US vs Venezuela: Could a US military invasion succeed?

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This video explores what military options are there on the table for both sides, US and Venezuela, if an armed conflict becomes unavoidable. What would it take for a full ground invasion? Would it succeed? And how likely would it be in the first place? Both sides' militaries are analyzed for their strengths and weaknesses, taking into consideration the geography of the area.
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[@cakeadventure8412]

Venezuelan generals: *furiously taking notes*

[@SleepyJoeFlorida]

Supa Trending Daily we ate them señor

[@lalitnsgpatil4347]

😂

[@carloscolon198]

I don’t think that the US needs to invade. Take out their Navy, Air Force, misil Platforms. Special forces groups, supply lines, oil, ... and the Primadona Venezuelan Generals will oust the dictator and pit another one which will be a puppet to the US. The armed civilians ( which I’ve seen in person in Caracas) are armed thugs. No training, discipline. Irak and Afganistán , the people have centuries of fighting tradition backed by religion. Venezuelans want to have food, health , education and the freedom to speak again. Help them take back their country. Venezuelan people are very proud people but they do believe in the idea of freedom set forth by Bolivar. He is their Washington. Maduro is a Fidel Castro wanna be ... he is just a truck driver driving a beautiful country off a cliff.

[@julioc.7760]

@@carloscolon198 Sad truth is that the lower classes still do support Maduro and chavismo. The opposition used to be the rich kids and they all left venezuela

[@vandeheyeric]

@@julioc.7760 A lot of the lower classes do support Chavismo (at least in theory if not always in practice) but even that number is artificially inflated. For instance the regime is forcing people to come out for propaganda ralliews and vote the right 2way in order to get food aid like CLAP bags. Which are kinda necessary, especially for the poorest of the poor. I don't doubt there are a fair number of Chavismo loyalists in the slums and gutters, but the surface overview on them alone is inflated by the number of people coming because they need food badly.

[@bordergore7623]

Georgia the state vs Georgia the country I’ll never give up!!!!

[@tremedar]

Your youtube name is Border Gore and you want a fight that has to cross both international waters and sovereign territory of at least three neutral countries... Okay here's the scenario: One of them declares war, nothing happens because they can't reach each other, the end.

[@darken2417]

@@tremedar Or he could do one of those silly scenarios where he puts the two places side by side with ocean surrounding their usual borders. Like that one Russia US episode.

[@bordergore7623]

tremedar I was thinking more along the lines of the state seceding and the u.s, instead of invading, gave the country military assess to u.s bases to wage a war against the state. Unrealistic, but interesting none the less.

[@konplayz]

Border Gore South Georgia would win

[@genghiskhan5701]

Florida vs Cuba

[@ieathumanteeth3598]

It wouldn’t be anything like Vietnam. The Vietnamese had supply routes outside of the country hidden underground tunnels and a seasoned force backed by soviet weaponry.

[@CapitanJusticia]

Venezuela is also backed by Russian weaponry.

[@aztec0996]

What about narco trafficking routes? Already hidden from authorities and usually in deep, remote jungles

[@ieathumanteeth3598]

Daniel nope, those are in the country. The Vietnamese routes were outside of the country.

[@aztec0996]

@@ieathumanteeth3598 but they lead to other countries like Colombia, Guatemala, and Mexico and ultimately all drug routes flow North to the US border. Not to mention all the US dollars and guns that flow BACK South. Narco groups in these areas openly fight heavily-armed government forces, as well as each other, throughout all of South America.

[@mrdoot0730]

@@CapitanJusticia that would not be ressuplied after a naval blockade

[@lucar95gg]

To be honest, in the current conditions of Venezuela today, a War between them and US would only last for a few days due to the lack of resources like food or even gas.

[@default123default2]

500,000-3 million strong militia will make it such a pointless exercise

[@wisccheese9257]

no it would mostly last close to 7 years do to putting a democracy stable for venezuela citizens and killing of small militias

[@visigoth3696]

wisc cheese There is already a cry for a better Venezuela, a the government can be easily replaced and respected by most of the people. Conventional war with the US will most likely last less than a month.

[@wisccheese9257]

Visi Goth yes but the occupation will last more than a decade for safety reasons MILITIAS AND DRUGS

[@visigoth3696]

wisc cheese I don’t think an insurgency would last more than a year with Two US allies checking the border. The militants can’t be supported by rival governments with the US navy and airforce around.

[@broski7088]

All of a sudden 13 year olds are pro generals in the comments below

[@edwardcollier7218]

Don't you just love the Internet?

[@emjoi_joiemoni]

No. That are 2 year olds 😂🤦

[@moosemoose2893]

SAY THAT SHIT TO MY FACE ONE ON ONE AND I'LL MAKE YOU GO DO THE DISHES LIKE A WOMAN? THE HATE I HAVE IS TO ALWAYS REMIND YOU? I'M YOUR FEAR!

[@moosemoose2893]

AND FUCK TRUMP TOO!

[@SGT676]

@@moosemoose2893 are you on crack

[@CedarHunt]

A full on war seems unlikely since it would cause significant damage to civilian infrastructure and a very public political push back from the American populace. A much more likely scenario in my opinion would be a much smaller deployment of special forces and air assault forces to capture the capital and key C&C targets which would see the fighting end within a handful of days if successful. Minimal casualties, minor damage to infrastructure and civilian areas and a ready made government waiting in the wings to assume control after Maduro had either been killed, captured or ousted. Essentially a larger version of the invasion of Grenada in 1983.

[@EvilDaveCanada]

Remember with Grenada, they were invaded and the US went in the help stop the invasion. We are talking about the US being the invader and other countries coming in help stop the unjustifiable invasion BY THE US.

[@CedarHunt]

@@EvilDaveCanada They are much more similar than that. Granada was a US intervention after an attempted communist coup. Venezuela is suffering an almost identical thing since Maduro has about as much claim to the presidency of Venezuela as I do at this point. Guaido is the rightful leader of the country per their constitution and as such theoretically has the authority to request an intervention if he wants. The idea that there would be some kind of popular uprising to save Maduro is laughable and there is a better than even chance that the Venezuelan military would just capitulate immediately rather than risk their families and communities in a drawn out conflict to safeguard that blowhard Maduro.

[@pixelwortel9578]

What if the venezuelian people have a high morale? We know US is strong against conventional enemies but still sucks against guerrilla and rebels. They better wait longer till the people are against the government

[@CedarHunt]

The people are already against the government, Maduro is unable to keep food in their pantries or lights on in their homes or medicine in their hospitals. The US could drop food aid instead of bombs and pacify the Venezuelan people virtually overnight. There is no strong support for Maduro like you are imagining.

[@CedarHunt]

The US may not give a damn about some two bit dictator, goodness knows the US government has supported enough of them, but it does care about a stable South America. Maduro isn't just damaging Venezuela, the press of refugees and migrants as the country collapses is straining the resources of all of the countries around it and that domino effect leads right to the US border in an almost unbroken chain of people. That has put immense financial and political strain on the US not to mention the opening it has made for it's rivals looking for inroads to what has for over a century been a region largely dominated by US influence. The question isn't whether America cares about the plight of the Venezuelan people (I'm sure there are many who do and many who don't), it's a question of when/if the price of inaction outweighs the cost of intervention.

[@Rainmuu]

“Can the US invade Venezuela” that’s like saying can Germany invade Luxembourg

[@theeastside7369]

Except that Luxembourg would be alied with Syria,Iran,Cuba,Russia,China and North Corea.

[@Rainmuu]

the Western Side historically.

[@piranhaplantX]

@@theeastside7369 Syria, Iran, Cuba, and North Korea are basically non-factors. The only ones that matter are Russia and China, and I'm not sure either would go out of their way for Venezuela. Since neither of them could realistically do much for Venuzuela. The most that could be expected is them selling some of their previous generation hardware, which wouldn't be enough to stop the onslaught.

[@kagakai7729]

@@theeastside7369 superpowers don't fare well against other superpowers in their own backyard, that's always been a general rule of international conflict

[@KnightTurok770]

Wtf is this even a question? They can hardly afford a can of green beans lmao

[@MNTennamG]

Turok 7 lmao this comment got me rolling!!!

