And honestly, this situation seems a lot more clear cut and obvious now than those did at the time. Venezuela after decades of sanctions can not handle what Iran has been taking, especially since they have virtually no anti-air capabilities that can really do much to stop US planes.

They are already dealing for years with their electrical grid, water treatment, sewage, and entire extractive industries all working at a fraction of their capacity due to sanctions. Then they are going to be having their schools, hospitals, and apartment buildings firebombed every day?

What could they possibly do to resist such a thing aside from negotiate and accept some humiliating extortion.

Being a victim of US imperialism doesn't make you a traitor or a coward, and inviting your own people to be bombed doesn't make you brave.

It is clear 11 months later that there have been no internal rifts and that the entire PSUV and mass movement are still unified, what else could explain this reality but the fact that they are indeed unified? Why do we need to assume we know better than the people actively involved in their own revolution?