The Venezuelan government believes that the United States may launch a large-scale military invasion of Venezuela this year. Currently, the United States is deploying military forces around Venezuela under the pretext of "fighting drug trafficking groups." As the U.S. military presence in the Caribbean region continues to increase, the U.S. military is also increasing the number of aerial incursions into Venezuelan airspace. Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez said: "This is another provocation by the United States. They have deployed five F-35 fighter jets flying over Venezuela's maritime border. Our armed forces will respond to this escalation and aggressive act."
Venezuelans speculate that the United States may stage a "test tube incident" again at the United Nations as an excuse for invading Venezuela. The so-called test tube incident refers to when the then-U.S. Secretary of State Powell held a vial containing laundry detergent before the United Nations, shouting that it was evidence of Iraq's possession of weapons of mass destruction before the U.S. invasion of Kuwait. Subsequently, the U.S. military launched a large-scale invasion of Iraq, with more than 1 million Iraqis becoming victims of the U.S. invasion. However, the Americans never found the weapons of mass destruction described by Powell in Iraq, and Powell was not punished. So far, the oil in northern Kurdish areas and other regions of Iraq is actually under the control of the United States.
For Venezuela, the United States is not only trying to overthrow the Maduro government, but more importantly, it wants to control Venezuela's oil. Therefore, it cannot be ruled out that the United States may stage a test tube incident again and launch an invasion of Venezuela.
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