[@estefanaluma6212]

@eddie money Are you gonna start comparing the US army agaisnt some latin old mans with rifles from the last century?

[@shingyanling1856]

@eddie money says the weakest country in the world

[@aq4363]

LOL

[@carlosrequena7141]

Yes because you guys steeling everything from them right now what you want is the gold oil ext. seens you can't get it you want to assinate for it for nothing you assinate is for there welt

[@lordfoogthe2st68]

Player: Venezuela did -1 damage to player: USA Player: USA did -999 damage to player: Venezuela Player: Venezuela has been slain by USA Game over, try again? Restart Exit

[@joelangrehr6184]

Restart

[@Anderson_Hwang]

Venezuela : Gamemode set "Peaceful"

[@nathanremix5800]

Venezuela : *Use Tree Speaking Vietnam* Usa : *YOU HAVE BEEN SLAINED*

[@itzleo9619]

that is really rube and am Venezuela

[@iran_civilactivistnew3539]

Usa have chet in game,so Usa will lose and left

[@captainamerica6525]

Want Venezuela to fall? Let them continue on as is.

[@lightingshade7957]

We have let them run without opposition for more than 20 years... Besides of the aids from Russia, Iran, Syria, Turkey, China and North Korea.

[@The1980Philip]

People have been saying that about North Korea since the armistice.

[@Project_Warfare]

Roasted and toasted!

[@TheeRomantic]

Facts

[@mushy111]

I've been watching so many Binkov's videos I'm starting to question my strategy for getting out of bed to invade the kitchen and make coffee.

[@MitsukiHashiba]

I would go through Belgium it's safer ;)

[@mushy111]

@@MitsukiHashiba I'll collect waffles on the way.

[@yes9885]

I'll call my allies to help u invade the kitchen they would love too

[@aaroncabatingan5238]

If the Americans do invade, as long as they don't mess up the occupation the same way they did in Iraq, the population would be pacified and the occupation would be smooth(and it would completely destroy any popular support to any insurgency). The only way Venezuela could win would be through insurgency, not in a full open warfare.

[@mr.g3203]

Another question can I make annexation of Venezuela and make it at the 51st state

[@zebazvikle9582]

Friend USA has not rival in the millitary force. Everybody knows. But not all is use of force, civilians refugees in UN tents and any country wins the world´s rejection.

[@looinrims]

Did you see the poll? Less than 40% supported foreign intervention

[@majunior4623]

I get that morale isn't normally taken account for, but I feel like in this scenario it would be very important

[@jordanhamel194]

Ok fogell

[@Snowwie88]

Crap, I was always asking for a "The Netherlands vs Venezuela" based on past threats made by Venezuela to take the ABC islands. Netherlands only, without NATO support. Considering material and troops it would sound like a very interesting battle. The Netherlands might have a small army and navy but is high tech and also possesses F35 fighters. So, again: Hypothetical situation: Venezuela takes the ABC islands, can The Netherlands retake them (without NATO support)?

[@hamsterbacke5962]

Its2 Impossible for the netherlands, because its to far Away. The netherlands have a better equiped air force to be fair, but it would be quit hard to Impossible to get enough f 35 over There to trump the venezuela air force. While venezuela is also very Close to that island They would ship as many wir defence and troops to that island before dutch army could arrive. S 300 could be a Threat to dutch f 35 (The netherlands by the Way dosnt have many f 35 at the Moment, They still depend on their old f 16's, so an successful air war would be even more unlikly dir the netherlands. I guess you mean a scenario then the dutch habe get all their 37 f 35 deliverd but even than it would be inposssibly duo to the distance). Dutch army might be better trained and equiped than the averange venezuelean soldier, but They Lack in numbers and heavy armour such as tanks. It is 100% Impossible for the dutch army (as I mentiont so far, much smaller and weaker equiped than the venezuela one to get enough troops over their). So venezuela would win quit easy. Even my Country Germany which has a Stronger army than venezuela would fail by retaking the island.

[@zebazvikle9582]

without NATO not. Netherlands has not power of projection (militar), no carriers, etc. ABC (Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao, well Aruba is near independence, I think.

[@zebazvikle9582]

If you are a dutchman give me Sint Marteen, Sint Sava and Sint Statius, pleaseeee

[@oswaldogarcia618]

The population of Venezuela support's a US military operation in the country, that is one important factor, and more than a half of the militia mans are realy poor people an his only reson to serve in this paramilitary corp is because the government get's some food for they, they are not like viet minh or some they realy are like homeless people, i rememer to see some blind and dwarf serving as Milicianos! PD: Sorry for my bad english guys, i am from Venezuela!

[@oswaldogarcia618]

The comunist dictatorship its very impopular in Venezuela and this is a realy important fact to take in count!

[@wendellnovais]

@LOARMIJA Maduro and the communist party isn't his people.

[@oswaldogarcia618]

Maduro use Venezuela's military to kill his onw people...

[@lightingshade7957]

@LOARMIJA Ok, let me make this straight for you. As the guy called Oswaldo Garcia said, most of the Venezuelan population support any kind of intervention. It doesn't matter if is from the Americans or the Brazilians or anyone else, except for the Chinese or Russians of course, we know they had been helping those communist. We want them to die, why ? It's simple we're dying and we can't make anytjing, we tried the peaceful protest, we tried using oyr ocnstituion, we formed an opposition who betrayed us and stabbed us without mercy and still says to us tl believe in them, we have been lied, attack, starved and now we're being murdered, and it's simple, those who had helped the communist who posses the power now are nothing but criminals, they aren't Venezuelans, they are our represetation of pure evil, just as Hitler or Stalin were on their time. We want them to die, we know the consequences of most of the Venezuelans and their choices more than 15 years ago. And we know blood must be splitted either form the right ones who seek to form a great and wealthy country without this cancer anymore, and specially from those who tries to hold to their power with desperation. We juts want our freedom back, our home back and our lifes back to us.

[@lightingshade7957]

@LOARMIJA Uh no. First of all a oil barrel is normally at 30 dollars worth the price today, making an oil barrel in Venezuela is around 60 dollars of cost, you'll be losing money trying to make more. And besides i can tell you some "Mistakes" of othercountries down here maybe... Oh yes, Panama and Chile, they're some good countries down here and recieved aid from the US. we don't have nothing to lose, and besides, who said we want democracy? That system failed to our people, it's time for somes changes.

[@boblaryson3621]

The quality of troops is very over estimated for Venezuela

[@floydlooney6837]

Extremely. There is probably still a small core of veterans from the old insurgent and drug wars but not that many compared to Colombia.

[@con2mms2000]

That's correct. I'm here in Venezuela and trust me, they don't even have 10 military airplanes functioning. They may have some anti-aircraft missiles but just a few. They got it from Rusia and Iran a few years ago. But not enough cause they never thought the oil will drop down. They thought they will have money enough to buy food. They're running out of money.

[@luciano2003.]

@@con2mms2000 ¿Me lo traduces bro? ¿Qué otros problemas militares tienen?

[@con2mms2000]

@@luciano2003. No me acuerdo de que va el video. Hace tiempo que lo vi jaja qué necesitas saber a ver cómo te ayudo?

[@luciano2003.]

@@con2mms2000 ¿La fuerza aerea venezolana es buena?

[@tommy35ss]

Despite all the strange, and bad comments, I enjoyed the video. Not sure why there is such immature comments on here, as the video was very well put together, well researched, and informative. I think you did a great job with it.

[@nuphhrffe875]

Salty US haters

[@popuptarget7386]

Its people too ignorant to get the point of these comparisons (or too hateblinded). Its a pure wargaming excersise. There isnt any judging good guys or bad guys.

