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I'm very much on the fence about it myself. There is a fine line between strategic retreat and surrender and I still unsure which I should be feeling. I understand Venezuela's military capabilities are very poor but I also feel like the US isn't stupid enough to fall for the whole "bidding your time" thing again like they did with China, they made it clear they don't care about optics anymore and they have little reason not to continue pushing for the full eradication of socialism.

A part of me feels like they should go scorched earthed and destroy their own oil if they can't control it, that would provide solidarity to Iran rather then undermining them by giving the US oil while Hormuz is blocked. However, I also know a move like that heavily risks alienating support from their own people who are already under extreme economic hardship so it's... complicated I guess.