Trump Will Try to Defend Aggression Toward Venezuela. It's Still Illegal.

"The Trump administration's massive military attack on Venezuela, launched with 150 aircraft, reportedly killed upwards of 80 people, including civilians. In utter defiance of the mandates of the United Nations Charter, U.S. forces launched the attack as they kidnapped Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, First Lady Cilia Flores, who have been transported to New York, where they face drug trafficking charges."

"The United States, one of the drafters of the Charter, is a party to that treaty. Under the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution, treaties are the supreme law of the land, and judges across the country are bound by them. Article 2 (4) of the Charter declares, "All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state,""

"The only two exceptions to that prohibition are when a country acts in self-defense after an armed attack or when the UN Security Council approves the use of force. The attack on Venezuela and the kidnapping of Maduro and Flores did not constitute self-defense nor did the Security Council authorize it. Venezuela had not launched an armed attack on the U.S. or any other country, nor did it pose an imminent threat."

U.S. forces executed a massive military attack on Venezuela with 150 aircraft, reportedly killing more than 80 people, including civilians, and abducting President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores. Maduro and Flores were transported to New York to face drug trafficking charges. The United Nations Charter prohibits the threat or use of force against a state's territorial integrity or political independence, allowing only self-defense after an armed attack or Security Council authorization. The attack on Venezuela met neither exception, and Venezuela had not launched an armed attack nor posed an imminent threat.

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