US: Venezuela's off-limits. (Our bombs aren't.)
Imagine if two Venezuelan F-35s (if they even exist) suddenly decided to 'reassure' constituents right off the Florida Keys. The outrage! The cable news hysteria! We'd hear about 'hostile aggression' and 'threats to sovereignty' until our ears bled. But when US warplanes patrol Venezuela's backyard? It's just 'routine operations.' Move along, nothing to see here. This isn't about 'regional
stability.' It's about protecting 'strategic interests.' Which, coincidentally, always seem to align perfectly with whatever resources or political alignments the US decides it needs this week. Don't worry about the crumbling schools in Ohio or the healthcare crisis in Kansas. Your tax dollars are busy ensuring Venezuelan air defense systems are adequately 'tested' by $100M fighter jets. AIPAC
must be thrilled. More 'defense' spending means more contracts, more lobbyists, and more campaign donations to keep the war machine humming. Who needs decent infrastructure or mental healthcare when you can project power globally? The military-industrial complex certainly doesn't. They're too busy counting their profits while Pete Hegseth frets about 'thrill-seeking warmongering.' The hypocrisy is
so thick you could cut it with one of those F-35s. Venezuela is 'slamming' the presence of these jets. How dare they? Clearly, they haven't received the memo: The U.S. doesn’t 'slam,' it 'secures.' Big difference.