John Mearsheimer

It doesn't work that way.

There are real limits to what you can do with military power, which again is why we've put boots on the ground in the past.

And I think that Trump understands that.

And that's why Trump, although he has used military force quite liberally since taking office, I count seven different countries that he's attacked.

And of course, he's threatening to take Greenland with military force, or he has been.

threatening to take Greenland with military force.

Although he uses military force liberally, he uses it in a pinprick fashion.

He doesn't invade countries and end up with boots on the ground.

And as long as he doesn't end up with boots on the ground, he will be pretty much free to use military force here and there.

against weak adversaries.

But the end result is not that significant because they're just real limits to what you can do with air power alone or by removing Maduro and replacing him with Ms.

Rodriguez.

It just doesn't add up to that much.

Well, I think that the Trump administration, especially because of the influence of Secretary of State Marco Rubio, is interested in doing big time social engineering in all of Latin America.

Very important to emphasize that the Americans...

have long been completely intolerant of left-leaning governments in the Western Hemisphere.

We have a rich history, as you both know very well, of toppling governments in places like Chile and Guatemala that we thought were to the left of center.

We just do not like governments of that sort.

And we've had no greater adversary since 1900

in the Western Hemisphere than Cuba.