Here We Go Again
Donald Trump’s intervention (AKA invasion of Venezuela and kidnapping of Venezuelan president/dictator Maduro) is likely not going to turn out well. Historically, we have done the same or similar things many times and they never turn out well. Inevitably it leads to loss of lives, many of them American soldiers, and years of being mired down in expensive military actions which last for decades. The United States has a long history of failure with regime change, especially when we do it all on our own. This is a list of the countries where we have attempted regime change directly and indirectly and have failed since 1950:
- Iran — 1953
- Guatemala — 1954
- Cuba — 1961
- Congo (DRC) — 1960–1965
- Dominican Republic — 1965
- Laos — 1960s–1975
- Cambodia — 1969–1975
- Vietnam — 1955–1975
- Chile — 1973
- Nicaragua — 1980s
- Guatemala — 1954–1996
- Haiti — 1994–present
- Afghanistan — 2001–2021
- Iraq — 2003–present
- Libya — 2011–present
- Syria — 2011–present
- Yemen — 2015–present
For a more complete list of United States foreign interventions follow this link.
https://archive.globalpolicy.org/us-westward-expansion/26024-us-interventions.html