"There are two possibilities that offer better explanations of the US’s criminal action: oil and power. Petroleum has been widely cited as the key reason, and Trump himself has acknowledged this. There seem to be two plausible aspects to this."
From my new Venezuela article.
I conquer, therefore I am – the United States intervention in Venezuela
https://northwestbylines.co.uk/news/world/i-conquer-therefore-i-am-the-united-states-intervention-in-venezuela/
"The meaning of the Venezuela intervention [in addition to the dual oil agenda], then, is to demonstrate, and enact, supreme dominance of the US regime and US capital....
"Trump represents a return to an undisguised imperialism, captured in the aphorism I conquer, therefore I am, as Descartes should really have said."
#USImperialism #oil #MonroeDoctrine #Venezuela