On Friday morning, the people of Venezuela were living their lives, being Venezuelan. By Saturday evening, Trump had bombed bits of Venezuela, kidnapped the elected President and his wife, and claims to be in charge of Venezuela now. And he’s getting away with-it!
When I initially saw this piece of news I thought….Why? Why Venezuela? What has Venezuela been doing? The answer, as usual these days is…nothing much, just…being Venezuela. Meanwhile……America is just doing what it does…being an aggressor.
The Trump claimed that those fishing boats were loaded with drugs for America – turned out they were most likely….fishing boats. And even if they were loaded with drugs for America, it’s up to America to tighten their Customes Control.
Then I read up on the attack on Venezuela. One word leapt out at me……Oil.
This sets a precedent. Who’s next?
He’s had his eye on Greenland. Here goes….Trump is a Climate Change denier, while America is one of the major contributors to producing Climate Change. The ice is melting, sea-ways are opening up – Greenland becomes strategically useful, while also having desirable mineral deposits.
Apparently he has his greedy little eye on Cuba. Cuba has long been a thorn in the side of America, for being reasonably successfully Communist and, as such, being a bit too ‘close to home’.
I have visions of Britain coming under American rule – role reversal on a grand scale – but America has been taking over Britain for decades, culturally and politically, without a blow being struck.
As chance would have it, yesterday evening we watched ‘Independence Day: Resurgence’. In the 20 years since the alien invasion, the peoples of the Earth have become united. They’re aware that the aliens could return and that their best policy is to be unified. Is that what it would take to make us see sense – a very powerful threat from outside?
And….another factor…more refugees…..from Venezuela – who presumably won’t be allowed into America.
I realize that there’s very little point in my going off on one about it – what can I do? Raise awareness maybe – tho’ I’d hope that folk reading this….are aware.
I’m glad that I’m old and that I don’t have children who would grow up in what our world is becoming. I mean it.
I wrote this a few years ago…..
https://theorkneynews.scot/…/28/humans-should-know-better
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