[Jeff Head]

Agreed, ultimately it is a failing policy. But, in the mean time, if he gets support from China and others, who have money and will buy his oil, he will continue to get the infusions.

[Little Ray]

Dunno. He has 18% inflation, not Zimbabwe, but still pretty bad. He has tripled government spending. He's gonna have to devalue the currency, the bolivar, pretty soon, just to keep his oil revenue up. I'd say the good money was on a crash before he becomes a real problem.
Still, it would be nice to give the USN a chance to do some real ASW work and allow them to shoot down some modern fighters.
The downside is that the narco-terrorists will probably inherit the wreckage or co-opt the current regime.