Where Is the Opposition to an Attack on Venezuela?
Trump has very little popular support for attacking Venezuela, but there isn’t much of an effort being made to stop him.
The USS Gerald R. Ford is drawing closer to Venezuela, and a U.S. attack on that country seems all but certain. The Washington Post reports:
“The only reason to move it there is to use it against Venezuela,” [Mark] Cancian surmised, adding that the Ford’s arrival means “the shot clock has started because this is not an asset they can just keep there indefinitely. They have to use it or move it. And moving it would mean they are standing down” from a potential attack on Venezuela, he said.
The U.S. has made something of a habit in the last forty years of attacking countries that pose no threat to us. Attacking Venezuela would probably be the most gratuitous and random new war that the U.S. has chosen to start in decades. We should be clear that it has absolutely nothing to do with the security of the United States. When the U.S. does attack, it will be because of the lobbying of exiles and ideologues and an incompetent, reckless president.
Trump has very little popular support for attacking Venezuela, but there isn’t much of an effort being made to stop him.