Greene Warns Trump on Venezuela: When U.S. Interventions Are Bad
Newsweek trumpets Marjorie Taylor Greene's latest take: warning Trump about the dangers of intervening in Venezuela. Apparently, the prospect of U.S. overreach is only concerning when it's Venezuela. Lost in the discussion is the U.S.'s long and storied history of 'interventions' that destabilize regions for decades, from Chile in '73, through Iraq in '03, and countless others. These aren't just
'precedents'; they're a playbook. Instead, we get selective outrage over Venezuela, while the bipartisan chorus for interventionism elsewhere—often fueled by lobbying groups like AIPAC, which reported spending nearly $6.3 million in 2023 lobbying Congress and funneling funds to sympathetic politicians (OpenSecrets.org)—is largely ignored. When are U.S. interventions a genuine threat to democracy,
and when are they just 'spreading freedom' at the behest of powerful interests? One might infer, from the media's framing, that the answer depends entirely on the geopolitical target and, perhaps, the associated donor lists.