He was dead wrong
US Prof Mearsheimer Humiliates Himself (Again) | WATCH
Hey, John, keep theorizing from your ivory tower. Maybe next time predict something easy, like the sun rising. Or better yet, join the circus, your predictions are already clown-level entertainment.
John Mearsheimer, the "highly respected" political theorist has a defuct crystal ball, which just shattered into a million pieces over Venezuela. In a now-viral clip, Mearsheimer confidently pontificated why Trump couldn't possibly snatch Nicolás Maduro without turning Caracas into the next Vietnam quagmire. Spoiler: Less than 48 hours later, Delta Force did exactly that, and the only quagmire was the egg on John's face.
Mearsheimer, with his professorial gravitas, warns of a "huge piece of real estate" requiring "100 plus thousand troops" for regime change. "Social engineering is incredibly difficult," he intones, channeling his inner armchair general. Militaries, he says, are just "giant killing machines," not nation-builders. Fair point, if we were talking about a full occupation. But Trump? Nah, he'll "back off" and "cut a deal" because his base hates endless wars, and past fiascos like the "one-month" Houthis debacle prove he's no hawk.
Cue the helicopters. On January 3, Operation Absolute Resolve unfolded like a Netflix thriller: A midnight raid, precision airstrikes, commandos rappelling in, Maduro and his wife bundled off to NYC faster than you can say "messed around and found out."
No endless occupation, no 100,000 troops, just a swift snatch-and-grab that left Venezuelan defenses in the dust. Trump's Instagram reel? Chef's kiss - Maduro politely wishing "Happy New Year" as he's perp-walked into DEA HQ. If this is "impossible," then I'm the Easter Bunny.
Mearsheimer's blunder isn't new; the guy's been swinging and missing on the Middle East like a blindfolded piñata party. Remember his takes on Iran? Or how the Houthis would humble America? Turns out, Trump's not into drawn-out dramas, he's more "quick sequel" than "epic saga."
In the end, Mearsheimer's nonsense reminds us: In geopolitics, as in comedy, timing is everything. And boy, was his off. Maduro's in cuffs, Trump's crowing, and John's left explaining why "impossible" really meant "oops."
Oh, and he was equally dense when he spoke about the Israel-Gaza war, but none of us are all that surprised, to be honest.