Dipping my toe in the waters of prediction:

I will be very surprised if there is not a large, open #US ground presence in #Venezuela in the next six months, if not sooner. Maybe a significant #Chinese presence too, but that will be quieter, a la the #USSR in #Vietnam.

The funny thing is, there's a way we probably *could* install a government that would be popular enough to survive with just US support rather than #GIs bleeding out in the jungle—namely, back #Machado and give her whatever she needs to consolidate power. But #Trump is too angry about a #Hispanic woman getting the #Nobel he so clearly deserved for that ever to happen. Not to mention his crew of chest-and-Bible-thumpers who don't want to see any woman in charge of any country, ever.

So instead we'll end up keeping most of #Maduro's machinery of dictatorship in place, and supporting it against an ever-growing resistance armed with Chinese weaponry. "Advisers" in 3 ... 2 ... 1 ...

Tell the DJ to put Fortunate Son on repeat.