While some analysts have mistakenly concluded U.S. escalation toward Venezuela represents a "retreat" from Asia or even Eurasia, and a transition from pursuing global primacy toward carving out an American "sphere of influence," the U.S. is much more likely attempting to complement its continued encirclement, containment and confrontation with both Russia and China by eliminating one of their more vulnerable allies—Venezuela—in a bid to escalate rather than withdraw from Washington's ongoing war against multipolarism.

References:

White House - FACT SHEET: Venezuela Executive Order (2015):
https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2015/03/09/fact-sheet-venezuela-executive-order
NPR - Biden reinstates sanctions on Venezuela (Apr. 2024):
https://www.npr.org/2024/04/18/1245650630/biden-reinstates-sanctions-on-venezuela
BBC - Venezuela: Trump denies role in bungled incursion (2020):
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-52592824
NYT - How a Top Secret SEAL Team 6 Mission Into North Korea Fell Apart (Sep. 2025):
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/us/navy-seal-north-korea-trump-2019.html
https://archive.ph/U2gXL
NYT - At Arlington, Trump Returns to the Politics of the ‘Forever Wars’ (2024):
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/29/us/politics/trump-arlington.html
https://archive.ph/7QPHD
White House - PROMISES MADE, PROMISES KEPT: Border Security Achieved in Fewer Than 100 Days (Apr. 28, 2025):
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/04/promises-made-promises-kept-border-security-achieved-in-fewer-than-100-days/
National Endowment for Democracy (NED) - NED Congratulates María Corina Machado on Receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (Oct. 10, 2025):
https://www.ned.org/ned-congratulates-maria-corina-machado-on-receiving-the-nobel-peace-prize/
TWZ - Status Of Venezuela’s Air Defense Capabilities (Oct. 3, 2025):
https://www.twz.com/air/status-of-venezuelas-air-defense-capabilities
Maria Corina Machado on X - Dedication of Nobel Peace Prize to US President Donald Trump (Oct. 10, 2025):
https://x.com/MariaCorinaYA/status/1976642376119549990
BBC - US strike on 'Venezuela drug boat': What do we know, and was it legal? Sep. 4, 2025):
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdjzw3gplv7o
Washington Post - Daniel Hale, who leaked information on U.S. drone warfare, sentenced to 45 months in prison (Jul. 2021):
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/daniel-hale-drone-leak-sentence/2021/07/27/7bb46dd6-ee14-11eb-bf80-e3877d9c5f06_story.html
https://archive.ph/dcvm2
The Guardian - Defector admits to WMD lies that triggered Iraq war (Feb. 2011):
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/feb/15/defector-admits-wmd-lies-iraq-war

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