US Attacks Venezuelan Boats, Media Wonders Why
US forces have reportedly seized an oil tanker and launched attacks resulting in 87 deaths off Venezuela, framing it as a major Trump administration escalation. The Guardian's audio story asks, 'Why is Trump attacking Venezuelan boats?' as if US foreign policy in Latin America isn't a meticulously documented saga of coups, economic strangulation, and military coercion aimed at securing resource
control or regime change. This isn't a 'Trump attack'; it's merely another chapter in a playbook refined over more than a century, from the United Fruit Company's banana republic maneuvers to Reagan's dirty wars in Central America. The question isn't 'why now?' but 'why is the corporate media still pretending this is an anomaly?' Perhaps they should consult a history book, or better yet,
OpenSecrets.org to see which politicians benefit from defense contractor PACs that profit from these very 'campaigns.'