re: “Venezuela is none of our business.”
Two words: Monroe Doctrine.
A stable hemisphere is in our interest.
Let me ask you, do you want ALL of South America making their way across our southern border?
You are aware that the Monroe Doctrine also stated that we would stay out of the European sphere of influence? We’re running around Africa, Europe, Ukraine, Georgia, etc.
The way we were able to enforce the Monroe Doctrine, was the fact that we stayed out of that side of the world. We go play in other people’s areas, nobody accepts that we should be given a free hand here.