"He is pushing our country toward an international crisis without valid reasons. If Mr. Trump wants to argue otherwise, the Constitution spells out what he must do: Go to Congress. Without congressional approval, his actions violate U.S. law. The editorial board went on to trash what it termed the administration's nominal rationale for the strike the notion they are taking out narco-terrorists calling it a particularly ludicrous claim."
"Instead, it cites Trump's recently published national security strategy a document in which the Times board says Trump claims the U.S. has the right to dominate Latin America. Venezuela has apparently become the first country subject to this latter-day imperialism, and it represents a dangerous and illegal approach to America's place in the world, the board wrote. By proceeding without any semblance of international legitimacy, valid legal authority or domestic endorsement, Mr. Trump risks providing justification for authoritarians in China, Russia and elsewhere"
The strike on Venezuela lacked congressional authorization and violated U.S. law, since the Constitution requires the president to obtain congressional approval for such military actions. The president failed to provide a coherent explanation or valid reasons for the operation. The stated rationale of targeting narco-terrorists was dismissed as implausible. The national security strategy asserts a U.S. right to dominate Latin America, making Venezuela the first target of modern imperialism and adopting a dangerous, illegal posture. Acting without international legitimacy, legal authority, or domestic endorsement risks empowering authoritarian powers, repeating American hubris seen in Iraq, and causing Venezuelan suffering, regional instability, and lasting harm to U.S. interests.
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