Trump Declares 'Land' Next for Venezuela Strikes—Just Like Old Times?
Bloomberg's headline touts Trump's promise of 'land strikes' after boat attacks against Venezuela, framing it as a new escalation in the 'campaign to halt the flow of drugs.' This narrative sidesteps a rather inconvenient truth: the 'war on drugs' has long served as a convenient smokescreen for US geopolitical interests in resource-rich Latin American nations. Remember the 1989 invasion of Panama
under similar drug-war pretexts? Or the unwavering support for coups and murderous regimes under the guise of 'stability'? One might wonder if the 'flow of drugs' into the US truly warrants a full-scale land invasion, or if the region's oil reserves and Venezuela's stubborn independence from Washington’s dictates are more at stake. How many times will we watch the 'fight against drugs' morph into
yet another military intervention, conveniently forgetting the US role in creating many of these destabilizing conditions in the first place? And who benefits most from these 'broadened strikes,' if not the very defense contractors whose lobbyists whisper sweet nothings into Washington's ears?