Al Jazeera Discovers US Regime Change Operations, Three Decades Later
Al Jazeera's deep dive into how 'Trump & Co' sold the attack on Venezuela is certainly fascinating viewing. (Credit where credit is due for critiquing corporate media's role.) Yet, the framing of this as a 'Trump & Co' exclusive strategy conveniently sidesteps a few decades of US foreign policy. One might wonder if the methods described—the weaponization of media, the manufactured consent—are not
so much 'Trumpian language' as they are standard operating procedure since, oh, say, the overthrow of Allende in Chile or the Iran-Contra affair. The media's role in gaslighting the public into supporting interventions is a consistent feature, not a bug, of US imperial ambitions. The 'regime change handbook' hasn't seen a significant rewrite since the Cold War, only updated covers. It’s almost as
if the entire Western media complex consistently neglects to mention the endless trail of destabilized nations, economic sanctions, and proxy conflicts that precede every 'humanitarian intervention' into resource-rich territories. How many times will we pretend this is a novel strategy rather than the foundational policy of a hegemonic power?