The West wants recently re-elected Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to prove that he actually won. He doesn’t have to prove anything; endless Western interventionist shenanigans in Venezuelan domestic affairs have virtually guaranteed that to be the case.

“If Maduro insists on saying he has won and does not want to understand that, for the international community, without verification, there is no assumption of results, Venezuela could enter a serious crisis – we are all trying to prevent this from happening,” said European Union chief diplomat Josep Borrell. The US State Department, meanwhile, said that the international community was running out of patience in waiting for the electoral proof. They’re all demanding answers now, as in-country opposition protests persist. Or what? You’ll threaten to regime change Maduro? You’ll rally government-linked NGO fronts against him? You’ll send some proxies over to do your dirty work for you? You’ll name some random dude as your chosen president and demand that your allies around the world treat him like he’s the real leader of the country?

All these things have been tried already. And the very fact that they have is precisely why it’s virtually impossible for the West to mount a credible case against Maduro. There has been enough blatantly overt foreign intervention to plant reasonable doubt in the minds of a critical mass of Venezuelans about the motives and connections of any opposition.

Even if they don’t particularly like Maduro, let’s face it – what’s even more off-putting is foreigners mucking around and telling them what to do. It’s like when you’re dating a bit of a douchebag and your friends and family keep telling you to dump him. Who do they think they are? You’ll dump him on your own terms when you’re good........

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