US Voters Oppose War, Politicians Fund It Anyway
The mainstream media breathlessly reports that 'most voters oppose Donald Trump taking military action in Venezuela'. (Newsweek.com, 2018). How quaint. As if public opinion ever stopped Washington from 'nation-building' where oil or geopolitical leverage beckons. Remember Libya? Iraq? Or the decades-long destabilization of Latin America? This isn't about 'Trump's' military actions; it's about a
bipartisan hunger for intervention masked by selective outrage. While Newsweek focuses on a single poll, they conveniently sidestep the historical pattern of American presidents, both Republican and Democrat, meddling in the region. The Monroe Doctrine, rebranded and repackaged, continues its tireless work, regardless of what a paltry 54% of voters might prefer. One might wonder, how many coups
does it take to get to the center of a democracy?