Members of the Bolivarian Militia stand in formation during a military training, amid rising tensions between the US and Venezuela, in Caracas, Venezuela, on October 11. Gaby Oraa/Reuters

There’s a lot to worry any American who look at the US military buildup around Venezuela and wonder about a redux of the “forever wars” that President Donald Trump promised to end.

While on Monday Trump was talking about potential negotiations with Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, the US government continues to amass Navy power in the Caribbean.

The Navy’s most lethal combat platform, the aircraft carrier USS Gerald Ford, arrived in the region for exercises, raising the total number of deployed US military personnel to roughly 15,000.

The State Department plans to label a Venezuelan cartel with

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