[@ReneAlex]

As Venezuelan, there a lot of things that does not line up with reality: (and many that are Ok too is not a total failure) This Video gives A LOT of credit LIKE A LOT a HUGE LOT of credit to the capacities and willingness to fight for the Maduro government to the Venezuelan armed forces. The whole civil war scenario based on a decade old data, that scenario is waaaaaay out of the table by now. Common people will not kill each other for this government, the thing that could happen are attacks from the Paramilitary against the people, and that's not a civil war that is more like the thing happening in smaller scale while there are protesters on the street; death squads against unarmed people. This video does not mention the Venezuelan Military forces living in Colombia and Brazil and their willingness to fight against the current government or make the observation that a guerrilla war Scenario without the support of the people makes it almost unviable. It also does not mention the fragile electrical power infrastructure and the decades old information systems or the fact that most of the military hardware is out of service due total lack on maintenance and parts; you just have to see the last couple of years of military parades and the photos of planes been move around the country in trucks because they cannot fly long distances without breaking... or the fact that a rebel policeman flew a stolen helicopter from a Military Base IN THE CAPITAL CITY and threw flash grenades over 5 different government buildings and then disappeared; he was uncontested for hours and NEVER a single aircraft even took off or was sent to intercept, If a local farmer did not report the Helicopter abandoned in his field days later they have never even found the machine... He later said in social media that He did that to show the glaring lack of readiness and zero defense infrastructure that the regime and the armed forces have. And this is just One of the laughable tales of the ineptitude of the current Military in Venezuela, there are plenty more. Or the fact that the average soldier in service have a ~500 to ~1000 calories a day diet for the last 2 years. And many has gone AWOL to find sustenance and use the military installations a bed and breakfast because there are no food or money to maintain the army well-fed. Or that "the reserve" is mostly made up of senior citizens that join because the promise of free food and a couple of bucks a month, and have never held a gun or know how to do combat. Also, Venezuela have more Generals than NATO, the professionalism and the career military is a thing of the past. And long etcetera because I'm just saying here what is public knowledge by the work of the free press and investigative journalists there are surely more narrow circumstances and more shortcomings that are not public yet, that the common folk does not know.

[@otavianiluciano7397]

I believe that the civil war would happen after Maduro's defeat and when the militias starts killing innocents to put the blame on the US's army. Besides, most of the population would probably join the US's army and would help to arrest and (possibly) kill many of the chavistas.

[@ReneAlex]

@@otavianiluciano7397 Most of this Civil war scenarios are based on the premise of a divided population, a class divide, or a huge militant and weapon savvy population... this is not the case right now, and have hardly been the case ever. Yes, the Paramilitary are not there to fight the US but the Venezuelan people. It is a force to keep the population in control, BUT the most important thing is that they are financially motivated, Money and Power. If Maduro fall; there are just a few "true believers" that with fight, the rest are there for the money, the promise of power or a clean state (read convicts pull out from prison to fight). So if Maduro have no power, no money and no hold to keep his promises he will have no army, no paramilitary, no nothing. Just a plane ticket to Cuba or something least impressive. The risk of a Guerrilla war in the aftermath of a Chavista rule is possible but without popular support all guerrillas a doom to fail, like the ones in the 60s and 70s Here in Venezuela, they were quickly stifled and force to drop their guns and get out of the mountains to participate in the electoral field where they were ultimately left in the low tiers of the political space... this is why it is important to have elections were the Chavistas participate; to finish their movement in the open, with a clear eradication by the Vote and by the people, with no epic battle and no possibility for a sad story sell again their "struggle".

[@o.o1015]

Rene Alex fantastic analysis! Thank you for enlightening us. Do you believe Maduro will step down without foreign intervention?

[@ReneAlex]

​@@o.o1015 You are very kind, Most Venezuelans can make similar remarks based on years of experience and some critical thinking. I hope more Venezuelans share their experiences below video like these, people need to talk more with Venezuelans. In short: No. He as the Cuban regime are there for the long run. The current form of foreign intervention is diplomatic and financial, Military intervention is far away in the horizon, is a more last resort thread than an actual thing to put out like a certainty. The goal of most the opposition coalition in the have a transition without violence, and the position of Maduro is that they are not going out even with violence... the amount of bluff Maduro is putting out is the thing that is keeping the situation with no end in sight, because he does not have the same financial power, the military is not as strong as they claim, the inner workings of the regime are not so militant (see the mess that made the AP report of secret talks with Cabello) and the clear pace of escalation the US is setting up with more indictments and sanctions; you may argue that sanctions are somewhat ineffective (see 60 years of sanctions over Cuba, they are still there) but unlike Cuba, they hit the core of their power (money) they are move by it, the regime functions as a cartel, a kleptocracy, they are bound by the dirt they have on each other and the codependency that the "Criminal Bolivarian Enterprise" weave between them... BUT here they are, holding the power... is a quite complex issue, more talented and better informed people are, hopefully trying to solve it without bloodshed. The most glaring fact all this leaves; is that with Maduro still in office; the crisis will not end but getting worst, and by end of next year, 5 million Venezuelans on top of the 4 millions that already have left are gonna fill the region. They know this, South America (SA) know that is the red line, Venezuela is not Cuba (and island with a small population) it is now a 35 million people country with 85% poverty, and the region anti intervention spirit got that price tag quite clear in their minds, my guess is that this price tag will make all that anti interventionism principals to go away and then an unprecedented SA/US coalition will start to make the rounds in the news. Let's hope that red line does not come and somehow Maduro is removed, or he just leaves one day, the alternatives are way more costly.

[@boblaryson3621]

Those paramilitaries would be slaughtered if they actually engaged in open warfare

[@johanherrera6413]

have you seen the videos of them training? for chrissakes, its a bunch of old/starving people with sticks pretending to have rifles. hilarious!

[@emilsevcik5042]

as someone who has dealt with these groups, I would tell you they would not 1st they have the advantage of the home field they would be defending an easily defendable especially if that is Caracas( I was born there so I know. they are very Used to violence they have good weapons and are very well brainwashed I mean motivated.

[@djtechzz]

The title should have been “Could Venezuela survive a US attack”

[@iloveyou-ro4kw]

Tell this to Vietnam 😐🖕🏻🤣

[@zigzag3720]

@@iloveyou-ro4kw cringe

[@zigzag3720]

@Katherine Wilson russia and china can't do shit in south america, and china and russia both combined can't fight a long term war with USA

[@GgamerIsCamel]

@Katherine Wilson ya but usa has a lot of allies such as nato and many other countries like India south korea japan egypt brazil Argentina and more

[@Leeeverett-bp2pj]

@@GgamerIsCamel Argentina lost an island to the uk from like 5300 miles away

[@lesroquel]

One thing you forgot to mention is the suspected 20,000 Cuban troops currently in Venezuela.

[@marcellespiritu]

We will kill them !!!

[@malignustotalis331]

marcellespiritu So this is going to be a cakewalk ❓😂😂😂😂😂

[@Joe-kb1sm]

Cuban troops ? More like cuban poops. No problema.

[@lesroquel]

@Гавран we don't understand you comrade....English please.

[@chaosXP3RT]

Do "What if Russia invades the Ukraine!" Oh...wait...they already did

[@ivanlagrossemoule]

@wut it is mate Russia isn't only in Crimea, they also have active troops in Eastern Ukraine. Even if you pretend that Russia still actively denies it, there's enough evidence these days. Unless you want to claim that Ukrainian warehouses somehow contained T-90s and all sorts of Russian goodies. Also Poroshenko was democratically elected and replaced the transition government.

[@FM_1819]

You should do a Colombia v.s Venezuela, our forces are built for diferent purposes and geography would play a major role. Which would make for a interesting scenario

[@doeb6534]

One carrier in Japan? *I thought Japan was a U.S. carrier.*

[@ThatsRight0567]

Jayden Jarrow essentially

[@mr.h1083]

I mean... Technically.... *You’re not wrong.*

[@VivaCristoRei9]

PETITION TO MAKE JAPAN MOBILE

[@mxm23adregalusandmore62]

Your comment made my day, lol

[@kylefosnaugh4148]

The title should be called: Is Water Wet?!?

[@Alfred_Leonhart]

Kyle Fosnaugh waters not wet, also it’s more like is the pope a catholic and makes the world safe for pedophilic priest

[@kylefosnaugh4148]

Avery of Astora hahaha okay mate

[@spikebaduccino6613]

Unless I missed it, this video completely ignored the inevitable drone strikes well before any foot soldiers put a boot on Venezuelan soil

[@FernandoRivera-tb9dl]

Just send some ex green berets turned security and 60 bros in boats.

