Why U.S.-Venezuelan Negotiations Are Failing - William Spaniel

[TexasTowelie]

The United States and Venezuela are edging toward war. Simultaneously, there are negotiations going on in the background. As it stands, though, they do not seem to be going anywhere. This video looks at the fundamental bargaining problem between the two of them and how it could be resolved short of conflict. We also investigate what exactly the United States is trying to do with its mobilization in the Caribbean.

0:00 Lines on Maps in Venezuela
0:51 Why the U.S. Is Mobilizing
5:29 Rhetorical Confusion
7:39 The Commitment Problem
11:39 How to Resolve the Commitment Problem, Maybe

[SARose]

1. Putin is giving Trumpy a taste of his own medicine

You send weapons to Ukraine? We send parts, drones and weapons to Venezuela. In Russian cargo planes!

Checkmate!

No telling what North Korea, China and Iran are sending.

Anybody remember the British destroyers and frigates sunk by Argentina during the Falklands War?

[ShazamIam]

2. So, China and Russia are making a play to gain control of Venezuela's oil and other resources. Thanks to the Monroe

Monroe Doctrine, I would guess the U.S. military deployment is more of a warning to Russia and China than to Maduro.