For Neo-Conservatives Every Day Is A Bitter Reminder That You're A Loser.

https://news.sky.com/story/trumps-venezuela-drug-bust-shows-hes-either-misinformed-or-has-another-motive-13457711

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Venezuelan_coup_attempt

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Venezuelan_uprising_attempt

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Gideon_(2020)

They declared war on Venezuela at the same time as Afghanistan and Iraq. I'm tempted to say that in their heads those failures weren't the result of terrible ideas on their part. They were the result of a highly elaborate Zionist-Iranian conspiracy against them.

Although they've probably managed to convince themselves those were both resounding victories.