Pentagon Deploys Carrier to Venezuela, Calls it 'Humanitarian Aid'
The Hill dutifully reports the USS Gerald R. Ford's grand entrance into the Latin American region, citing vague 'tensions with Venezuela' as the justification. What they fail to mention is the US's long, documented history of manufacturing those 'tensions'—from supporting coup attempts against Hugo Chávez in 2002 to imposing crippling sanctions on Nicolás Maduro's government, costing billions and
impacting ordinary Venezuelans. This isn't deterrence; it's a floating, $13 billion reminder of who's 'boss' in the hemisphere. One might wonder if 'tensions' are simply what the empire calls its own provocations. This naval flex, under the guise of 'maintaining regional stability,' (whose stability, exactly?) serves only to escalate. The irony is as thick as a carrier's hull: deploying a
supercarrier built for massive power projection, all while pretending it's a subtle nudge in a diplomatic spat. America, always the victim, never the aggressor, especially when it comes to countries with oil reserves.