US President Discovers Land Mines in Venezuela, Cites Cartel Problem
Bloomberg's 'Daybreak Europe' excitedly reports that Donnie J. Trump—fresh off bagging Venezuela's President Maduro—is now eyeing 'strikes against drug cartel facilities' in Venezuela. This, they claim, would be a 'significant escalation.' One might ask, significant for whom? For Venezuelan civilians, perhaps? Or is it a significant escalation in the tradition of US presidents finding convenient
excuses for military excursions in Latin America, a pattern as old as Bolívar’s disillusionment? Historically speaking, 'cartel facilities' and 'regional stability' have long served as handy pretexts for resource control and regime change—a playbook well-thumbed since the United Fruit days. When the US captures a foreign head of state, the media rarely bothers to question the legalities, let alone
the potential for mission creep. It's almost as if 'democracy' is best served by unilateral invasions and aerial bombardments, particularly when there's an 'undesirable' government in power. How many times must the US 'liberate' a nation by turning it into a proxy battlefield before we call it what it is?