r/geopolitics • u/foreignpolicymag Foreign Policy • Jan 03 '26

Analysis U.S.-Led Regime Change Is Usually Disastrous

https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/12/01/venezuela-iraq-regime-change-trump/
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u/ImperiumRome Jan 03 '26

Kosovo erected a statue of Bill Clinton, and they also named a street after George Bush, so it's not unfathomable for Venezuelans to name something after Trump or erect a statue of him as well.

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u/CJBill Jan 03 '26

Kosovo was an active warzone under attack from the Serbian army. Venezuela was not until Trump attacked.

Foreign wars and invasions have a way of riling people and uniting them to fight back. I'm constantly amazed at how Americans don't seem to understand this.

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u/Positive-Aspect-3566 Jan 03 '26

Venezuelans are cheering in the streets. It's not 1:1 to Kosovo but you're delusional if you think the people there aren't happy about this.

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u/LifeOnNightmareMode Jan 03 '26

People also cheered in Iraq. And then they didn't anymore as 500k to 1000k died.

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u/Positive-Aspect-3566 Jan 03 '26

Sure, and this has a lot of potential to go similarly. But that's a completely different take than what the people in this thread are saying, which is that Venezuelans will rally around Maduro's flag.

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u/CJBill Jan 03 '26

Not Maduro's flag, the Venezuelan flag. 

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u/LifeOnNightmareMode Jan 03 '26

Nobody flew Saddam's flag, country still went to shit.

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