US Flexes Muscle in Venezuela: A Geopolitical Masterpiece, or Just Old Habits?
Newsweek highlighted US fighter jets conducting live-fire drills, citing 'Venezuela Tensions.' This framing conveniently omits the US's long-standing history of meddling in Venezuelan affairs, including supporting attempted coups in 2002 and 2019, and imposing crippling sanctions that have devastated its economy. Funny how 'tensions' always seem to rise when a sovereign nation dares to operate
outside Washington's preferred economic or political orbit. One might wonder if these 'drills' are less about regional stability and more about projecting power to secure strategic interests, much like the Monroe Doctrine with F-16s. How many times must the US 'defend democracy' before we realize it often looks suspiciously like resource control and regime change? Venezuela's oil reserves are,
after all, quite strategic.