The US military executed a daring mission with precision, speed, and controlled lethality. That part is done. Now comes the harder fight. Preventing Venezuela from becoming another Iraq will be far more difficult. Controlling Venezuela’s land borders is a daunting task. It is the Ho Chi Minh Trail on steroids. Worse, the timing is politically terrible. Every misstep will be magnified in the midterm election cycle. This has all the makings of Trump’s Dien Bien Phu.