[throwaway777x]

I don't think the US Congress has declared war since Word War 2.

I would say this is the exact same thing we did with Manuel Noriega in 1988.

Personally, I hate that we do these things but it is certainly not impossible in the long run the lives of the Venezuelans will be improved.

It is hard to get an exact figure but inflation last year was 150-200% and that is an improvement from what they had. 50,000% hyperinflation at the end of the last decade.

Given I was just annoyed at my grocery bill an hour ago because of 3% inflation I really can't imagine what life is like with that level of inflation.

[inglor_cz]

The last declared war was in 1942 against Romania and Bulgaria, IIRC.