[@agentepolaris4914]

Lol

[@jeansansterre6908]

Venezuela arrested 300 usa mercenary

[@henrique_212]

@@jeansansterre6908 Ok

[@LEric49]

Why would Venezuela ever have to be invaded by the USA? The country is already collapsing because of the oil prices and hyperinflation , their whole system is basicly on the verge of total collapse. MAssive amount of citizens are already leaving the country. I feel Sorry for the people that live there and hope they are able to restore to a normal lifestyle soon.

[@KarimAlKharsa]

M S ur high af

[@alexanderhoraitis6801]

@@MarcusSantAnna Ain't just the US unfortunately you seem to believe some crackshit

[@alexgonzalez6115]

Here a Venezuelan! The video as such is very cool and the analysis also given that it is not biased by patrotism, although it still has some errors: -The military are cowards, in the supposed "attack" last year against Maduro, they fled like flies when they heard the drone explode. -The paramilitaries (aka the Collectives) are probably also cowards, since they only look rough when confronted with DISARMED citizens. They know absolutely nothing about facing a mechanized army (like the United States) with years and years of experiences of multiple wars in places like Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. -For a moment you mentioned that "invading" Venezuela would be a New Vietnam, but that is not at all true. Vietnam ended by saying what was given as having a border with a Communist state (Communsite China) and with a couple of countries (Cambodia and Laos) whose governments were so weak that they could not prevent supplies or reinforcements from reaching the North Vietnamese through their territories. Venezuela shares land borders with Brazil, Colombia and Guyana, none of which is ideologically adept at the Maduro regime. Which would mean that no kind of guerrilla war would last long since we say that there would be no way for someone to provide any help to any leftist guerrillas, in addition to the fact that the military and the groups have not gone through the ideological indoctrination necessary to withstand a guerrilla war.

[@efxnews4776]

Brazil have the best jungle fighters of the world and we aren't talkink about some ragtags like the vietanamease fighters in the 70's, we are talking about several elite highly trained squads with a lot of experience in patroling the Amazon boarders, dealing with guerilla fighters like FARC, we also have a lot of air support especfically to DEAL with this kind of confrontation, and good equipament, also we have a huge contingent operational in the Amazon already, if things get messy, brazilian army will quickly respond.

[@g3neralcross911]

Elson Felix Brazil wouldn’t help Venezuela ( controlled by Maduro) they would ally with USA

[@efxnews4776]

@@g3neralcross911 I didn't say anything about that...

[@XxLIVRAxX]

All of the analysis concerning the venezuelan armed forces Is based on taking at face value the operational capabilities present in paper, the reality Is that much of the military hardware Is either obsolete, not properly mantanied or irrecuperable at this point, the venezuelan armed forces are not a modern military institution but rather a glorified praetorian guard procteting the regime, not out of a sense of loyalty and duty but in other to protect their economic interest as the high ranking members of the military own a big size of the mining and oil industries aswell as banks and are involve in drug trafficking, they act more like an occupation force that profits from ransacking the nation's resources, it's combat capabilities are sufficient to harass and murder civilians specially protesters, students, workers, impoverished folk in the shanty towns but not to deal with a sophisticated military adversary, the only reason why we don't see any sign of a military intervention Is that a political solution that includes free and fair elections are a far cheaper alternative than occupaying the country and being force to deal directly with the humanitarian catastrophy generated by chavismo plus the costs of providing security to the region until the venezuelan state Is reconstructed and sufficiently functional to handle it's internal affairs.

[@lukabajic9729]

But free and democratic elections ensured that Maduro gets power, there is simply no real number of people supporting US interests there

[@barreloffun10]

@@lukabajic9729 There is zero chance that Maduro would win a fair, honest election.

[@lesroquel]

@@lukabajic9729 When the dead rise up to vote for the current dictator it's hardly a democratic election. You saw what happened a few months ago, millions of Venezuelans protesting in the streets and the uprising of some elements of the Venezuelan National guard.

[@lukabajic9729]

@@lesroquel that is same story of dead voters that happens in pretty much every country in EU so it is just meaningless blabbering

[@lukabajic9729]

@@barreloffun10 there is no evidence the last elections were not fair. The internation observers deemed the fair. They were deemed unfair by those that refused to observe them. Their opinion is therefore meaningless

[@whereismypixel2235]

As a Venezuelan who's still living here I have a few things to add, first destroying the infrastructure of the country wouldn't be that hard with the fact that over the 60% of it is already failing (general blackouts of over 6 to 12 hours everyday and the constant lack of gasoline all around the border states with Colombia and Brazil) , it is very likely that a civil wars ignites during the first weeks of the invasion because of the already tense situation around the country, one of the Su-30MKV crashed on a practice fly, the venezuelan goverment will be backup by some russian forces(not many) and chinese supplies but mainly by guerrilla forces coming from Colombia(not the colombian goverment) such as the ELN.

[@chicosquelloran6410]

No creo que los rusos tengan recursos ni ganas de arriesgar a sus hombres por Venezuela, tengo entendido que mantienen presencia militar en Venezuela, pero en caso de un ataque de Estados Unidos dudo mucho que peleen contra ellos.

[@whereismypixel2235]

@@chicosquelloran6410 Cumplen más un carácter simbólico pero es probable que unas cuantas decenas de ellos entren en combate.

[@otavianiluciano7397]

@@whereismypixel2235, no ano passado, os Estados Unidos eliminaram cerca de 500 mercenários russos na Síria e Putin não fez absolutamente nada. Se houver uma invasão militar dos Americanos, apenas os mercenários russos entrariam em combate.

[@stronkhammer3565]

The US invasion of Venezuela is basically the tutorial level of invasions.

[@enderlinde3152]

@@futurei0oo lmao

[@Adonnus100]

The Venezuelan military is a complete paper tiger. Those numbers don't mean anything when the regime has little support as it does. Also, the Venezuelan military isn't designed for conventional warfare, it's designed to keep the government in power as an ideological socialist force. It has extremely sub par training and would crumble immediately against any US attack.

[@darak1455]

Remember he does not use morale

[@davidulanovsky8943]

Ahahahahahahha Maduro is supported by 43% of the country compared to Guaidos 36% and that’s according to the opposition. Brainwashed idiot.

[@joaolimao9381]

@@davidulanovsky8943 Source: Venezuelan Government

[@davidulanovsky8943]

lorenzo † Source: major opposition broadcaster

[@flailios]

Ironically, that's exactly how the war would go. The population would be arguing about which leader is more popular, and then 48 hours would pass and the country would be crippled from the air.

[@barracuda008l4]

You are not consider that the Venezuelan arm forces will surrende so fast that 100 marines will be more than enough. The problem will be the Cuban occupancy troops

[@pedroblancou]

The United States would not destroy the Venezuelan industry. It was already destroyed by Chavez. And with the mere presence of a carrier on the coast, the narco-militaries would surrender. In addition, you forget about drones.

[@Genubath1]

If the US started air dropping food and propaganda with it, the government would be toast

[@redshirt5126]

United States need only provide two things to the Venezuelan people: food, and air support.

[@KarimAlKharsa]

Your comment has a great pun opportunity

[@nathanzylla4961]

After visiting Venezuela the terrain is very mountainous..large cities are packed in between valleys. in the northern part of the country. 100 F is considered cold and usually about 95% humid..then you have about 5-6 random down pours a day. If i didnt use sunscreen spf 85 plus every two hours...i burned bad. and having access to fan...i was considered well off.....and that was in 2008...

[@naufalhusain2638]

Venezuela = tutorial Iraq = easy North Korea = normal Iran = Hard Russia = Extreme China = Nightmare

[@constantiniasmith4231]

@@Zeerich-yx9po ur right😂

[@MidgeCat]

I would argue invading North Korea is harder than Iran. Iran is a normal country, North Korea is a extreme cult of personality that's based around defending against the US and her allies

[@newguy954]

@@MidgeCat i highly doubt that north korea does"nt have oil resources that iran has,neither the population.

[@ahmedhxn7170]

Switzerland = Impossible

[@newguy954]

@@Zeerich-yx9po not necessarily,your forgetting that north korea has nuclear weapons,and s-400 equivalent air defenses.

[@juliuszkocinski7478]

Venezuelan navy unit just lost to unarmed german cruise ship... so yeah

[@juliuszkocinski7478]

@Max Smith 𝔇𝔢𝔲𝔱𝔰𝔠𝔥𝔢 𝔔𝔲𝔞𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔞𝔱

[@YF-23_Enjoyer]

(DEMONIC LAUGHING NOISES)

[@iamthehype3684]

Welp that's German engineering for ya.

