What worries me is that this post is probably right: Trump does think there are similarities to the Venezuelan model and this Iran war.

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What worries me is that this post is probably right: Trump does think there are similarities to the Venezuelan model and this Iran war. If true, that would be a fatal miscalculation, and could really explain why we have plunged ourselves into an unable situation with no apparent off ramps that don’t result in significant cost to our country and reputation. Any comparisons to the people and military and political culture in Venezuela to those counterparts in Iran — most especially their military history in recent decades — expose an alarming lack of understanding of international affairs.

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For all the confusion about what Trump's strategy in Iran is, this post (among other statements from Trump) shows that he actually does have one. It's the Venezuela model. It's been there from the start: threaten force, remove the leader, find a puppet to run the country, and

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