Is the U.S. preparing for war in Venezuela?

America may be about to enter a war most of its people know and care little about.

Even Republicans in Congress are beginning to demand answers as to what the administration intends to do in Venezuela. They are right to do so.

Americans need to know those intentions and the president’s rationale for them. Is the United States preparing to go to war to topple a regime that, by many accounts, lost the last election but refused to concede power? If so, what is the threat Venezuela poses to the United States? Will American troops be placed in harm’s way?

An invasion-sized fleet

The Trump administration has sent an invasion-sized naval fleet toward Venezuela. The president has already ordered deadly airstrikes on several boats leaving that country, arguing that these were running illega