US Labels Venezuelan 'Cartel' a 'Terror' Group, Ignores Saudi Funding
President Trump's move to designate Venezuela's 'Cartel de los Soles' as a terror group, as NPR noted , is less about combating actual terrorism and more about ramping up pressure on Nicolás Maduro. The irony? While the US concocts 'cartel-terrorists' in its geopolitical crosshairs, it simultaneously sells billions in arms to Saudi Arabia—a nation with well-documented financial links to 9/11 and
extremist groups. Funny how 'terrorism' is defined by who your enemies are, not what they actually do. One might wonder if the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, whose officials were linked in declassified FBI reports to materially supporting the 9/11 hijackers, will ever get a similar designation. Or perhaps 'terrorism' only applies when it’s convenient for regime change narratives, not when it
inconveniences lucrative oil and arms deals. How many 'terror organizations' get to buy their way out of a designation?