Venezuela's End: Peter Goes Squirrel Killin'

Key points

• 0:34

  No drone system exists with the range to cross the Caribbean and hit the US mainland.

• 2:35

  Russia lacks spare military capacity to attack the US while fighting in Ukraine.

• 2:35

  Cuba would refuse to host Russian weapons because it fears being next after Venezuela.

• 2:35

  Putin avoids direct strikes on the US to prevent massive counter-strikes against his regime.

• 4:38

  Russia prefers provoking internal US conflict rather than attacking American soil directly.

• 6:15

  China cannot overthrow Taiwan because no nation except the US has the necessary deployment capability.

• 6:15

  Authoritarian powers like China do not need external justification to pursue their expansionist goals.

• 8:28

  Iran's regime is too deep and geographically difficult to remove compared to Venezuela's leadership.

• 9:40

  Attacking Iran requires overcoming hundreds of miles of populated terrain unlike Venezuela's coastal capital.

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