[@agentepolaris4914]

Portuguese, not German

[@agentepolaris4914]

@@iamthehype3684 SEKAI ICHII

[@TheDuke89]

Venezuelan here, our militia's number are probably not inflated, they just are an absolute joke mostly poor old folks, I have never seen them armed and whose primary job is as gatekeepers at the subway since the machines that take the tickets broke and government has no money to repair them.

[@Tikii_9]

Emilio Perrone We know I seen alotttt of 40+ year old women in there.....

[@TheDuke89]

@@Tikii_9 I think you mean 60+

[@estefanaluma6212]

I’m sure they wouldn’t even send and invasion, they’d just influence another country like Colombia or Brazil to do the job as intervention, but a war in such a peaceful place like South America will drastically damage the already poor infrastructure and economy of both involved countries.

[@TheDuke89]

@@estefanaluma6212 If Brazil or Colombia go for military intervention it will be because US troops are coming in as well. Trump seems to be eager on it, but hasn't done so out of respect to the wishes of the regional leaders (and mostly because he knows it's not going to go well for him politically, especially on his first term). Now, I don't think out (venezuela's) army would cause any significant damage to colombia's or brazil's infrastructure, particularly because the former has the most combat experience in the region and the other is a regional power while our army is a joke. Finally, just because there's no ongoing war doesn't mean it's peaceful here, a lot of armed violence and bad shit going down here.

[@dubuyajay9964]

@@TheDuke89 The thing you have going for you is that the US has its hands full enough as is with China, Russia, the Norks, upheavals in Western Europe, Iran, the crime cartels of North Mexico, a still very hot war in Afghanistan, etc. It's facing the late Rome issue of not enough troops to deal with a long list of opponents. And a lot of U.S. citizens don't want a war with Venezuela either. Especially a jungle guerrilla war.

[@Y2KNW]

I've played Merceneries 2: World in Flames; who needs an army when I can take down their president with a hot Chinese-British chick who can hip-fire a light 50?

[@theharoox8066]

Venezuela have biggest oil reserves USA: here's Johny

[@genghiskhan5701]

@Justin Last Drilling oil in the US is much more environmentally friendly than driling oilin the Middle East due to US environmental protection ethics. So the 'muh mother nature' arguement is invalid.

[@genghiskhan5701]

@Justin Last I agree that we should protect the national beauty of the US but not to the point the US should sacrifice self sufficiency in energy to dictatorial countries

[@regularvenezuelancitizen5668]

my wet dream...

[@CocoaBeachLiving]

I think some folks commenting here need to understand this scenario is very unlikely for a variety of reasons. It's a thought exercise.

[@genghiskhan5701]

The USAF can just paradrop crates of Big Macs and M4s to the protesters and let them do the work.

[@CallsignYukiMizuki]

It'll be like the Berlin Airlift. Brilliant

[@mickeyg7219]

I know this is a joke, but Venezuela have 133 McDonald's outlets.

[@spetsnazttv6724]

@@mickeyg7219 if only venezuelans had the money to spend in those outlets

[@jonathanryan9946]

@@mickeyg7219 no wonder they're starving. There is only 1 Mc Donald's per 250,000 people.

[@theroldan8675]

big macs? lol, that shit is NOT food.. LOL

[@Chrischi3TutorialLPs]

Tbh i feel the reason the Venezuelan Army lacks mechanization is that its a country full of mountains, rivers, and jungles, which is far from optimal for the type of vehicles us europeans got used to when fighting on the big rolling plains of eastern europe or the like.

[@gebys4559]

Need mechs right?

[@DOGosaurus_rex]

kinda true but at the same time the capital Caracas is like 7 miles from the sea

[@optimusprime3477]

Venezuelans would still lose.

[@theyoshi202]

@Владимир Новиков The terrain is indeed nicely suited for guerrilla tactics but guerrilla usually works best when the whole population is fiercely supportive of the government, which certainly isn’t the case in Venezuela

[@XxLIVRAxX]

Is really just the lack of funding and properly trained personale to keep those mechanized forces operational, VEN had AMX 13 and AMX 30 tanks, a decently well equiped army in the late 70s and 80s, know it's T-72, BMP-3 and BTR 90's, most of them not very well mantained.

[@SkinkUA]

Oil

[@jaredgomora6506]

US:👀👀👀

[@kirbman6301]

Freedom

[@SkinkUA]

@@kirbman6301 OUR democracy is the best

[@kirbman6301]

@@SkinkUA im coming down there to give you freedom and maybe take all the oil i mean freedom

[@SkinkUA]

@@kirbman6301 banana republics of 2021

[@jont2576]

venezuela couldnt even feed itself....how do u suppose they could fight?

[@inforsilvapcmanutencaoeven5207]

It's true lol ..... lol ..... Brazil 2021

[@fleisbester612]

The same for Vietcongues...

[@juancordova6526]

@@kurtz-xr2bd I am Venezuelan is true, only 3 uncles are chavistas in my family and they are (enchufados) people who live and work for the government, Venezuelans support the intervention

[@Galactic_fudge]

Listen closely at 5:06 I’m pretty sure there was a burp in the background😂

[@shockwave2477]

Yh heard it too

[@SincerelyFromStephen]

This war would be widely unpopular. And a land invasion would be even worse.

[@g3neralcross911]

SincerelyFromStephen naw it wouldn’t be seen unpopular many people know in fact how bad Venezuelans have it right now ( so it would be advertised as saving the enemies people)

[@stephanledford9792]

Several comments: (1) The US probably indirectly benefits from having Venezuela remaining a basket case after their failed experiment with Socialism and a dictatorship. It makes others leaning towards Socialism in Latin America think twice before trying that in their own countries, especially if they have accepted some of the Venezuelan diaspora who know what this is like. (2) I keep reading comparisons to Vietnam. If the US were to invade, and I think the chances of this are close to zero, it would be to replace Maduro and they would leave shortly afterwards. Apples and oranges comparison. (3) Venezuela is not viewed as a direct threat to the US and I don't think an invasion would be well received by US citizens, especially if there were anything more than just minor casualties.

[@sababugs1125]

I don't think this will be close to Vietnam because the USA will not have to dear china if they enter some part of the country but it would more be like Afghanistan where they are deployed . The local rebels/defenders don't achieve a military victory because of being out matched but are don't stop fighting until the USA has other problems to deal with

[@Fernando5455Jr]

If invasion would happen I recommend the United States calls it Operation Just Cause 2

[@Fernando5455Jr]

Kirk Wolfe Manuel Noriega was a dictator. Guillermo Endara was the person who succeeded him and he by all means he wasn’t perfect but he was sure a hell of a lot better than Noriega. Not the same at all.

[@notmariolevi2863]

And this time, they should get Rico MotherFucking Rodriguez, because he has taken down multiple governments before, and he can do it again.

[@dantecaputo2629]

Is it a bad thing that my main source of geopolitical news is a Russian sock puppet dressed like Admiral Nimitz?

[@ike9854]

If you like it, you like it! No one is too old to watch sock puppets. Russian puppets were always the best! Esp. under the soviet era, they were very good, and no propaganda, mostly, just folk tales or kids stuff. I grew up with them on Swedish TV, the only soviet films we bought.

[@thoumidingili]

Yes. I tried it in Hoi4, just take caracas with 40width marines!

[@meepy546]

Amazing, a true man of culture

[@carlosrequena7141]

Only the rambos

[@pi1523]

yeah but i beat us as venezuela by using the order 66 strat

[@dynjarren5454]

Short answer: Yep Would they? Nah

[@evilducklings9279]

The comments are so fucking toxic

[@tristanjohnson4651]

Evil Ducklings i was about to say the same thing lol. Like Jesus Christ relax it’s a KZbin video of a Russian puppet talking about a hypothetical war.

[@lrdmiddlefinger]

full of dipshits who literally know nothing

[@ahernandez65]

Evil Ducklings bunch of morons.

[@bigtony4930]

Yes. Next question, please.

[@SuperCookieGaming_]

Just so people know this video isn’t saying that the us would or even should invade. It is like a brain exercise and to make an interesting video.

