Africa.

And you are completely missing my point. You are going to be able to reason with the US over oil. You can’t sell it fast enough to stop the US from invading. You can sabotage the oil so the IS no longer has a reason to invade, keeping Venezuela safe.

Your argument is “Venezuela has a right to dress how it wants.” While that’s not wrong, it also won’t stop the US. The priority is the safety of Venezuela and that makes taking what the US wants to steal out of the equation.

We are at a point where we don’t actually need oil anymore. But the US wants it. And they will kill to get it. Venezuela needs to be safe more than it needs to be ”feel pretty”. If that oil is there, the United States absolutely will rape the country.