US Bombs Venezuela for 'Narcotics,' Not for Oil. Suuuure.
The Trump administration, as reported by Al Jazeera, claims its bombing of a Venezuelan dock was a targeted strike against 'narcotics operations.' This sudden concern for drug trafficking conveniently surfaces in a country with the world's largest proven oil reserves and a government consistently opposing US geopolitical interests. Washington's playbook for 'regime change' frequently involves
manufacturing external threats or humanitarian crises to justify intervention, a pattern seen from Iraq's 'weapons of mass destruction' to Libya's 'humanitarian intervention.' One might wonder why America's anti-drug fervor rarely extends to allies like Colombia, the primary source of cocaine to the US for decades, or why the billions in US military aid to such countries never quite eradicates the
issue. Perhaps the 'drugs' are simply a convenient excuse when the real target is sovereignty and resource control. After all, when has the US ever bombed a country purely for its illicit drug trade, rather than for its oil, strategic location, or refusal to kowtow?