[@olivermeyer2933]

Ik but some people take WAY to serious

[@nahkoratan9673]

Boy! Never thought that a lot of historians, military generals and economist exist in the comment section.

[@mikerueffer579]

When people say the war will become another Vietnam. they forget that vietnam was a mess because we couldn't invade north Vietnam without risking a war with china. and Vietnam was being propped up by the soviets. Venezuela is a much different story.

[@nahuelleandroarroyo]

Plus i would argue that some generals would just switch sides or be neutral for a shot at the power void

[@rileysmith9843]

This time, nukes would be involved.

[@blackfangex6813]

@@nahuelleandroarroyo Highly unlikely, Most of the Generals are linked with Drug dealings That's why the "Soles cartel" recive their name most of the Generals are in it so they either surrender to a proper Justice or die trying to get themselves free, even after that the Whole armed forces would need a major reorganization to actually works as it was meant to be and no the actual joke that is today

[@ivansantana3067]

If I were Maduro I would not waste any time providing Russians and Chinese with aviation and naval bases, then let the nuclear powers "negotiate", you bomb us, we'll bomb you - yes you in the US.

[@silas__3994]

Fantastically detailed video Binkov! Also there are videos of the national militia, they recruit many old people, and even partially handicapped people, who want to be recruited because they get food for being in it. And yeah they don't have nearly enough weapons, they train with wooden guns.

[@total_epicness6776]

Comment section is filled with smoothbrains and bots who took this video seriously

[@godkingjacklee3065]

It’s really disappointing but hey I’m getting a good laugh out of it

[@jamwither9847]

that is all of his videos

[@Curazalenox]

Thank you for your time and information, taking the time and doing the research. It’s a very complex scenario. I am Venezuelan and impressed with your scenario. Good job.

[@dyslexicdoodlebob179]

*Venezuelan government watching this: 😦*

[@freenarnia6913]

Could you make a video about a hypothetical war between Venezuela with either Brazil or Colombia as well, considering that Brazil has threatened with war recently.

[@sethseth9059]

Venezuela should shift from planes to Tie fighters.

[@neilwilson5785]

They have the Executor buried and ready to go.

[@Rosie199X]

Love your videos, my man. Even if some comments go after the accuracy of them, they start a conversation and are very interesting to think about as someone who is just getting into war in a more serious manner.

[@Moses_VII]

You know all the comments saying that Venezuelan weapons from Russia are enough to fight America? I have seen Operation Room's Desert Storm video. The Americans have so many aircraft and plans and maneuvers and tanks. They are likely to win, even without a coalition. Iraq had a great military (did they have the world's 4th largest air force?), but they lost. Venezuela won't fare better.

[@ano3758]

Yes, Venezuela will be defeated no doubt about that. The issue is that the war will be a worse Vietnam. Thousands of American soldiers will die and ultimately, Venezuela is Russia's closest military and trade ally in the region. They will definitely support them by providing munitions, drawing the war out longer. How long do you think the American people will tolerate airstriking civlians. It's one thing doing it thousands of miles away where you can hide the reality, its another thing when you have thousands of refugees flooding into America. This is the same issue facing Europe and why America is slowly standing by itself in the middle east.

[@latinplus1394]

América is all continent

[@Moses_VII]

@@latinplus1394 my mistake. Sorry.

[@Moses_VII]

@@ano3758 now I understand. Thank you.

[@santiagomartin221]

Thousand death in the military in a large scale invasión is prety good and even one could rookie

[@eleethtahgra7182]

Would it be succesful? Of course it would. The question is...what would happen afterward.

[@diegoantoniorosariopalomin4977]

Depends on whether who backs Venezuela

[@eleethtahgra7182]

@@diegoantoniorosariopalomin4977 Whoever it was, they would be too faraway to mount proper defense. And nowadays, only USA has the capability to effectively project its power across the atlantic n pacific.

[@gamelard1963]

we turn venezuela into a jungle vacation resort. lol

[@assassin9164]

@@gamelard1963 I like your thinking.

[@kennedytheretard975]

'Murica when they got knowlege that Venezuela got a Rainforest: Ah shit, here we go again

[@elbertcortes]

its 2019, we in venz live mainly in a western city lifestyle... There are a lot of hate toward the actual government. If anything it will be like panama...

[@DominicPaz]

It's hard to imagine an easier invasion scenario. This is like doing pushups on your knees.

[@tomdolan9761]

Presumably if the US invaded Venezuela there would be a political or economic goal. I don't see either. Yes Venezuela is an oil exporter but Venezuelan crude is more expensive and difficult to refine plus with fracking the US is now a net exporter of oil. Politically it would damage US interests in neighboring Latin American countries. Venezuela definitely sees itself as an enemy of the US but sometimes when an enemy is destroying themselves it's best just to step back and wait for the inevitable regime change without intervention.

[@ionly6805]

Venezuela is no Iran...

[@TheFi0r3]

Nor an Iraq, at best is it a bit harder than Panama.

[@jason4275]

Dude just said that the U.S. will lose stealth planes, I doubt it the last U.S stealth plane that was shot down happen in the 90's, Plus Iraqis were already battle harden with fighting Iran and Taking Kuwait, if they gave up after 2 weeks, I doubt Venezuela army and Militia would be able to fight a Divisions of U.S. Marines, they would be wipe out in less than a week.

[@mickeyg7219]

Well, if you send in a lot of stealth planes, at least one is bound to be shot down. Assuming that the chance of a F-35 getting shot down is 1/1000 per sortie rate (this is arbitrary), and let's say F-35 will be involved in 1/10th of all sorties, then if the Venezuela bombing campaign is on the same scale as 90s Gulf War (~70,000 combat sortie), which means that there'll be 7,000 F-35 sorties in total - basing on the shot down rate per sortie, the entire bombing campaign would resulted in 7 F-35 being shot down. But it's pretty inconsequential anyway since the US have crapton of planes to spare, and the production rate will probably spike during wartime to make up for that.

[@Anderson_Hwang]

The last US stealth plane was shot down not because the radar could easily lock on to the plane, it was due to the fact that the US was too confident to fly stealth planes the SAME EXACT ROUTE EVERYDAY. Had the USAF been more careful, there would be no stealth plane losses

[@ViolentJ-ll2sl]

We got better guns and weapons to keep them on the run and we can kill them at night!

[@Anderson_Hwang]

@M. mmilora No. Prior to the shootdown, the Serbs already knew when and where the F-117s would come in and come out. EA-6B jammer aircrafts were absent during that day, giving the Serbs the chance to turn on their radar and direct the radar towards the F-117

[@mickeyg7219]

@M. mmilora Actually that turned out to be false again, since S-125 system is too small to mount low-frequency radar that is low enough to detect stealth plane from a good distance. It's the relatively close distance that allowed the detection, the commander of the S-125 that shot down the F-117 claimed that he detected it at around 23 km, and he admitted that it's because the weapon bay was open during the time. They can't get a lock until the Nighthawk was much closer, at the distance of around 13 km. Mind you that the S-125 have a detection range of at least 150 km, and fire control radar has a detection range 40-80 km. And again, the Nighthawk was detected at 23 km, with its weapon bay opened.

[@KhamTVinc]

In all seriousness all the u.s. has to do is drop food. Make it obvious who sent it and the people will gain strength and rebel. Venezuela's national guard will rebel or not fight against America.

[@thorrollosson]

Thank you! For some reason the obvious answers are often hidden behind a lot of silly arguments and false foundations. No truly unilateral invasion of US v Venezuela would take place, or even make sense. Our populations are not enemies whatsoever. A government turnover in VZ would (should) bring massive benefit to their people under the right circumstances. The lessons of trying to outright force regime change on purely military terms, ESPECIALLY if you have theological opposition (Iraq/Afghanistan) and ESPECIALLY if you make critical blunders (eg; the so-called 'De-Baathification' where many dozens of thousands of trained Iraqi military were disbanded and left to fend for themselves rather than being immediately put to work supporting their families and securing their newly Sadaam-free nation in rebuilding projects etc). Basically, keep the vampire greed away like Halliburton/etc getting no-bid contracts to rebuild stuff for insane war profiteering, and work WITH the VZ military and population to establish trade, improve infrastructure, secure and untainted elections, medical resources and so on, and it could be a real humanitarian victory. Now do I trust the current political leadership of either the US or VZ to act humanely or rationally? Not particularly, though I still don't believe it likely or even realistically conceivable that the US would invade VZ in a 'takeover/occupation' type event. In the worst case where some excuse for war was used, it would be lots of airstrikes, drone strikes, cruise missile targeting, and so forth. High effort towards decapitating the Maduro gov't would be the goal, and working with the VZ population itself would be a very high priority just for the extreme boost to intelligence efforts. Eg; food, aid, etc. Uprising of known anti-government forces would create large groups of allies in very short order.

