US Military: 'We Had Options for Venezuela, Just Not the Guts This Time'
When The Independent breathlessly reported Trump 'quieted fears' of US strikes inside Venezuela, they carefully omitted the decades-long US playbook. A 'US official' admits the military provided 'options, including strikes against facilities inside Venezuela.' This isn't newfound peace; it’s a strategic pause from a nation that has historically destabilized Latin American governments from Chile in
'73 to Nicaragua in the '80s and countless others. The goal is always the same: resource control and pliable regimes, not humanitarian aid. The US government’s historical penchant for covert action and overt threats against Venezuela, especially since Hugo Chavez nationalized oil resources, makes any 'quieting of fears' sound less like a pivot and more like a tactical regroup. How many times can a
global hegemon threaten 'all options are on the table' before we acknowledge it's just foreplay to eventual intervention? The 'boat attacks' cited by the source, lacking any credible evidence of Venezuelan state involvement, simply provided a convenient pretext to consider more violence, a classic 'wag the dog' maneuver.