[nevergore]

Will be interesting to see if we respond by placing a couple of ships in the area....

[Rusty0604]

Hope not. A few weeks ago, Russia planes went on an exercise with Venezuela over the gulf. Iran is send warships over there too.

[robowombat]

Maduro hopes so. He is just wrapping himself in the Venezuelan flag hoping to deflect national anger from the wreckage of the economy to a ‘national honor’ dispute with the ‘Yankees’. Almost all Venezuelans believe firmly that most of Guyana belongs to them. The 1895, I think, border award is seen as the evil Yankees lining up with the ‘British Imperialists’ to rob Venezuela. So Maduro is trying to rally the country behind his regime by using an old but still potent chestnut.

[vette6387]

“Will be interesting to see if we respond by placing a couple of ships in the area....”

Better still, sink the entire “Venezuelan Navy!” I mean what do they have except probably some old WWII former US Navy vessels.

[DoodleDawg]

Will be interesting to see if we respond by placing a couple of ships in the area....

And we would do this because...?

[jagusafr]

That’s how Panama became free of Colombia.