A few days ago, US President Trump announced that a large-scale anti-drug campaign would be held in the Western Hemisphere to prevent drug dealers from using the epidemic to disrupt the United States. The primary targets of the anti-drug campaign are the governments of Venezuela and Maduro. Meanwhile, the U.S. defense secretary said naval warships would be deployed near Venezuela. For a time, the clouds of war hung over Venezuela.
Seeing that the United States was about to move, Russia decided to help a bunch of Venezuela. According to the satellite news agency, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zakharova said that the U.S. decision to start cutting off drug supplies in Latin America with military action, while military activities around Venezuela have increased, a move that will have very unpredictable and negative consequences.
Zakharova's statement is very clear, and the United States had better not act rashly. You know, Venezuela is Russia's hardcore ally in South America, and Russia will not sit idly by while its allies are bullied. A clear example is that after the venezuelan crisis broke out, Russia not only gave the Maduro government a large amount of humanitarian supplies, but also sent nearly a hundred Russian soldiers into the Venezuelan capital. The United States is very unhappy about this. At the strong request of the United States, Russian soldiers withdrew from Venezuela.
All along, the United States has regarded Latin American countries, including Venezuela and Colombia, as its own "backyard" and will never allow other major countries to intervene. Russia's push for Venezuela has left the United States restless. The United States fears that Russia will deploy troops and heavy weapons in Venezuela, and that the Cuban missile crisis of the past will be repeated in Venezuela. Therefore, the United States strongly opposes Venezuela's dealings with Russia.
In fact, Russia supports Venezuela mainly to break the strategic encirclement of the United States. You know, since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States has drawn together a number of allies to implement a comprehensive containment of Russia. In order to break through, Putin sent troops to Ukraine and Syria successively, successfully thwarting the attempt of the United States. Of course, if the United States is to abandon strategic suppression, it must make a fuss in the backyard of the United States. By strengthening its military cooperation with Venezuela, Russia has left the United States in a state of limbo.
Today, the United States has begun to deploy warships around Venezuela under the banner of anti-drug use, and the consequences are very serious. Once the United States clears the Maduro regime, then Russia will lose a strong ally. At that point, the United States will be able to free up more energy against Russia. Therefore, Russia will try to protect the Maduro government, and the probability of confrontation between the United States and Russia will increase.
What is more worrying is that in the context of the virus sweeping the world, the United States is likely to ignite the fuse of the world war. From a military point of view, the United States has an overwhelming advantage, and Venezuela appears to be very weak. Although Russia wants to help Venezuela, venezuela is too far away from Russia, and Russia cannot help Venezuela in time. Therefore, Russia can only stop military operations through political oppression before the United States moves.
Of course, Russia can also take advantage of the US attack on Venezuela to accelerate military operations in Syria and help Assad unify Syria. In this way, Russia may completely drive the US military out of Syria and gain a foothold in the Middle East. The problem is that at the moment of the epidemic, it is difficult for the United States and Russia to draw out their energy to play a geopolitical game!