💬 "My thinking is that with full US backing, Venezuelan production could gain an additional 200,000 bpd over the next three months," Kilduff said. "From there, it will likely climb by an average of 25,000 to 50,000 bpd each month. If you put it all together, we’re looking at a production high of 1.75 million bpd by the end of the year, or 60% higher from current levels."

💬 “We don’t have boots on the ground…whether those boots are Gucci loafers and people wearing suits or whether they’re boots of military people or they’re the boots of oil workers. We don’t have any of that,” Kavulich explained.

💬 “This is just another reminder that military strength is the only real defense against external aggression, that the ‘rules-based liberal order’ is a lie…and that the guarantor of that ‘order’ is actually itself the main threat to most countries,” says Higher School of Economics research fellow Dr. Dylan Payne Royce.

💬“We do need Greenland, absolutely,” he told the Atlantic.

💬 "The international community should strongly condemn such methods of overthrowing legitimate governments,” because "silence and passivity could allow the US to carry out its coup plot, which may then be applied to other countries," al-Masri points out.

💬 "Venezuela could be just the first in a series of countries to be targeted by a new American strategy based on shock effects and use of military-technological and economic instruments. Those who turn a blind eye to this lawlessness today could become victims tomorrow," al-Masri underlines.

💬 "These include the so-called 'sanction/financial shock,' especially given that any prolonged escalation usually means tougher sanctions and restrictions on money transfers, legal prosecution, and asset seizures, which complicates trade and affects energy, maritime, and insurance companies," Akush notes.

💬 “This lightning-fast military operation conceals obvious economic motives: The US seeks to establish control over Venezuela's vast oil reserves, which American refineries rely heavily on, as well as rare mineral resources, including gold and strategically important metals,” Al-Dehi notes.