He’s showing he’s trying to be a real threat. Now they’re sending in the military to scare Venezuela into a good deal for resources or else.
It won’t work. Internally, Congress is already calling out the illegality of attacking the boats. Congress won’t allow a war and has already figured this out enough to tell the military to not follow illegal orders. It’s still a sticky situation, but Venezuela’s best move is to warn people and wait it out.

• Link to the Past
• Super Mario Bros 3
• GTA 4

I took into account the impact at the time of release as well as the timelessness of the games.

I do find it strange I only found one mention of Taliban here: https://www.state.gov/foreign-terrorist-organizations/

Designated in 2010. Probably because exactly what you said. The historical mess.

Aren’t they recognized as a terrorist group vs a government? I’m guessing legitimacy is the main issue here.