US Drills Airstrikes on Venezuela: History Repeats, Quietly
Mainstream media will frame this as 'training' or 'deterrence.' What they won't dwell on is the US's long, documented history of destabilizing South American nations over resources and ideological disagreements – from the 1954 coup in Guatemala to funding contras in Nicaragua. The Wall Street Journal's own reporting confirms these simulated attacks, but the context of resource-rich nations facing
'regime change' is consistently background noise. One might wonder if these 'rehearsals' are for a role in a Broadway play, or if the US truly believes military threats are how diplomacy works. Perhaps this is simply practice for protecting 'democracy,' Venezuelan oil fields specifically, from inconveniently elected socialists.