US Bombs Venezuelan Waters, Shocked to Find Colombians
The U.S. has conducted a series of deadly strikes in Venezuelan waters, supposedly targeting 'narco-terrorists.' Now, President Petro claims one such vessel was carrying Colombian citizens, calling it a 'war for oil.' This isn't groundbreaking news for anyone paying attention. Remember the 1989 'Invasion of Panama' to get Noriega, who had worked for the CIA, out of the way? Or the entire 'War on
Terror' that conveniently secured resource-rich regions? This pattern of demonizing a leader or a region under the guise of an abstract 'war' (drugs, terror, instability) to achieve geopolitical objectives is as old as interventionism itself. Senator Adam Schiff, listed in the Axios piece for wanting to 'block Trump's strikes,' took a reported $349,000 from defense-related PACs and individuals in
2022 alone. One might wonder if his concern extends beyond presidential party lines to the actual human cost, or if it's merely a territorial dispute over who gets to authorize such actions. When the State Department offers a $50 million bounty on Maduro’s head, and the Pentagon conducts undeclared strikes, perhaps we should question if 'drug interdiction' is really the primary directive, or
merely a convenient smokescreen for an old-fashioned resource grab and regime change operation.