WASHINGTON (Analysis) — Nothing unites the D.C. blob like a good old coup d’état. The only other times, it seems, that Donald Trump is given a break by “the resistance” is when he acts “presidential” — i.e., orders military aggression, as we saw with Syria.
As veteran journalist Dan Rather put it at the time:
First it was Operation Desert Storm inflicted under orders of Bush the father. This was followed by 10 years of sanctions when half a million Iraqi children died from lack of medicines and food. Iraq’s economy was ruined and the infrastructure laid to waste. The resulting humanitarian crisis was blamed on President Saddam Hussein, once an American ally later to[Read More...]
This past weekend saw Venezuela erupt as the US-backed ‘opposition’ gangs staged multiple provocations at border crossings with Colombia and Brazil, where Washington used the pretext of deliver ‘aid’ in order to stir-up clashes between Venezuelan law enforcement and wild US-backed mobs. Meanwhile, Florida Senator Marco Rubio appears to have lost the plot, tweeting out multiple death threats to Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro, and the families of military officials.
WASHINGTON — As socialists rally in the United States over their country’s backing of a right wing coup in Venezuela, the supposedly socialist members of Congress – Senator Bernie Sanders (VT) and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) – are hitting talking points that worry critics like Roger Waters and activists in the streets alike.
Is it really feasible for the US to intervene militarily in Venezuela? What about a proxy guerilla war – as they’ve before in Central America? At present, both options remain extremely problematic – despite to threatening rhetoric coming from US officials.
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris take a look at U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo’s comments on Fox News Sunday, that the Maduro regime’s days are “numbered” and that “every option” is on the table toward making that happen.
A sitting U.S. Senator, Marco Rubio, is running around like a cowboy threatening people in Venezuela. In his latest tirade, Rubio sent a tweet containing a before and (bloody) after image of Muammar Gaddafi – seen as a graphic ‘warning’ to Venezuela’s President, Nicolás Maduro.
(CD) — The European Union and the Spanish government on Monday both rejected calls by the Trump administration and Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido to keep “every option on the table” to remove President Nicolas Maduro from power—saying they do not support, nor would they would participate, in military intervention. “Not every option is on the table,” Spanish Foreign […]
The distortions of the corporate media: Media Lens interview
by Ian Sinclair
Morning Star
18 February 2019
David Edwards and David Cromwell from media watchdog Media Lens speak to Ian Sinclair about their new book Propaganda Blitz: How the Corporate Media Distort Reality.
Ian Sinclair: What is a ‘Propaganda Blitz’ and how does it work?
CARACAS, VENEZUELA – On Sunday, the U.S.-backed and self-declared “interim president” of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó, announced that he would meet with the Lima Group on Monday to “formally propose” keeping “all options open” for the “liberation” of Venezuela. The Lima Group, composed of the U.S. and its allies and client states in the Americas, have all recognized Guaidó as the “legitimate” leader of Venezuela.
