Vietnam war would be kindergarten compared to Venezuela conflict: Analyst

If the United States dares to attack Venezuela, the scope of the ensuing conflict would make the US-Vietnam war look like a kindergarten party in comparison, American journalist and political analyst Don DeBar says.

US Southern Command chief Admiral Craig Faller threatened Venezuela on Tuesday that American forces remained ready to implement the White House's policy decisions in that country.

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Washington has a long record of sponsoring “regime change” campaigns in countries across the globe.

In 2002, the late Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez was ousted for two days in a US-backed coup that was ultimately defeated.

In recent times, the Trump administration once more has been pursuing “regime change” in that country. 

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DeBar told Press TV in an interview on Tuesday that such a move for the US would be worse than the Vietnam war.

"If the US dares to try to invade and occupy Venezuela ... the Venezuelan people will drag the United States into a conflict there that will make the Vietnam war look like a kindergarten party," DeBar warned.

He said the people in Venezuela have been preparing for a US invasion to overturn their revolution ever since the US-backed  coup in April 2002.

"Since then, the Venezuelan government has lasted an additional 17 years. It has delivered several million units of housing to the people and made untold improvements in the lives of people on a daily basis despite the economic warfare the United States has conducted against that country," DeBar said, adding, "The people themselves will conduct warfare on a street by street basis, if that is what is necessary." 

He said the entire Venezuelan society has been mobilized and organized into a prepared military defense force ready for such an eventuality.

'US risks losing Brazil, Argentina and even Mexico' 

Commenting to Press TV on Wednesday, Debar said, “I forgot to make a key point, which is that, given the political landscape across Latin America, if they light a match in Venezuela, they risk losing Brazil, Argentina and most of the rest of the region, including possibly Mexico.”

“It's sort of a domino theory based in actual reality. In Brazil and Argentina in particular the left actually has majority support among the population. A decision to go outside of any pretense of legality places the future of these countries in the hands of the people in the streets. They lose there,” he stated.

“Likewise Mexico. And the loss of Mexico means the loss of U S domination of the Western Hemisphere,” he added.

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