US Warns Airlines Over Venezuela Airspace While Flying Over Syria
Donald Trump, whose administration routinely violated Syrian airspace, now advises airlines to consider Venezuelan airspace a no-fly zone, citing 'heightened military activity.' This comes as the US has significantly increased its military presence around Venezuela, a nation rich in oil and inconveniently anti-imperialist, for years. One might wonder if the FAA issues similar advisories for the
airspace over countries where the US military conducts drone strikes or maintains unauthorized occupations. Apparently, the danger is only 'imminent' when it’s someone else’s sovereignty being respected. The US government's concern for civilian airline safety appears remarkably flexible. It's 'reckless' for Venezuela to conduct military exercises within its own borders, but business as usual for
the US to patrol global skies, often without permission. This isn't about safety; it's about control, leveraging aviation warnings as another pressure tactic against a sovereign nation whose resources remain enticingly out of reach. The irony of the world's most prolific intervenor decrying 'heightened military activity' in its neighbor's backyard seems lost on no one but the State Department.