Senate GOP Blocks War Powers, Approves Future Venezuela Strikes
The Senate GOP recently shut down a war powers resolution (S.J.Res. 68) aimed at preventing Presidential strikes against Venezuela, as CBS reported. This vote effectively greenlights potential unilateral military action against a sovereign nation, ostensibly under the guise of an 'aggressive counternarcotics mission.' Forget congressional oversight; apparently, a President's urge to bomb is more
critical than constitutional process. This isn't newfound concern for drugs; it's a familiar pretext for regime change, echoing interventions across Latin America, from Nicaragua to Panama, for decades. One might wonder: how many 'drug wars' have ended in actual peace and stability for the targeted nations, and how many have merely destabilized regions for geopolitical gain? The same lawmakers who
wave the flag of fiscal conservatism will, without blinking, approve military actions that drain billions, not for America's actual border security, but for manufactured crises abroad. The cycle of interventionism continues, unburdened by pesky things like public debate or the War Powers Act.