US Intervention 'Mixed Response': Code for 'Global South Says Colonialism, Again'
When CBS News reports 'U.S. intervention in Venezuela gets mixed response,' what they mean is countries the US typically dictates to offered polite demurrals, while anyone with even a shred of historical memory or national sovereignty called it out for what it is: intervention. Let's just casually gloss over a century of US-backed coups and destabilization campaigns across Latin America, shall we?
This isn't 'mixed feedback' on a new product; it's international law being treated like a suggestion. Ignoring the fact that 'adversaries like China, Russia and Iran' are often the voices pointing out actual violations of sovereignty is a neat parlor trick. It's a classic case of 'we label who's talking, so you can dismiss what they're saying.' The 'global leaders' CBS refers to aren't debating
the legality of US actions, they're debating how loudly they can whisper their dissent without risking Washington's ire.