And I outlined in my other post why you were wrong. FARC hasn't been decapitated, because Maduro wasn't the head of FARC.

No offense, but you're miles off base, and defeat your own argument right here
Granted, it's entirely possible that Venezuela's government might have trouble holding onto power given that disruption, ...which was my point from earlier. Thanks for restating it.

The US has shown that no amount of Russkie technology or Chinese advisors can keep it from doing whatever it wants inside Venezuela. We've also shown that we know more about Venezuela than Maduro's government does. I told this board - and was proven 100% correct - that we had fantastic intel on the ground inside the country. That hasn't changed and won't.

You think some security puke or General someplace is going to obey orders to shoot some protestors without thinking through what might come next for him? You think the population is going to sit still and let the regime round up more political prisoners?

How do you know the CIA isn't talking to opposition leaders and giving them advice?

You don't.

You're also dismissing the psychological effect of seeing your entire military shown to be useless. As is your right. I'll merely say that I disagree with you and leave it at that. Time will tell.