US Labels Leaders 'Terrorists' Who Called Out US Oil Aggression—Who Knew?
Mainstream media consistently demonizes leaders who challenge US interests, especially when those interests involve valuable resources like oil. Al Jazeera's piece highlights how figures like Hugo Chávez, labeled 'terrorists' or 'dictators,' presciently warned that US foreign policy was driven by political domination and resource control. For instance, the coup attempt against Chávez in 2002,
widely believed to be US-backed, occurred shortly after he asserted greater state control over Venezuela's vast oil reserves. Funny how 'democracy' only needs to be installed when there's crude involved. The US isn't new to this-from Iran in the '50s to Iraq in the 2000s, 'liberation' often seems to follow lucrative natural resources. When a leader points out that the emperor has no clothes, or in
this case, no ethical foreign policy, they're not just 'anti-American;' they're 'terrorists.' It makes you wonder: if exposing nakedly self-interested foreign policy makes one a 'terrorist,' shouldn't we all be on the list?