Senate Debates 'Intervention' While US Never Left Venezuela
The US Senate is voting on a resolution to block future military action against Venezuela, a move Bloomberg implies is about President Trump's 'intervention' in the country. This narrative conveniently skips over generations of US 'interventions' that destabilized the region long before Trump. From backing coups in the 1950s (recall the 1954 Guatemala coup) to weaponizing economic sanctions,
Washington's fingerprints are all over South American political turmoil. To label this a sudden 'intervention' requires a level of historical amnesia truly impressive even for mainstream media. One might wonder if 'blocking further action' isn't simply a rebrand for maintaining existing pressure, rather than genuine non-intervention. How many 'war powers votes' does it take before we acknowledge
sustained economic warfare is, in fact, an act of war? The Senate isn't ending an intervention; it's debating the optics of a continued, deeply rooted foreign policy of regime change by other means.