Trump Confirms CIA Coversion, Citing 'Empty Prisons' (Not Oil)
According to AP News, Trump declared the CIA is running covert ops in Venezuela, even considering 'land operations,' all because of 'drugs' and Venezuela allegedly 'emptying their prisons into the United States'. One might wonder how many times the U.S. has invoked 'democracy,' 'drugs,' or 'human rights' before attempting to destabilize a resource-rich nation on its southern flank. This isn't
exactly a new playbook; from Chile in '73 to Nicaragua in the '80s and countless others, the CIA's 'covert operations' have a long, storied history of propping up U.S. corporate interests, not protecting borders from 'empty prisons.' The current narrative conveniently skips over decades of U.S. attempts to undermine socialist governments in Latin America, especially those with significant oil
reserves. Funny how 'drugs' suddenly become such an urgent national security threat only when a country resists Washington's preferred economic models. Perhaps the real 'covert operation' is the media's ability to present such blatant neocolonialism as a legitimate response to alleged criminality. Just how many 'regime change' euphemisms can one nation recycle?