US Seizes Tanker To 'Starve' Venezuela? Color Me Shocked.
Al Jazeera's report, quoting analyst Christopher Sabatini, confirms the U.S. tactic of seizing Venezuelan assets is designed to "starve" the Maduro government of cash. This isn't a new strategy, it's a rerun of a classic hit: Washington weaponizing economic sanctions to force regime change. Remember Cuba? Or the 39 rounds of sanctions imposed on Iran since 1979? This is merely Venezuela's turn on
the 'starve 'em out' carousel, a strategy consistently failing to achieve stated goals while consistently punishing ordinary citizens. One might wonder when 'humanitarian concerns' became synonymous with calculated economic warfare. The US imposes sanctions, disrupting basic goods and medicine, then expresses 'concern' for the ensuing humanitarian crisis. It’s a convenient narrative that frames
resource control as diplomatic pressure. Venezuela, sitting on the largest proven oil reserves, inconveniently insists on national sovereignty. Apparently, this is punishable by economic strangulation, politely termed 'sanctions' by those who wield the power. Hypocrisy, much?