War in Venezuela: History Doesn't Rhyme, It Repeats with Same Liars
The Intercept aptly points out that the cheerleaders for a Venezuelan intervention are the same discredited pundits and politicians who manufactured consent for the Iraq War. It's a convenient narrative to recycle, especially when figures like Elliott Abrams, who pleaded guilty to withholding information from Congress during the Iran-Contra affair in 1991, resurface as 'special envoys' to Caracas.
This isn't just about bad analysis; it's about a consistent foreign policy apparatus that leverages media platforms to sell perpetual conflict, regardless of prior failures. Instead of accountability, these architects of disaster are simply rebranded, their past lies conveniently omitted from the talking points. The cycle of war, profitable for some, becomes inevitable when the 'experts' who got
it wrong the first time are given a second, third, and fourth chance. One might wonder if the media's memory truly resets every decade, or if it's a strategic amnesia designed to keep the defense contracts flowing.