Looked at in isolation, USA's actions in Venezuela may seem arbitrary, or a bully's response to being bullied, or a blatant grab for oil. However, when considered as a piece in the puzzle of recent world events, it makes sense.
Consider also the bombing of three nuclear sites in Iran, which took place in June, 1 and then the military strikes in Syria that took place in December 2.
This activity in Iran, Syria and Venezuela, in the context of Russia's attempted occupation of Ukraine, reveals effective US international policy against Russia. The three countries are (or were) allies of Russia.
While Russia remains embroiled in Ukraine, the US can engage Russian interests, reducing Russia's footprint on the world stage. In effect, we can wage war on Russia, albeit indirectly.
And recall that Russia invaded Ukraine soon after Pres. Biden won the 2020 election and took office in 2021. Pres. Trump claimed the invasion wouldn't have happened if he had been elected. At first I assumed that he was talking nonsense, something a sore loser or braggart would say. But now I think Russia was convinced that a massive operation in Ukraine might encourage Trump to take action. With Biden in charge, Putin seized the opportunity to take over Ukraine.
In light of this, it seems likely that US support of Ukraine would be just enough to maintain the war, to keep Ukraine from being taken over, but not enable them to completely repel Russia.
What's behind US's desire to annex Greenland? Partly it's to gain more resources. But considering that Greenland is well-positioned between USA and Russia, it may be the ideal location to establish defense against hypersonic missiles, which need to be situated as close to the enemy's launch sites as possible. But why do we need to annex Greenland to do that? While it's true that the US already has a base in Greenland, my guess is that the technology is Top Secret and needs to be kept careful guarded.
All of this is conjecture based on a thought exercise; don't think I have access to special information.
1 https://apnews.com/article/israel-iran-war-nuclear-talks-geneva-news-06-21-2025-a7b0cdaba28b5817467ccf712d214579
2 https://www.npr.org/2025/12/19/g-s1-103194/u-s-launches-strikes-syria
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