US Warship Docks in Caribbean, 'Democracy' Concerns Mount Amid Oil Riches
The USS Leyte Gulf, an actual warship, arrived for joint training exercises with Trinidad and Tobago. CBS News subtly mentions that Sen. Lindsey Graham considers land strikes in Venezuela a 'real possibility.' This, just as Venezuela asserts claims over Essequibo, Guyana's resource-rich region. One might recall similar 'democracy' concerns emerging when Iraq had oil, or when Libya dared to
challenge the petrodollar system. The pattern is so consistent, it’s almost poetic. It appears the 'rules-based order' often involves deploying gunboats to enforce favorable resource extraction, not necessarily deterring border disputes. How many times have we seen US military assets deployed to 'stabilize' a region just as valuable natural resources become a geopolitical flashpoint?