“Beyond Venezuela itself, we have no indication that any thought has been given to the message this action has sent to the rest of the world. What does this say to Putin regarding his designs on Ukraine and other neighboring countries, or Xi on Taiwan and parts of Asia? Are we telling them that what they do in their neighborhood doesn’t matter? If not, how do we square the hypocrisy of telling them that they can’t do what we just did?”

All critical questions asked by the author, Charles Ray, a member of The Steady State