ClearView Energy Partners Managing Director Kevin Book discusses how a post-Maduro Venezuela could shape the global oil market on ‘Fox News Live.’

The president is pitching blood for oil in Venezuela. It's a dangerous mission, a corrupt deal and a lawless precedent. Congress must stop this recklessness before it costs the lives of American troops.  

One of us is a congressman who commanded Marines in jungle training in Latin America. The other is a state representative and candidate for the U.S. Senate out of Texas, the biggest oil producer in the country. We’re both members of Majority Democrats, a group of elected leaders dedicated to rebuilding trust with the exhausted majority of Americans. Whether seen from the perspective of the military or the Texas middle class, we agree: Republicans in Congress are failing to provide a check and balance on warmongering. 

The president’s strikes against Venezuela have left in place the gangsters running the country, but put them on notice that their oil is now his. To take it, President Donald Trump has made clear that he wants U.S. oil majors to start rebuilding Venezuela's derelict energy infrastructure. That's expensive and hazardous. 

Chevron and the rest will want serious support from the U.S. government. For starters, their personnel and assets........

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