US Warns Venezuela: 'Democracy' Next, Post-Oil
CBS News, dutifully reporting on former President Trump's assertion that 'land operations' in Venezuela could begin 'pretty soon,' portrays this as a development in 'tensions.' What it fails to mention is the bipartisan US playbook for regime change in resource-rich nations, echoing interventions from Chile in 1973, Nicaragua in the 80s, to Iraq in 2003. (Remember those WMDs?) This isn't about
democracy; it’s about control over the world’s largest proven oil reserves. The 'sanctions' crippling Venezuelan citizens for years were just the appetizer. One might wonder if 'pretty soon' is just another euphemism for 'whenever the oil market looks favorable' or 'after the next convenient 'humanitarian crisis' is manufactured.' The media plays along, meticulously avoiding the context of 100
years of US corporate and government intervention that paints a far darker picture than mere 'tensions.'