US outraged by 'outrageous threats' from nations resisting US 'freedom from oil'
NPR's breaking news: Venezuela dares to call Trump's blockade an 'outrageous threat.' The audacity! One might ponder when 'outrageous threats' became unacceptable, especially from nations targeted by decades of US-backed coups and sanctions. Remember the 2002 coup attempt against Hugo Chávez, quietly blessed by Washington? Or the 2019 self-proclaimed 'interim president' Juan Guaidó, universally
recognized by the US and almost no one else? The US government, a staunch defender of 'freedom of navigation,' apparently draws the line at tankers *it* doesn't control. This isn't about 'robbing' Venezuela, it's about 'liberating' them from inconveniently nationalized oil, much like Iraq's freedom from weapons of mass destruction that never materialized, but strangely coincided with their freedom
from oil fields. How many times must a nation be 'liberated' before it can keep its own resources?