Comment by ineedaj0b

5 days ago

Oil is important but as lever to pull on because it affects China.

The invasion is meant to orient the US to fight China. We are cutting away the Middle East war baggage, trying to end the Ukraine war baggage so we can focus on China. Russia would be a nice ally against China.

China was moving around Lat Am and we are removing the communists from the hemisphere.

China likes oil. Loves oil but can’t get enough oil which is why it’s building solar and nuclear so quickly. The US can clamp down on the oil if Venezuela is an ally. So the US wants a strong Venezuela that can’t be used against us.

It’s hard to conduct war without oil.

The US has a strong incentive to make sure Venezuela comes out strong, and the Chinese have a strong incentive to not let that happen.