Robert Gates stated the obvious: "In my opinion,
any future defense secretary who advises the president to again send a big
American land army in Asia or the Middle East or Africa should 'have his
head examined,' as General MacArthur so delicately put it."
http://archive.defense.gov/Speeches/Speech.aspx?SpeechID=1539
In recent decades, Americans -- and the policymakers sending American troops
to war -- have also displayed an ever-decreasing tolerance toward losing
American lives in combat. The impact of this aversion to casualties is
self-evident: Military planners now rule out entire categories of operations
because of their risk to military personnel, while politicians speak less
and less of victory and more and more of protecting troops.
Supply the Venezuelans with all the food, weapons, and materiel that they
need, but let THEM do the fighting...