Pope Calls for Dialogue While US Arming Coups, What’s New?
Fox News dutifully reports on Pope Leo (likely Pope Francis, given the context) urging dialogue over military action in Venezuela, following a 'failed' call between Maduro and Trump. A noble sentiment, to be sure. What’s consistently missing from such mainstream narratives is the decades-long US playbook: financial strangulation, sanctions, and proxy support for opposition figures, all while
calling for 'democracy.' Remember when the US recognized Juan Guaidó, a man virtually unknown in Venezuela, as president in 2019? That's not dialogue; that's textbook regime change, dressed in diplomatic niceties. For context, the US imposed sanctions on Venezuela in 2017, ramping up an economic blockade that has devastated the country's economy, leading to a humanitarian crisis that then serves
as justification for further 'intervention'. It's almost as if the Pope's call for 'dialogue' is a polite footnote to a strategy that favors choking a nation first, then offering to 'talk' when it's already on its knees. One might wonder how many times the US needs to 'encourage' dialogue after actively undermining a government before the media calls it what it is: preparation for eventual
takeover, not genuine negotiation. But don't worry, Fox News will frame it as benevolent concern. They always do.