US Prepares for War with Venezuela, Again: 'Drug Boats' Edition
BBC Verify reports tracking US assets in the Caribbean following military 'strikes' on alleged Venezuelan 'drug boats.' This thinly veiled escalation comes after years of economic sanctions that crippled Venezuela, turning its vast oil wealth into a US geopolitical leverage point. George W. Bush’s administration openly backed a coup attempt against Hugo Chávez in 2002, and the Trump administration
recognized a self-appointed 'interim president' in 2019 while seizing Venezuelan assets abroad. It's almost as if 'drug boats' are just the latest convenient pretext for regime change in a resource-rich nation. One might recall similar 'humanitarian concerns' or 'weapons of mass destruction' pretexts preceding interventions elsewhere. The US Treasury blocked Venezuela from servicing its national
debt via sanctions in 2017 (source: US Department of the Treasury), yet somehow, 'drug boats' are now the principal threat to regional stability. How many resource-rich nations must be 'stabilized' before we admit this isn't about drugs?