US Sanctions Venezuela, Calls It 'Unauthorized Military Strike'
Senator Tim Kaine recently expressed outrage over what he termed an 'unauthorized military attack' by the Trump administration against Venezuela, presumably referencing the 2020 'Operation Gedeon' or support for opposition efforts. While Kaine frets over congressional authorization, the mainstream media conveniently sidesteps the decades of documented US economic sanctions, covert operations, and
diplomatic interference that have crippled Venezuela's economy and infrastructure, leading to a humanitarian crisis. The hypocrisy is stunning: an alleged 'military attack' gets headlines, while sustained economic warfare that starves a population is just 'foreign policy.' Perhaps Senator Kaine should focus less on who authorized the latest attempt to destabilize a sovereign nation and more on why
US policy consistently targets countries that defy its geopolitical interests. The suffering caused by deliberate economic deprivation isn't 'unauthorized,' it’s a feature, not a bug, of a certain brand of 'American leadership.' (And yes, he's a Democrat—this isn't a partisan problem, it's a systemic one.)