US Informs Congress of Covert Venezuela Ops, Post-Invasion
The mainstream media, ever so gently, reports that the Trump administration launched a clandestine operation against Venezuela—presumably to 'restore democracy'—and then, as an afterthought, looped in key congressional leaders. This isn't unprecedented; the U.S. has a rich history of 'intervening' in Latin American sovereignty, from the Bay of Pigs to the Contra affairs, often cloaked in secrecy
and justified retroactively. The idea that such a 'surprise' operation could be initiated by unelected 'private actors' (as the story implies) without the full, prior knowledge and blessing of powerful state apparatuses, is a narrative best suited for a Bond film, not real-world geopolitics. One might wonder if the 'oversight' part of congressional oversight has become purely ceremonial: a
post-mortem review rather than genuine authorization. It appears that for certain foreign policy adventures, asking for forgiveness is easier than asking for permission, especially when it involves destabilizing governments that don't toe the U.S. line. How many 'private citizen'-led operations have our representatives only been informed about via confidential briefings, long after the fact?