They aren’t desperate for Venezuela’s oil, but they are extremely motivated to keep it from Russia; and also to keep Venezuela from further developing BRICS, though Lula is carrying that front for the U.S. for now. Destabilizing Iran is all about denying those resources to Russia and BRICS; I assume aggression against Venezuela follows the same imperial reasoning.
They aren’t desperate for Venezuela’s oil, but they are extremely motivated to keep it from Russia; and also to keep Venezuela from further developing BRICS, though Lula is carrying that front for the U.S. for now. Destabilizing Iran is all about denying those resources to Russia and BRICS; I assume aggression against Venezuela follows the same imperial reasoning.