An Undeclared War
To the editor:
For weeks, we’ve been told the actions against Venezuela are about drugs flowing into the U.S. Did anyone believe this? Now we’re in an undeclared war with Venezuela. It’s not about drugs. It’s about oil. It was always about oil. Venezuela has the largest oil reserves in the world.
In Venezuela, infrastructure was destroyed, at least 75 people were reportedly killed, including civilians, and over 150 U.S. aircraft were involved in the bombing and raids. It certainly was not a police action. Another casualty from this illegal act is the reputation of the U.S. We unilaterally invaded another country, kidnapped its president, and now Mr. Trump says we will, “run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper, and judicious transition.” How are we going to run this country? How will we control the 28 million people living in Venezuela?
This act also sets a precedent that will be used by China, Russia, perhaps others, who will point to what the U.S. has just done and say, “This is the new world order, this is how things work now.” What will happen to Taiwan? Will there be a hostile takeover? What will the U.S. do, anything? Peace in Ukraine seems even more unlikely. Mr. Trump has warned Colombia’s president Gustavo Petro that he has to “watch his ass,” said “Cuba is going to be something we’ll end up talking about,” and warned that “something will have to be done about Mexico.” And now, the U.S. is threatening to take over Greenland. It looks like we’re starting forever wars.
