Venezuela is likely to become another wasted crisis, resembling events that followed when the U.S. forced regime changes in Libya, Afghanistan and Iraq.
Leaders on Cuba and Nicaragua, Miguel DÃaz-Canel and Daniel Ortega, should be especially worried.
The only remaining question is when Trump’s team will decide the timing is right.
The departure of dictators is always desirable, particularly one who has as much blood on his hands as Putin.
What is laid bare is the folly and failure of Washington’s regime change policy.