[@agentepolaris4914]

The only way the Venezuelan security forces would rebel against their government is if some representative from the US talk to them and promises they would keep all their jobs and benefits.

[@egypthobby]

I would imagine with the poverty and the oppression of the people of Venezuela, there would a a considerable amount of Venezuelans that would help the US. So it woupd be helpful to use a combination of US troops and Venezuelan citizens. Even use the same tactics that the EU used in Libya and take out military assests with bombs and let the peopld step in when the Government has limited power to attack

[@jaypr719]

That's exactly what we want, I am Venezuelan, and we don't want 100 thousand troops taking our bases and fighting our battles, we just want someone to open that window for us and give us a proper training. 94% of my people is against the goverment, and I can asure, that at least 70 to 100 thousand of my brothers are willing to figth for our home, even the actual armed forces

[@esonatschizo2539]

Lol those ships would be lost in the Bermuda Triangle

[@DualWieldedEggrolls]

Binkov's comment section is just pure toxicity

[@disknee6630]

he has battleground in his name for a reason

[@sonnydog830]

It's very fun to take part in.

[@otavianiluciano7397]

Then go to another place. Bye!

[@DualWieldedEggrolls]

@@otavianiluciano7397 No, no I dont think I will

[@sixtovz6214]

soooooooo???? Where's the Paratroopers at? When the U.S. went into Panama, they sent the Airborne Rangers and the Paratroopers to invade the airports.

[@yvyn8738]

And you guys killed civillians

[@vandeheyeric]

@@yvyn8738 Because Noriega mobilized civilians into "Dignity Battalions": and fought among civilian housing. Welcome to fucking reality: collateral damage happens.

[@nigeldeforrest-pearce8084]

Fascinating Analysis!!!!

[@Zen-sx5io]

Could you do a video of a war scenario where over 2 million people raid area 51?

[@irealtrollface9029]

Zen 2011 genious

[@Zen-sx5io]

@@irealtrollface9029 Thanks.

[@ReptilianAnusWizzard]

Just drop food and everybody will start eating

[@CF_-vz2kn]

Found your page recently and the effort you go into with graphics and research are great! Keep it up

[@mamoruchiba3301]

I think the US invading Venezuela is like Godzilla attacks Haiti.

[@againstviralmisinformation510]

The US couldn’t even beat the Taliban

[@commandoslayer]

@@againstviralmisinformation510 But they did defeat Panama and overthrew Noriega in less than two months.

[@againstviralmisinformation510]

@@commandoslayer and then had to withdraw because the Panamanian people rioted against them

[@againstviralmisinformation510]

@@commandoslayer also Panama is much smaller

[@Vain-nf3il]

@@againstviralmisinformation510 and what about Iraq then?

[@bongo351]

Lots of Chinese and russian bots in this comment section...

[@Bigboy-nx3nc]

A lot of stupid people like you in the comment section

[@it34asiajermainet.91]

@@Bigboy-nx3nc How can you justify his or other's stupidness? You dont even know who the person is...

[@altopetrenkovZV]

@Mr Jay Jay I think that in level of stupidity your name is even worse!

[@Bigboy-nx3nc]

@@altopetrenkovZV you don't know what ur talking bout, Russian boy...

[@altopetrenkovZV]

@Mr Jay Jay Cuz you're one of those American haters.

[@viracocha6093]

It’d end up like Iraq. Enough said.

[@thefather6729]

Soon nuclear war Usa, Nato and Israel vs China vs Russia vs North korea vs Iran end of the world. Earth is destroyed. Muslims are gone. Usa and its allies(mostly rich people) relocated and make a new colonisation on moon and mars. Trump is still the president. New world order was born Capitalist system re-establish Usa, Nato and Israel found out russia, china and india also had colony on moon due to sucess in space research. Usa and Israel want to name both moon and mars as the promised planet of israel and Murica. Russia, china and india did not agree but india still thinking about it because of israel relationship. And as usual capitalist and communist cannot live together. India joins israel and the Usa. Tension rise. Russia joins the chat. War broke out. Nuke war happen again.And the cycle continue they all relocated to new planet but the war never stop. And eventually after 100000000000 years new generation finally forgive each other and they finally find peace outside of The Milky Way

[@simondesanta5774]

@@thefather6729is dis fr?

[@richardjstuart3978]

Ignoring the probable cause of the war isn't good for your scenario. Logically the US would only be invading if there was a popular uprising underway.

[@tameenhaque2285]

No one's talking about Iran's intelligence apparatus in Venezuela.

[@SteveB-nx2uo]

Well one US carrier group could shut down most of the country sooo. Also Puerto Rico would DEFINITELY be the staging ground.

[@St3v3NWL]

Exactly, most the hardware will be disabled by superiour firepower, leaving only light infantry left to defend

[@wazaaup4993]

Plz dont start with the comments support Venezuela from ... Or support USA from... WE DONT GIVE A SHIT.

[@hacienda2490]

Support Liechtenstein from Tuvalu

[@Germadian]

USA: Victory *Surprised Pikachu*

[@optimusprime3477]

Pika Pikaaaa

[@gma729]

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[@samuelmatheson9655]

*did you mean "How long would the us take to cut stomp venusuala?"

[@jonie1852]

Make video about area 51 raid

[@teamgab7432]

this needs more votes

[@jonathanryan9946]

The real question is will Santa Claus join the Area 51 raid

[@niccageathon3535]

Brasil and Columbia vs Venezuela is more intresting

[@killian9314]

Colombia* Columbia is in Canada

[@panaruben3490]

Just few minutes and Brasil-Colombia take down maburro. Remember the drone in the military parade? They run away Maburro as roches

[@gaiusjulius7538]

Invading Iraq, the US faced an enemy which, because of a decade of sanctions, had no anti-tank guided missiles, and whose tank crews had no gunnery skills (not having trained due to ammunition shortages) - in several encounters Iraqi tank crews missed US tanks at near point-blank range. Even so, US forces nearly ran out of supplies due to Iraqi activity in their rear, and troops designated for the assault on Baghdad had to be diverted to put down resistance. Post-invasion Iraqi guerrilla resistance effectively crippled the US war machine, causing the diversion of large numbers of weapons from the European theatre. The Venezuelans do have anti-tank guided weapons, and a terrain far better-suited to guerrilla war.

[@shunacadie4119]

iraqis didnt have ATGM? they most certainly did, and even if they didn't it would not be a major decisive factor, the biggest advantage on the coalition side was many but 3 come to my mind GPS, Thermal imaging and air superiority they had some very modern ATGM systems at the time from decades of support from USSR and previous relationships with countries like france, hence the mirage jets. they had for example at-3 sagger, at4 spigot (both USSR), MILAN (french made) , H.O.T(germany/france) and ss.11(france), at the time AT-4 and MILAN were some of the most powerful atgms on the battlefield, TOW-2 aside. also many stocks of older USSR weapons. even dedicated ATGM vehicles! also the diversion of troops from Europe was from the buildup long before the war itself, thats why many us marines had woodland gear, they were moved directly from Germany. the civil war/insurgency was after the invasion, too. that was 2003 and onwards

[@visigoth3696]

Gaius Julius I don’t think there would be a serious guerrilla war. Look at the geography, they’re surrounded by two US allies and by sea. It’ll be hard for them to resupply and hide in other countries. There is also a cry for a better Venezuela so a transitioned government will probably go smoothly.

[@notrius7754]

comparing Venezuela to Iraq is like comparing is like comparing Portugal to Nigeria, those are two completly different countries and with different people. You cant just take one example and say something like "Look if Taliban defeated the US, im sure Russia will too!"

