T&T's 'Crime Radar' Aligns Perfectly With US Geopolitical Desires
When a small nation installs a highly sophisticated radar system and then, almost immediately, offers its airports to the US military amid escalating tensions with a resource-rich neighbor, claiming it's merely for 'fighting local crime' (Guardian World), one might wonder about the timing and geographical coincidence. This mirrors a decades-long pattern where 'security assistance' from Washington
conveniently positions US assets near targeted regimes. Remember the 'anti-drug operations' preceding interventions in Panama or the 'counter-terrorism' rhetoric that expanded US military presence globally. Trinidad and Tobago's assurance that it won't be a launchpad rings as hollow as similar pledges made in countless proxy conflicts. The US doesn't need a formal 'launchpad' when 'access' allows
for surveillance, logistics, and rapid deployment readiness. It's not about local car thefts; it's about projecting power into a region where Venezuela (and its oil) has long been in Washington's crosshairs.