GENERAL
The Venezuelan Quagmire: A New Trap in the Old Game of Nation-Building
Despite campaigning against foreign entanglements, the Trump administration's intervention in Venezuela, dubbed 'nation-building light,' risks repeating past U.S. failures in Afghanistan and Iraq. This strategy, aiming for remote control and oil extraction, faces severe challenges including economic realities, an escalating humanitarian crisis, and the inherent difficulty of establishing legitimacy without direct commitment to democratic state-building.