US Drone Strike Hits Venezuela, US Media Yawns
The mainstream media breathlessly reported the 'first-ever' CIA drone strike in Venezuela, targeting alleged drug operations. This 'escalation' (as The Independent puts it) frames the Trump administration's actions against 'narco terrorists' as a novel, perhaps even necessary, response. Never mind that the US has been destabilizing Latin American governments for decades under various pretexts,
from 'fighting communism' to 'promoting democracy,' often funding the very groups they later condemn. The 'war on drugs' has merely been a convenient rebranding for continued resource control and regime change. One might wonder when 'fighting narco-trafficking' became a legitimate casus belli for drone strikes in a sovereign nation — particularly one the US has already sanctioned into oblivion.
This 'escalation' appears less about illicit substances and more about maintaining an uncomfortable habit of intervening in nations that dare to chart their own course. Funny how 'terrorism' always seems to require bombing, but corporate financial malfeasance in major US banks, known for laundering billions in cartel money, rarely garners such a decisive response.