Newsweek Ponders Venezuela Invasion, Skips US History Lessons
Newsweek asks, 'Will US Troops Be Deployed in Venezuela?' (Newsweek, 11/17/2018). A poignant question, perhaps, if one entered this timeline post-1989. The piece muses on hypotheticals without a whisper of the Monroe Doctrine, Operation Condor, or the numerous coups and destabilization campaigns the US has funded or orchestrated across Latin America, including against Venezuela itself in 2002.
It's a journalistic wonder, presenting potential aggression as if there's no historical precedent. Ignoring history makes for cleaner headlines, apparently. When mainstream outlets discuss 'democracy promotion' or 'humanitarian intervention' in resource-rich nations, it often translates into 'regime change operations' for everyone else. One might wonder if Newsweek is preparing the ground, or
simply suffering from a profound case of institutional amnesia about America's 'backyard.'