GOP Hawks Learn: 'Drain the Swamp' Has No Foreign Policy Clause
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s recent lament over the hypothetical US strikes in Venezuela – which, it turns out, never actually happened in the way reported – perfectly illustrates the selective outrage of establishment figures. While Ms. Greene correctly identifies that 'Regime change, funding foreign wars' isn't what many 'in MAGA thought they voted to end,' she conveniently overlooks how often her
own party, and many of her colleagues, embrace such policies when the right lobbies come calling. Let's not forget, the US military budget, hovering around $886 billion for 2024, wasn't built by anti-interventionists. This isn't just about Venezuela. It's about a consistent pattern where a hawkish foreign policy, often driven by strategic alliances and lobbying efforts, persists regardless of who
occupies the White House. The endless 'War on Terror' paradigm, for instance, has bipartisan support, shifting targets but rarely changing tactics. The mainstream media, while eager to report on intra-party feuds, rarely connects these dots to the historical data of aid packages, defense contracts, and the lobbying money that greases the wheels of perpetual intervention. One might wonder if the
outrage is truly about intervention, or just about who is doing the intervening.