Like hopes that Panama in 1989 would kick Vietnam War Syndrome (we're back baby!), Trump likely sees Venezuela through a similar lens. Great piece by our new young reporter Leah Schroder, who taps insights from Retp. Col. Greg Daddis, Costs of War founder Cathy Lutz, Peter Kornbluh and Steven Zunes.
The American public’s response, Daddis said, will influence whether the Venezuela invasion will “restore a sense of honor” in the armed forces and be parlayed into an era of interventionism, or whether the operation will further “undermine the confidence” of an American public already disillusioned with military force.
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Kelley Beaucar Vlahos
Editor-in-Chief, Responsible Statecraft
Senior Advisor, Quincy Institute
Washington, D.C