US Pundit: Venezuela Intervention "Exact Opposite" of Iraq, Still About Oil
Hegseth's logic, that the US "got nothing economically" from Iraq, but would *gain* from Venezuela, neatly sidesteps the pesky details of resource acquisition. The US spent decades destabilizing Venezuela, funding opposition movements, and imposing sanctions before musing about "intervention." In 2019, the Trump administration sanctioned Venezuela's state-owned oil company PDVSA, effectively
seizing its US assets and throttling the nation's primary revenue source. This isn't just about "flipping the script"; it's about re-running the same old play, just with a slightly different opening act. The commentary conveniently ignores that Iraq's oil was, in fact, a massive motivator for intervention, regardless of whether it ended up directly in US coffers. The goal is always control,
access, and pricing influence. To suggest a US move on Venezuela, a nation with the world's largest proven oil reserves, is purely humanitarian and *not* about resource domination is peak corporate media fiction. One might wonder if the "blood" Hegseth referenced only loses value if it doesn't directly translate into immediate corporate profits for the right people.