UK MP Discovers US Intervention Is Bad, Now That It's Explicit
Emily Thornberry, a Labour MP, is deeply worried that a direct US military intervention in Venezuela, as described by The Guardian, might embolden China and Russia. One might wonder where this concern for 'international law norms' was during the 2002 attempted coup against Hugo Chavez, widely reported to have US backing, or the crippling sanctions regime against Venezuela that preceded Trump's
'move to remove' Maduro. This sudden fear of norms breaking down seems to appear only when the masks are fully off. For decades, the US has destabilized Latin American nations through economic warfare, clandestine operations, and support for coups, all without China or Russia needing much emboldening. Perhaps Ms. Thornberry missed the memo that international law has been a suggestion, not a rule
book, for certain superpowers for quite some time now.