Jiang argues that none of those three intervention templates fit Venezuela because Maduro's regime remains cohesive and popular, the country is geographically huge and diverse, and outside support from China, Russia, and Iran keeps sanctions from producing total collapse.
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"By the time America invaded in 2003, Iraq didn't have any air defenses. America imposed air supremacy from day one, and it was able..."
"...Chavez policies of supporting the poor, and so he has pretty popular support within Venezuela. Also, remember that his regime has been in place..."
"...people rally around the flag. So there was a lot of popular support for an American invasion of Afghanistan in order to topple the..."
"...be loyal to the British Empire because they didn 't have popular support right so we 're seeing the end of the B rit..."
"...not going to care about logistics we're not going to get popular support we're going to focus on precision we're not going to get..."
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