Every time we get a Republican president who messes up the economy (and that's 4 out of the last 4), they attack someone
They launch some useless invasion to distract from their economic ineptitude.
Reagan invaded the tiny Caribbean island of Grenada. It did not save our economy.
Bush I invaded Panama. It did not save our economy (or his re-election campaign)
Bush II invaded Iraq. It did not save our economy. If it hadn't been for Kenneth Blackwell and Diebold, it wouldn't have saved his re-election campaign, either, and we do not own Iraq's oil.
Now, Trump invades Venezuela. It will not save our economy, and nor will Maracaibo's heavy sulfur oil. Chávez and Maduro moved most (if not all) of Venezuela's considerable gold holdings to Cuba for storage many years ago.
If U.S. troops go inland, they will eventually meet some of the many armed militias, cartel-affiliated or not, that hang out there. Vietnam will seem like a board game by comparison if they try to occupy the whole country. They will have to rephrase Rumsfeld's erroneous Iraq prediction of "maybe six days, maybe six weeks, certainly not six months" to a Venezuela prediction of "maybe six years, certainly not six decades." Even "six years" will be inaccurate, because on January 20, 2029, at the absolute latest, our withdrawal, coupled with apologies and the promise of billions in restitution and restoration, will commence.
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...some of us remember Korea and Vietnam, too. The US was put on a war footing in the 20th century, and it has never returned to a real domestic agenda.
