>USA is also the country that's most advanced at getting its legal system to apply outside of it

Yes it has nukes. However china also has nukes. That poses some legal limitation.

The USA didn't need nukes to get Venezuela.

	▲	m4rtink 14 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Did they really "get" Venezuela ? What actually prevents them to start ignoring what US wants in a while ?
	▲	LtWorf 17 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		It needed them to avoid retaliation from the rest of the world.