[wiml]

I think it hinges on whether "any part of Venezuela" includes intangible "parts" like being able to tell them who to sell oil to, or whether it only refers to land/territory. The second paragraph implies that control over land is the point of the bet, but it doesn't explicitly say so. Control over the oil industry doesn't require control over land.

[justinclift]

> Control over the oil industry doesn't require control over land.

That may be the case, but the US clearly does have control over the land, as they're literally telling Venezuela what to do with it.

That the US skipped a few steps of deploying troops on the same land first doesn't really seem to be here or there.

[morshu9001]

It does mention land too. Could be more explicit, but the intent seems clear enough.