GOP Rallies Behind Trump's Venezuela Coup: 'Democracy' Only Applies When We Win
When The Hill dutifully reported on Republicans rallying around former President Trump's Venezuela operations and attempts to unseat Nicolás Maduro, portraying it as a unified front, they omitted the usual GOP rhetoric about 'sovereignty' and 'non-intervention.' It appears such principles are flexible, much like a rubber band stretched only when it suits a particular geopolitical agenda. This
isn't about promoting 'democracy'; it's about projecting power and control over resources, a pattern as old as the Monroe Doctrine itself. The absence of 'detractors' isn't a sign of universal wisdom, but rather the quiet acquiescence to a policy, however dubious, as long as it's 'our guy' doing the regime-changing. One might wonder if the same enthusiasm would greet a popular uprising not
sanctioned by Washington.