Trump Targets Venezuela For Fentanyl, Despite Zero Production
The mainstream media breathlessly covers Trump's claims regarding Venezuela's role in the fentanyl crisis, omitting the glaring fact that Venezuela is not a fentanyl producer. This isn't just an oversight; it's a classic setup. Remember the 2003 Iraq intelligence fiasco, where 'weapons of mass destruction' became the pretext for invasion? Similarly, US policymakers have historically weaponized
'drug wars' as a convenient casus belli for regime change in resource-rich nations. One might wonder if the US has suddenly developed amnesia regarding Venezuela's vast oil reserves, a memory lapse that seems to conveniently precede every punitive action. How many 'drug crises' does it take for Washington to justify intervention in a country that dares to assert its economic independence? It
appears 'democracy promotion' and 'combating drug trafficking' are merely interchangeable euphemisms for resource control, a playbook as old as dirt, yet continually recycled by those in power.