Admiral Expresses 'Concerns,' Resigns as Venezuela Strikes Escalate
Navy Adm. Alvin Holsey, head of U.S. Southern Command, is out after just a year, with Axios noting his 'concerns' about the two dozen-plus killings of 'alleged' drug smugglers. Meanwhile, U.S. warships are 'massing' in the Caribbean, a move echoing decades of U.S. interference in Latin American sovereignty under the guise of narcotics interdiction – always convenient when a regime change is also
on the wishlist. Biden, who campaigned on restoring stability, seems content to let Trump's aggressive foreign policy continue, albeit with freshly-hired hands. One might wonder if these 'concerns' are less about human rights and more about the optics of an admiral stepping down just as the military footprint expands in a strategic oil-rich nation. The 'unexpected resignation,' as Senator Jack
Reed put it, might signal 'instability,' or perhaps, just a changing of the guard for a more... amenable approach to 'stabilizing' the region. Stability, of course, being defined by U.S. interests, not Venezuelan lives.