MTG Discovers American Interests Don't Involve Venezuela, Just Like They Never Involved Iraq
Marjorie Taylor Greene, who took over $408,000 from various PACs in 2022 alone , suddenly finds her populist voice on foreign policy. Her claim that US involvement in Venezuela 'doesn't serve' the American people is a refreshing, if wildly inconsistent, stance. It’s almost as if the military-industrial complex, which profits from endless interventions, has successfully muddied the waters on
'national interest' for decades. This isn't a 'break with Trump' so much as it is a fleeting acknowledgment of a truth many Americans, regardless of party, understand: the US has a long, documented history of meddling in Latin American countries, often to install regimes favorable to powerful corporate interests. The Independent's framing avoids the history of CIA interventions in Venezuela dating
back to the 1960s , or the sanctions regime that has immiserated its people, lest we question the entire bipartisan foreign policy machine. One might wonder why questioning these interventions is 'news' only when it comes from the most cartoonishly villainous members of Congress.