Trump Teases 'Land' Strikes: Déjà Vu, Anyone?
Trump's latest musings about 'land' strikes in Venezuela, framed as anti-drug operations, might sound new to some. Yet, the justification—asserting US authority over Latin American nations to combat drugs or 'communism'—is a well-worn staple of American foreign policy. From the Bay of Pigs to the Contra affair, and numerous interventions across the continent, Washington has consistently found
reasons to destabilize governments it doesn't favor. This isn't about cartels; it's about control, leveraging a convenient crisis to assert dominance, much like the sanctions that have crippled the Venezuelan economy for years, creating the very instability they now 'threaten' to fix with force. One might wonder if the 'drug cartel' narrative isn't just today's version of yesterday's 'weapons of
mass destruction.' The pattern is clear: create a pretext, demonize the target, then 'liberate' them into compliance. How many times must we witness this grand, costly performance before recognizing the script?