Should have colonised a different country

> Iran, Hezbollah Who knew they were operating in Venezuela. Learn something new every day.

> rival powers He said "competitors" also.

As far as I know, Russia has the largest reserves of natural gas in the world and, maybe not the largest, but quite large reserves of oil and coal. What about invading Russia then?

Well, this is what happened first: https://imgproxy.v0l.io/4dnKP2zVZtEDRubVokMFg6CyjyGKSJNQ4pju3R_Ksl4//aHR0cHM6Ly9ha2tvbWEtbWVkaWEub2JqLmtydnR6Lm5ldC9ha2tvbWEtbWVkaWEvMWI0OTZiYWUxNzZkNzMwY2FkMDRkZmJmOTZkNWExODRlMDRhMzA0MDk1MDU5MDE4Yjg0MGNmOGQ2NzJjZGEzMS5wbmc_bmFtZT02ZFJUV3c5YlZKcjVYUS5wbmc