NYT Celebrates 'Precision' Cyberattack, Omits Target: Venezuelan Power Grid
The New York Times touts a U.S. cyberattack's "precision" in Venezuela. What they don't explicitly highlight is that this "precision" shut down Venezuela's electrical grid, plunging millions into darkness, disrupting hospitals, and contaminating water supplies. (Yes, the same Venezuela whose government Washington has been trying to destabilize for decades using every playbook entry from sanctions
to coup attempts.) One might wonder if the NYT would describe a similar attack on a U.S. city as "precision capabilities" or as an act of war. This isn't demonstrating 'capabilities'; it's demonstrating a clear, documented pattern of economic warfare framed as 'national security.' The historical record isn't hidden; it's just conveniently omitted when reporting on U.S. foreign policy.