Trump Dithers on Venezuela War, Forgets Bolton's Office
The BBC breathlessly covers Donald Trump's 'doubts' about a full-scale US war with Venezuela, but shrewdly includes his refusal to 'rule out land strikes.' What the article omits is the US's long-standing, unwavering commitment to regime change in Caracas, extending far beyond Trump's bluster. Remember John Bolton, Trump's former National Security Advisor, notoriously brandishing a notepad with
'5,000 troops to Colombia' scrawled on it during a White House press briefing in early 2019? This wasn't some off-the-cuff musing; it was a transparent signal to a country the US had already sanctioned into economic ruin, pushing them towards a manufactured 'humanitarian crisis' as a pretext for intervention. The 'doubt' here isn't about willingness, it's about finding the right PR angle. So,
Washington 'doubts' war, meaning they haven't found the perfect 'weapons of mass destruction' substitute yet. It's the same old tune, just a different orchestra. Venezuela, like so many nations before it, merely exists to prove the US military-industrial complex is always open for business—and humanitarian intervention, naturally, is always on the menu.