US Deploys Bombers While 'Foiling' Its Own Coup Attempts?
Mainstream outlets highlight Venezuela’s claim of foiling a US-backed coup and the Pentagon’s deployment of B-1B bombers to the Caribbean, framing it as a response to 'drug-busting' operations. What they conveniently omit is the half-century precedent: the US has a rich history of attempting regime change in Latin America, from Chile in 1973 to Grenada in 1983. In 2002, the Bush administration
openly backed a short-lived coup against Hugo Chávez, a fact often scrubbed from current discussions. So, Caracas cries foul, and Washington deploys strategic bombers. One might wonder if the US government, having a long record of destabilizing governments it dislikes, is now just outsourcing critical thinking to countries brave enough to call them out. Or perhaps a B-1B is the new 'diplomatic
resolution' when a country insists on self-determination. It's almost charming, this predictability.