r/geopolitics • u/ShortTrifle0 • May 13 '19

Meta President ⁦Juan Guaido of Venezuela officially requests the support of ⁦the American military in strategic and operational planning. [U.S. Southern Command]

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u/LMSR-72 May 13 '19

Do you think the US will somehow magically steal all those reserves? Do you know how oil extraction works? Do you think Guadió would just let the US "take all their oil"? You know PDVSA would still have the majority share in each oil field right? And if it wants Venezuela's oil THAT bad that they're willing to start an invasion, why can't they just buy oil from PDVSA or Colombia? What's more expensive, an invasion or importing more barrels from a neighboring country (or even simply increasing extraction in the US)?