Well, Iraq wasn't a proxy war between Russia and USA yet USA got stuck there for a long time. And I doubt that Lybia style scenario is preferable either.
As to our participation - apart from inspection teams (so that we know what is actually happening there, taking the locals word at face value sounds like a bad idea) and the teams on the old procurement contracts (ie when they got their SAMs they got a training team to go with them) we would probably turn a blind eye to any enterprising private entities going there as long as they do not go against Russian interests.
The later group could be quite numerous depending on how much money Maduro can gather.
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Grumpy as always.
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