Securing Venezuela is smart U.S. policy (War for oil)

American Thinker ^ | November 12, 2025 | By Matthew G. Andersson

[Kazan]

Pundits are criticizing the Trump administration for committing large-scale military resources to advance U.S. interests in Venezuela.

Some are going so far as to sensationalize the issue, claiming it could be “another Vietnam.

They are wrong.

Critics are wrong because they are not thinking through U.S. national strategic logic.

That region is not only a transit area for the illegal drug trade, flooding the U.S.: It represents a contentious powerhouse combination of massive oil resources (it is ranked number 1 in proven world oil reserves), combined with a rich land/water staging area that could become a permanent foreign “fortress.”

In other words, it could become a permanently self-sufficient, energy-independent land, sea and air base directed against America.

But there’s more.

Americans must face the fact that the world runs on oil: we live in a complete, comprehensive oil economy. Oil runs the world. And if you run out, you’re out of business: That means collapse in transportation, logistics, electricity, defense, manufacturing, agriculture and even consumer goods.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bloggers; concerntroll; concerntrolling; ibtz; trump; venezuela; zot

[Kazan]

At least, the author is honest about what potentially going to war and regime change is about in Venezuela.

How many American lives are worth sacrificing to get our hands on Venezuela's oil reserves and other natural resources?

This is exact the types of war both Bush Presidency got us into.

[gundog]

Venezuela is one country that I still have hope will overthrow their current regime, and get back on track. Shutting down the drug economy might give them a little push.

I wonder what the cost of maintaining the assets “in theater” are, relative to the costs of having them in port, or otherwise deployed. Probably not much.

[I-ambush]

I think the emphasis is not that we need Venezuela, but that we need to keep it out of the hands of our adversaries.

[Kazan]

I think the emphasis is not that we need Venezuela, but that we need to keep it out of the hands of our adversaries.

Which is the exact belief Russia has in regard to Ukraine, ironically enough.

[Kazan]

As long it is the people in Venezuela forcing the regime change, I’m fine with that.

[Resolute Conservative]

We don’t need anybody’s oil. Build nuclear to drive electricity and oil for transportation.

[pissant]

Are we in a war? I missed it. Snap the hell out of it

[Tallguy]

Venezuala has to sell the oil to realize any gain. I doubt US refiners much care where the oil comes from.

[Owen]

1) Venezuela is evaluated as having the #1 reserves of all countries.

2) It is a hyper thick Orinoco type. It doesn’t extract or refine easily, or at all.

3) People are not informed. Yes, Venezuela sent oil to the US and its refineries readily dealt with it. That wasn’t Orinoco oil. Venezuela has/had several oil fields. The stuff they produce(d) and sent to the US was the easy stuff. It’s more and more scarce now.

4) People do not understand oil. All oil is not created equal. And the neocons in the WH would most certainly not pass all this along to the President.

5) Have a look at Canada’s oil sands reserves vs their daily barrels/day production. Then look at Ven and recognize the Orinoco heavy belt is about 10X more difficult than the oil sands.

[Kazan]

Why are our war ships in waters near Venezuela if we're not thinking of invading?

[sockmonkey]

From Sept 25th 2025:
U.S. oil major Chevron (CVX.N), is only able to export about half the crude its joint ventures produce in Venezuela with the latest rules laid out by Washington, three sources close to the matter said.

The Treasury Department in late July issued a restricted authorization allowing Chevron to operate in the sanctioned country and export oil to the U.S., but it banned payments in any currency to the government of President Nicolas Maduro.

[Miami Rebel]

I can’t imagine that Venezuela is more than a small fraction of a drug exporter that Colombia is.

[gundog]

Yeah...cocaine is a pass-through from Colombia or Peru, to the extent that it’s moved by Venezuela. Same with Mexico. But, there’s plenty of money to be made just for looking the other way, especially in government.

[Karl Spooner]

American Neocon Thinker

[pissant]

Intimidating the regime? Support for surveilling Maduro? Making Maduro shit his pants? Giving confidence for those Venezuelan patriots who want to overthrow the regime? Keeping Maduro from trying to protect the drug runners? More sorties for sinking drug boats? A message to the chinese fentanyl pushers? Wargaming? All kinds of reasons.

Surely you can show me a bunch of your previous posts decrying other presidents projecting naval power around the globe