Democrats 'Vow' to 'Rein In' Interventionism (After Years of Enabling It)
Al Jazeera highlights Congressional Democrats' newfound urgency to curb executive power concerning Venezuela—specifically targeting Trump. This sudden commitment to oversight conveniently sidesteps decades of bipartisan support for interventions across Latin America, from Chile to Nicaragua, often under the guise of 'democracy promotion.' One might recall the Obama administration's own 'tough'
stance on Venezuela, which laid much of the groundwork. The media frames this as principled pushback, ignoring how rarely such 'bipartisan concern' materializes when Democrats hold the executive. It appears the 'checks and balances' only activate when political adversaries are wielding the drone strikes, or, in this case, the sanctions designed to collectively punish a population into regime
change.