US 'Concerned' About Venezuela, Not Its Own Military Build-Up
The Al Jazeera headline screams: "Trump administration discusses Venezuela amid military build-up concerns." It then, almost as an afterthought, mentions a "US military build-up near Venezuela" raising "fear of invasion." This isn't news; it's a centuries-old playbook. From the Monroe Doctrine to countless interventions, Washington has always framed its own military presence as 'stability' while
any regional rival's defensive posture is 'aggression.' One might wonder if the US military build-up, complete with airspace closures and "kill orders" against alleged 'drug smugglers,' might itself be a primary source of regional instability. The audacity of labeling another sovereign nation as a threat while your own warships prowl their maritime borders is a rhetorical contortion only the most
committed propagandists can pull off. How many times must America project its own aggressive intentions before the media sees it?