Are they going to invade Venezuela with 2,200 marines? That seems a little low, even if Venezuela is not exactly a military juggernaut.
Are they going to invade Venezuela with 2,200 marines? That seems a little low, even if Venezuela is not exactly a military juggernaut.
You forgot that in Hegseth's military they are all operators
Hegseth, reading about Operation Gideon and thinking "hmm, yes, Jonathan Goudreau was onto something"
Marco Rubio was an advocate for that plan...
They're just going to spend a couple of months in little boats picking up sea trash.
The simplest limited strike Pac that i can see would be taking out Refinerys and fuel/Oil storage. Wait for unrest as an pretext to protect people send in marines then fly in more people ones airfields are under control.
I guess they could occupy the Paraguaná Peninsula and occupy the (per wikipedia) three oil refineries located there. Which seems a bit underwhelming for an invasion, IMO
No fuel and no refinerys would be extremely hard for venuzela to cope with.
And Trump might believe that an popular uprising will happen if that happens. The guides missile cruiser seems to indicate that they what precise targeting over an larger area.