"Running for president in 2024, Donald Trump vowed to avoid costly, often disastrous overseas US military interventions like Iraq and Afghanistan. This was a key plank in his isolationist America first platform. Yet within months of his inauguration, US forces were bombing Yemen and Iran. Looking south, Trump threatened to seize the Panama canal. Now, the Pentagon is gearing up for attacks on terrorist drug cartels deep inside Colombia and Mexico."
"Of most immediate concern is a possible renewed White House effort to forcibly impose regime change on Venezuela. Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela's hard-left authoritarian president, believes this effort is already under way. He says the US is waging undeclared war on his country after several deadly strikes on Venezuelan vessels in international waters. Trump notified Congress last week that the US is engaged in armed conflict with drug cartels."
Donald Trump campaigned to avoid costly overseas military interventions but soon authorized strikes in Yemen and Iran and threatened the Panama Canal. The Pentagon is preparing operations against terrorist drug cartels in Colombia and Mexico and a possible effort to force regime change in Venezuela. Maduro alleges an undeclared US war after deadly strikes on Venezuelan vessels and reports of F-35 incursions. Trump notified Congress that the US is in armed conflict with drug cartels and placed a $50m bounty on Maduro. A US military buildup including warships, F-35s, a submarine and marines raises fears of offensive action rather than drug interdiction. The UN says most cocaine to the US originates in Colombia, Peru and Ecuador.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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