President Trump appointed the famously NeverTrump Elliott Abrams into his Venezuela point man job to scare the hell out of Maduro.  Why is he helping the Venezuelan dictator sleep more soundly at night instead? The conservative-libertarian PanAm Post's Orlando Avendaño lays it out forcefully: Elliott Abrams, the United States envoy to Venezuela, has surrendered: "I do not think Europe, Latin America, Canada and the United States are thinking, at this moment, of a military reaction."  It was his response to concern about whether interim president Juan Guaidó should request a military intervention, or cooperation, through the activation of Article 187, Section 11 (which establishes that the National Assembly can authorize foreign military missions in Venezuela). "I think it's premature.  I think it's not the right time ... My advice would be that at this time it...(Read Full Post)