[@TarekAhmed-bp3ky]

Oli.. USA: (REST IS HISTORY)

[@jensdanbolt6953]

Venezuelan morale would break just like Iraqis. They are smart people, not fanatical, and the common soldier will lay down their arms rather than fight the Americans with poor equipment, leadership and training. The real problem facing a US intervention is the political issue of again interfering directly in South America, and the difficulty of getting Venezuelan support for a new government.

[@jensdanbolt6953]

Oh, and neither China nor Russia would be of any help: Venezuela is way out of their power projection range. They won't get weapons past the US navy in a conflict, and Venezuela's neighbors are US-aligned and will prevent sending support through their countries.

[@johnsmith1474]

Huh? You think Iraqi morale "broke"? It hardened against us, which is why they are closer to Iran today than to the US.

[@johnsmith1474]

@Stephen Jenkins - Nobody with any serious education in military affairs, US history, or geopolitics has anything good to say about how the US made the single worst policy move of the last 50 years invading Iraq. To be constructive here, I suggest to you Tim Weiner, "Legacy of Ashes" (2007) & James Carroll "House of War" (2006). Your notion "violence after the fact" is utter nonsense. Iraqis in resistance against an invader is a natural, and predictable, state of affairs. The ONLY thing mellowing the keg of dynamite is a constant flow of US bribes to all the various groups who simply take the $$ and wait, being too smart to show us how much they hate us in fact. We threw the whole Iraqi governmental infrastructure including the military off the payroll, allowing the freebooters to change sides, getting hundreds of thousands killed at $trillions of dollars without one thing to show for it. It's indefensible.

[@johnsmith1474]

@Stephen Jenkins - Name ten serious books you have read on world history in the last couple years. Or shut the fuck up with your ignorant, childish, bullshit conjectures about a fantasy you have in your mind of reality that never was.

[@jensdanbolt6953]

​@@johnsmith1474 Maybe you have read 10 serious books on world history, but you don't sound like it when you strawman my argument like that and end up in a KZbin "discussion" with someone who thinks that "foreign terrorism" was the major issue in Iraq. If you more calmly read what I actually said, and know what military morale is, then you maybe you will find you are actually in agreement with me.

[@carlosalejandrohernandezsa6239]

Do Colombia vs. Venezuela

[@spc1481]

IRL USA would start with missile and air strikes, annihilating Venezuela's AA's, artillery, Navy and armored units, while CIA and Spec Ops operators conduct diversions behind enemy lines; immediately after that local population will rise up. Ground invasion will not happen; biggest thing that could happen is that Spec Ops operators, Delta Force or Navy Seals, will seize an airfield or two, in south part of the country, which is safer; captured airfield(s) will be used by US to deploy a small yet highly trained and armed force, such as 75th Rangers or a Marine division, which again will participate in special operations only, not in direct engagements - all the rough fighting will be left for friendly locals. After majority of Venezuela's official military is wiped out and current government is overthrown, and a new candidate party, obviously pro-American or at least democratic enough, is found and raised, US will declare victory and begin to gradually withdraw their troops, but a few naval units, UAV air patrols and some CIA and Spec Ops operators will remain there for some time, at least before new government is established. US casualties in that scenario will be quite low, while local casualties will be high and almost all of their hardware will be lost, especially anti-aircraft, artillery and aircraft. It's a typical scenario actually, USA do that most of the times, when they go to war. IMHO.

[@jaypr719]

Finally someone that said it, I am Venezuelan and that's exactly what we want, we will crush the motherfuckers that support crime and the regime, and thats a way of thinking that all my people have

[@frankcrawford416]

@@jaypr719 Praying for you and your country to be returned with many more blessings than you can ever imagine. It will happen as you are God fearing people. God bless.

[@schwkrls]

Venezuela is quite an odd balloon. They have a lot on paper, but pretty much nothing in reality. The Militia could hardly be considered a military force. It is mostly made up of old government sympathizers with no military experience. They receive very little or no military training and have no vehicles or any kind of logistic support. Also, most of them are unarmed, and the only firearms they do issue are Mosin-Nagant rifles. The army itself could sting an invading force if they made use of the terrain, but such an effort would most likely be hampered by poor logistics, incompetent leadership, and lack of appropriate training. It is also important to keep in mind that no one wants to fight for Maduro; most servicemen join the military out of desperation or because they have no other options. Both the Army and the Militia (and pretty much any other military branch) would quickly surrender or even cooperate with invading forces given the opportunity. Let's not even get started on the Air Force. They are supposed to have the numbers shown in the video, but in reality, most of these planes are out of service due to a lack of maintenance or because they have been cannibalized for pieces in an attempt to keep other aircraft running. I think the shoulder launchers would indeed be the most formidable piece of equipment an invading force would have to face, and even they can be neutralized with other equipment. It is also wrong to consider it as another Vietnam. In Vietnam, there were people supporting communism and going so far as to fight for it, but Venezuela doesn't have that. Venezuelan armed forces have no morale nor loyalty towards their government.

[@qlqenrique]

Not sure where you're getting this information, but if what you say it's true, why didn't the army defect when everyone recognized Guaido as the new president? Or better yet when Capriles barely lost an election to Maduro, or when Leopoldo Lopez got sent to jail as a political prisoner? Or when the humanitarian aid that many families needed got blocked at the Colombian border? Most of the army won't defect because while they might not like and even hate the executive, giving over sovereignty to the US and supporting a government propped up by them is unthinkable. This would be worse than Vietnam. And while I agree with you on the logistics part yet I'd have to say that you're mistaken to think the Venezuelan army would even try to fight a symmetrical war as they're well aware of their advantages and disadvantages. There's a reason several coup's and assassinations have been attempted and every country in NATO says Venezuela is a dictatorship, they're closer to the US than Iran and YET no invasion has come and most likely won't.

[@schwkrls]

@Enrique ̈ Most knowledgeable people saw Capriles and Lopez as lost causes. They were supported by the majority of the population yet they failed to put any serious pressure on the government, and the people knew that. Finally, Lopez being arrested and Captriles letting the elections slip away from him were the killing blow to any support they had. Guaido was initially seen as the obvious way to go. He had the government bitting their nails and was able to prompt people into carrying out public demonstrations; until he lost his momentum and was politically crippled after letting the government take the National Assembly, his only official claim to power. The army hasn't defected because there hasn't been a reason strong enough for them to convince them to so. No one will risk their lives attempting an insurrection and fighting against their former friends and comrades, especially if they don't have any clear goal besides overthrowing Maduro. It's also worth noting that most young conscripts have only known life under a dictatorship since they were born, so they would be afraid to act without any leadership that offers to take over the government once it is overthrown. Such leadership is hard to come by as most officers have been bought by the government and their obedience is rewarded with a somewhat better living standard than the rest of the population. With that out of the way, the army doesn't rise up because they are afraid of fighting and getting killed just trying to break the status quo without even having someone to take Maduro's place. But the same would apply to their actions in the event of a foreign invasion. They won't risk getting killed fighting for the current government when they could just capitulate and let the USA do whatever it wants. After all, Venezuelans are only worried about getting food on the table no matter where it comes from, and an American dictatorship can't be much worse than being owned by China after 20 years of loans. As for why the USA hasn't just invaded, they most likely don't think the outcome would justify risking servicemen and materiel. Venezuela may have oil reserves, but exploiting them would require the whole oil extraction infrastructure to be completely rebuilt. Also, I don't think the USA wants to get into another nation-building mess such as Afghanistan and Iraq if they're not getting anything they really need out of it. I may not be very knowledgeable, but from Venezuela and I know dozens of servicemen from several branches across the Military: Including many of my friends, of which two had to be "discharged" because they had developed hepatitis and renal illness due to the poor living standards they were kept in.

[@qlqenrique]

@@schwkrls Interesting opinion, however I'm inclined to disagree on a lot of stuff as you're speculating. I am Venezuelan too and most males in my family serve in the army currently and like me most wouls likely disagree in your view of the morale and loyalty of the army. You made your position clear lol Seems like you don't understand the mentality of the people and have talked mostly to emigrés. Just because you wouldn't fight for your country doesn't mean other people wouldn't. And just because you don't believe doesn't mean other people don't.