The US Department of Homeland Security accused the slain woman of committing “an act of domestic terrorism” by “attempting to run over our law enforcement officers in an attempt to kill them.”
Once a government convinces its people that what they saw with their own eyes never really happened, what’s left of democracy in that republic is already on life support…
Every one that goes up incrementally reduces the attractiveness of the oil that underlies so much conflict and tyranny, including Trump’s latest attack on Venezuela.
To some critics, it’s about plunder. To others, it’s about hemispheric hegemony. Actually, it’s about both.
Mainstream media’s nonsense reporting about Venezuela omits the most important truths, including the 1976 C.I.A.-linked torture/murder of the father of Vice President Delcy Rodríguez, who Trump declared to be now in charge.
Five years later, MAGA World is still engaging in its Orwellian rewriting of history.
Zohran Mamdani’s optimistic inauguration contrasted in every single way with Trump’s brazen invasion of Venezuela
Violate the UN Charter and the laws of war. Create false pretexts. Make no plans for the day after. Fantasize about seizing another country's oil wealth. Under-estimate the potential for destabilization. Lessons not learned are mistakes repeated.
Now That’s a Really Bad Idea! (1766), A Rebellion Ends Badly (1811), May Your Song Always Be Sung (1941), Revolution Just Makes Sense (1776), No Way To Defend Democracy (1956), Genocide’s Against the Law (1951), Whistle, Blow My Blues Away (1968)
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