US 'Democracy' Arrives in Venezuela, via Military Assault
The AP breathlessly details the 'audacious nighttime military operation' that extracted Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, from Venezuela. According to Trump, this allows the U.S. to 'run' Venezuela and tap its 'vast oil reserves to sell to other nations.' While the U.S. decries 'autocratic leaders' with one hand, a quick look at the history books, or even the 2003 invasion of Iraq (which
the AP conveniently nods to), reveals a long pattern of American 'liberation' movements conveniently aligning with significant resource grabs. One might wonder: how many times can the U.S. 'bring democracy' to resource-rich nations before it starts looking suspiciously like resource acquisition? The promise of 'running' a sovereign nation and selling its oil isn't about freedom for Venezuelans;
it's about freedom for certain corporate balance sheets. It's almost as if the 'criminal charges' against Maduro only became actionable when his alleged crimes against humanity became crimes against American corporate interests. The legal questions raised by 'experts' about congressional approval are amusingly quaint amongst the roar of incoming petrodollars. What's a little international law when
there are 'vast oil reserves' to be tapped?