US Condemns 'Aggressive' US Stance (In This Historical Context)
Cuba, in a move baffling only to those who believe the Monroe Doctrine is just a dusty parchment, has condemned the 'aggressive' US posture toward Venezuela. Al Jazeera dutifully reports this as if interventionist foreign policy in its own 'backyard'—a term the US State Department definitely still uses in private—isn't Washington's oldest trick. We gloss over decades of coups, sanctions, and proxy
wars orchestrated from D.C., from Chile to Nicaragua, to Honduras. The US 'expands its military presence' in the Caribbean—where it already maintains the Guantanamo Bay naval base on sovereign Cuban territory—and suddenly Cuba's concern is 'tensions rising'? One might wonder if 'tensions' are a natural byproduct of a superpower flexing its muscles, or if it's the intended outcome . The history
books, if anyone still reads them, offer ample clues.