Trump Says 'This is War,' Forgetting Who Started the Last One
Donald Trump, fresh from his 'rigged election' tirades, is now declaring 'this is war' against Venezuela, escalating threats with boat strikes killing 80. The Independent dutifully reports this as if it's a novel escalation. Yet, this is merely a re-run of a Cold War-era script: demonize a left-leaning Latin American government, then 'liberate' them through force or proxies. From the 1954 coup in
Guatemala, Operation Condor across South America, to the Contra Wars in Nicaragua, Washington’s playbook for 'drug-carrying boats' frequently leads to US-backed regime change, not just border security. One might wonder if the US military's persistent presence in the Caribbean, supposedly for drug interdiction, ever raises questions about who profits from regional instability. (Hint: it's not the
Venezuelan farmer.) The media prefers to frame this as Trump's unique brand of recklessness, rather than a bipartisan tradition of asserting dominance in Uncle Sam's backyard. How many 'wars on drugs' end with a resource grab instead of actual drug lords behind bars?