Honestly, no one with the 'Blood for Oil' chants can. If we just invade countries with oil we want, why the fuck haven't we rolled into Venezuela?
Because the US has to make it seem like it's saving a country from their "evil tyrant", otherwise it's not only domestic political suicide, it gets the world on our back. Easily avoided in an easily misunderstood region of the world like the Middle East. Chavez & co. have ties to the western world, far more than the Middle Eastern culture. Also, to Cuba, which has ties to Russia, which is someone the US still plays carefully with. Not to mention, going and bombing the Middle East to pieces seems to be something we're good at. Everytime we head towards South America, it's Bay of Pigs and Cuban Missile Crisis. Not something Americans would politically stand behind, based on historical evidence. If we're to take out Chavez and the regime therein, we'll do it with subterfuge and CIA ops. Not just outright "roll in".
No matter what you believe, asking "Why not INSERT COUNTRY?" does in no way invalidate or dismiss the truth of my answer. That's like saying, "If they can cure Small Pox, why not cancer?"
