US Sends Aircraft Carrier Where Oil Rigs Loom, Not Aid Ships
The BBC's account of the USS Gerald R. Ford's Caribbean deployment, touting the 'world's largest warship,' somehow skips the history lesson. This isn't the first time US naval might has 'visited' the region. From the 1903 Panamanian independence, secured with US warships, to countless interventions bolstering US corporate interests – like United Fruit Company's banana republics – this isn't about
'regional stability.' It's about protecting pipelines and drilling rights, especially as current events highlight energy insecurity. This carrier group didn't sail to deliver humanitarian aid; it sailed to remind anyone pondering resource nationalism who's really in charge of this hemisphere. One might wonder if a fleet of this magnitude ever arrives unannounced just to enjoy the tropical breezes.
Or perhaps, when the US talks about 'freedom of navigation,' it primarily means freedom for US corporations to extract resources without local interference. How many aircraft carriers are typically deployed to ensure school lunches in the region? The silence is deafening, much like the roar of jet engines ensuring 'friendly' governments remain friendly to US capital.