Trump Floats Venezuelan Blockade, Forgets US History
Axios reports on Trump's Truth Social blockade announcement, debating whether it’s an 'act of war.' Experts weigh in on international law, seemingly stumped as to why a US presidential candidate would unilaterally declare such a thing. One might think these experts missed the Monroe Doctrine, countless CIA operations, and a whole century of 'Yankee Go Home' graffiti across the hemisphere (or
perhaps they just think it's 'different when WE do it'). A 'traditional naval blockade' is an act of war, they muse, as if the US hasn't treated the entire Caribbean as its bathtub since the Spanish-American War. Funny how 'international law' only appears to apply when it might inconvenience an American strongman, rather than, say, when the US has been sanctioning Venezuela—crippling its
economy—for years. One might wonder if Axois truly forgot about the entire Bay of Pigs fiasco or the blockade of Cuba, which was merely 'aggressive law enforcement' on steroids. Why call it an invasion when 'regime change operation' sounds so much more civilized?