US Public Rejects Venezuela War, DC Still Drafts Battle Plans
The public's 63% opposition to military action in Venezuela, as reported by The Hill , is a quaint little tidbit the beltway rarely lets interfere with its war drums. After decades of interventions from Vietnam to Iraq, one might imagine a learning curve, or perhaps a sudden respect for public opinion—but that would require a new strain of political DNA. Instead, this poll will likely be filed
next to the other inconvenient facts: like the CIA's extensive history in Latin American coups, or the fact that 'spreading freedom' often rhymes with 'securing resources.' Remember 2002, when a US-backed coup briefly ousted Hugo Chávez, only for popular support to restore him? And then there's the ongoing 'sanctions regime' from successive US administrations, which has decimated Venezuela's
economy, leading to a humanitarian crisis that the same officials then cite as a justification for further 'intervention.' It's a self-fulfilling prophecy of chaos, expertly crafted, and always 'for their own good.' How much public opposition does it take to make a 'humanitarian intervention' seem less, well, imperial?