A USA media outlet reported that the Pentagon issued a statement before the end of last week, declaring that the United States of America is engaged in a "non-international armed conflict" against drug cartels, which, as you may recall, have been described by the White House's top occupant as "terrorist organizations" and their members as "unlawful combatants."
This statement should not and cannot go unnoticed because it also coincides with aggressive reinforcements in the media sphere.
Trump's supposedly "bureaucratic" nature fits into the perfidy of this "NO" international war, this event of "NO" invasion of an independent country that the Pentagon is mounting, originally urged by Mr. Rubio.
Furthermore, establishing that the United States is involved in a "non-international armed conflict," according to experts on the subject, leaves the White House room to do what it is doing, including a "surgical" strike deep inside Venezuelan territory.
According to Article 1/Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution, Congress alone has the exclusive power to declare war. This provision was strengthened in 1973 by another legislative measure, the War Powers Resolution, which establishes that U.S. armed forces may not remain in combat outside the country for more than 60 days, with a 30-day extension to arrange their withdrawal.
It must be said that the White House has repeatedly violated these constitutional provisions, without major consequences. This happened, for example, when Clinton bombed Kosovo and Obama did something similar against Libya. The most recent example was Trump himself, when last June he pretended to attack the nonexistent Persian nuclear weapons plan.
The truth is that the war waged against Venezuela is generating resistance and questions within the USA, including the deployment of Pirates of the Caribbean 2.0, the device anchored or prowling Puerto Rico and areas near Panama.
The murder of alleged drug traffickers, who allegedly operated five or six drug-trafficking vessels before they could testify, provokes particular outrage. Too many cases cannot cover up the extrajudicial execution of people, in clear violation of American, universal, and possibly divine laws.
Statements against these murders and Mr. Rubio's war plans are repeated in the Capitol in Washington, and also in other public spaces across the country, sufficiently overwhelmed by the deterioration of several socioeconomic indicators or the genocide in Gaza, degrading a supposed social consensus, always pertinent and useful, for developing any war adventure.
President Petro's epic denunciation before the UN General Assembly stands out for its timeliness and vehemence, effectively describing the infamous attacks on small boats of unknown purpose, origin, and destination as an atrocious crime.
The most sensitive opinion, the one that should generate the greatest concern among the US leadership, is the rejection by no less than 90% of Venezuelans of their country being invaded.
Based on the above, imperialist strategists realize that it's not enough for Mr. Rubio to claim that the Chavistas are narcoterrorists, so it's pertinent to strengthen the media side of this so-far unconventional war.
Behind this whole story with an uncertain ending lies the very way the United States government operates: if something doesn't appear on television and, consequently, on social media, it doesn't exist.
For example, President Trump doesn't seem to entertain any idea that doesn't involve a degree of publicity, turning the White House's famous Oval Office into a sort of television set. It matters little whether he ultimately reveals his intentions or acts with suicidal sincerity.
Imperial media action extends from the moment the US president offers a pseudo-enigmatic response, "we'll see," when asked about his next steps regarding Venezuela, to the delirious statements by Mr. Rubio, or by congressmen promoted by the Cuban-American mafia, who dedicate themselves to publishing images of military equipment deployed against the Bolivarians.
To reinforce this mediation, the ineffable The Washington Examiner appears, with a well-known history of supporting the most radical forms of the imperial right. With a powerful advertising campaign and social media outreach, the Examiner reveals details of the air-naval operation, apparently in the final stages of finalizing details, to proceed with some kind of invasion of Venezuelan soil.
The aggression is taken for granted, subject to a mere formality. In other words, the operation to normalize it is already underway. To this end, experts join in, under the pretext of psychological warfare, predicting an imminent defeat of the Bolivarian Revolution simply because, by sheer will.
For those who still have doubts, Trump himself suggested, in front of disciplined marines celebrating the Navy's 250th anniversary at the Norfolk Naval Station in Virginia, that since "there are no more drug ships in the Caribbean," they could move "counter-narcotics operations from the sea to land," without specifying which.
Meanwhile, in the real world, the Venezuelan authorities' complaint about the incursion of US fighter jets near their coast is making headlines, and President Maduro announces that they will take the situation to the UN, although Mr. Rubio isn't interested in what is said there.
As expected, the Cuban government reiterates its solidarity with Caracas, refuting a perfidious campaign by the usual suspects, namely the counterrevolutionary group, which speculated on the quality of said support. The Cuban foreign minister warns that "a pretext for military action against Venezuela is being developed."
But Trump, the television president, and his team face a much more serious problem, as it is difficult to focus all the media's attention on a single issue, Venezuela in particular.
Amid the genuine turbulence unfolding in the rest of the world, beyond Washington, this anti-Venezuelan film seems almost absurd, not only because of the pathetic justifications for invading a country in Our America, but also because Trump currently has several open fronts, some of them completely bellicose.
The war in Ukraine, with no apparent solution, would end in 15 days, even less if it means cornering Russia again; the peace plan for Gaza, difficult to predict, to use diplomatic language, because it's easy to see the pro-Israeli undertones of the proposal; or worse, the deployment of USA military forces on USA soil.
The straw that could break the camel's back, the financial shutdown of the federal government, with countless consequences, just mentioning those made public, such as the non-payment of salaries to hundreds of thousands of public employees, it is not clear if this includes those who make up the Pirates of the Caribbean 2.0, social services closed and what could be another cumulative time bomb, massive layoffs.
Perhaps, just perhaps, Trump will tell Mr. Rubio: "I'm sorry, but Maduro must wait. We have many higher-priority domestic and foreign issues." Otherwise, Venezuela is clearly prepared for any eventuality. Bolívar's sword awaits the invader, the same one that "runs across" Latin America, as the popular song goes.
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