A Venezuelan patrol ship attempted to seize a cruise ship in international waters, ramming it during the process. Unfortunately for the Venezuelans, the cruise ship had a hull meant for breaking through ice and the patrol boat sunk itself.
I believe it is disputed. The cruise ship was is international waters making repairs to itself. Venezuela claims it was attempting to deliver commandos to stage a coup in Venezuela.
I'd go for either an air assault or fast boat insertion to secure a port, followed by a rapid insertion of combat troops and civil affairs assets to lockdown local government and military capability while distributing aid supplies and rallying the people.
Then cut out the cancer, leave some means of delivering and distributing supplies to pro-American elements, and finally fuck off home.
Not quite. I'm thinking that we'll primarily just smash the oppressors, equip the locals to not starve, and fuck off. Without any hostile powers attempting to set up shop in the Western hemisphere, there's no cause to repeat history.
I don't feel strongly either way about Venezuela, I think they made their own bed and can't think of a reason to make their business our own. But if I were for some reason tasked to plan such an operation, that's how I'd do it unless experts convinced me otherwise.
Then cut out the cancer, leave some means of delivering and distributing supplies to pro-American elements, and finally fuck off home.
I don't feel strongly either way about Venezuela, I think they made their own bed and can't think of a reason to make their business our own. But if I were for some reason tasked to plan such an operation, that's how I'd do it unless experts convinced me otherwise.