what's to stop the US from ratcheting up the tension so that they have something to distract from Israel and the stagnant Ukrainian front?
They gave their entire land war stockpile to Ukraine and are in the process of giving their entire air war stockpile to Israel. What's stopping them is a very real limitation on resources.
I'm no military expert but doesn't the US still have the navy and it's tons of planes and missiles? Considering Venezuela isn't too far of a sail away I'd be concerned about that.
The main thing it hasn't used in Ukraine/Israel would be ballistic missiles yes. But I think these are committed resources they won't use for anything because of Taiwan and the South China Sea issues. They can be considered resources that are tied up in "deterrence".
Yeah. Here the thing I think Venezuela wild win I just thing it could cost them more than some people here think. The US could just lob missiles from battleships at them and there isn't much they could do in response.
There is definitely some risk involved with what they're doing. I'm a fence sitter currently. It's either going to be remembered as a ballsy good move or the biggest mistake ever with absolutely no in-between.
Yeah I just need to spend more time reading before I come off the fence really. I didn't really settle into a position on donbas until a few weeks prior to the invasion despite having months and months of troops build up and nothing happening on the border. I don't really like having opinions when I don't feel fully informed. And I feel like I've only done the slightest amount of research on the origins of the dispute so far.
They gave their entire land war stockpile to Ukraine and are in the process of giving their entire air war stockpile to Israel. What's stopping them is a very real limitation on resources.
I'm no military expert but doesn't the US still have the navy and it's tons of planes and missiles? Considering Venezuela isn't too far of a sail away I'd be concerned about that.
The main thing it hasn't used in Ukraine/Israel would be ballistic missiles yes. But I think these are committed resources they won't use for anything because of Taiwan and the South China Sea issues. They can be considered resources that are tied up in "deterrence".
Yeah. Here the thing I think Venezuela wild win I just thing it could cost them more than some people here think. The US could just lob missiles from battleships at them and there isn't much they could do in response.
There is definitely some risk involved with what they're doing. I'm a fence sitter currently. It's either going to be remembered as a ballsy good move or the biggest mistake ever with absolutely no in-between.
At the end of the day we have no power to affect anything so all this is just worried speculation
Yeah I just need to spend more time reading before I come off the fence really. I didn't really settle into a position on donbas until a few weeks prior to the invasion despite having months and months of troops build up and nothing happening on the border. I don't really like having opinions when I don't feel fully informed. And I feel like I've only done the slightest amount of research on the origins of the dispute so far.