The Beginning of Venezuela's End: Part 2

Key points

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  The United States has launched a special forces attack into Caracas and captured President Nicolas Maduro.

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  Nicolas Maduro is a former bus driver who was selected as a perfect yes man but has done nothing intelligent.

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  The average Venezuelan lost over 20 pounds in a year due to a horrible famine caused by mismanagement.

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  Upwards of one-third of the population has fled Venezuela because the situation was so bad.

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  Maduro has no clear successor because he lacks anyone who is really competent around him.

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  The United States is not sending troops in to occupy or restructure the country despite claiming charge of security.

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  Venezuela imports 80% of its food because of the mismanagement of the system.

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  Oil production is down to less than a fifth of what it used to be at its height.

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  Famine conditions will restart in Venezuela in just a few weeks, maybe as little as a month.

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  The opposition cannot agree on anything and has not been in power for a while so it cannot function.

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  Forcibly restructuring the country would be a minimum 20-year effort costing at least $200 billion.

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  Venezuela is now a dead state where civilization will disintegrate into chaos, starvation, famine, civil war, and mass out-migration.

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