US Military Build-Up in Venezuela: A 'Forever War' or Just Another 'Humanitarian Intervention'?
Venezuela’s Maduro warns against a 'forever war' as The Independent reports a US military build-up, including the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier, off the Venezuelan coast. This narrative frames Maduro as the provocateur, ignoring a consistent US policy of destabilization in Venezuela dating back to Chavez, including coup attempts in 2002 and 2019, and crippling sanctions designed to collapse
the economy. One might recall that the US government, as documented by the Council on Foreign Relations, imposed escalating sanctions on Venezuela since 2015—sanctions that have decimated the economy and disproportionately harmed the civilian population. Now, with a 'humanitarian' drug interdiction mission, complete with a supercarrier, are we to believe this is merely a coincidence, disconnected
from prior regime change ambitions? (How many times do we fall for this script?)