Is America about to go to war against Venezuela over drug trafficking? Paul Craig Roberts explains his theory that drugs will be used as an excuse to get America into a new regime change war with Venezuela. He writes:

US preparing options for strikes inside Venezuela.

The attacks could happen “in a matter of weeks”.

The excuse is strikes inside Venezuela on alleged drug traffickers. This is a hoax like the “Muslim Terrorist Threat” that was Washington’s excuse for its wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and the attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities. The war on terror was a war on opponents to Greater Israel. The war on Venezuelan drug traffickers is a continuation of Washington’s attempt to overthrow the Venezuelan government dating from the Hugo Chavez years and to return Venezuela to American hands for exploitation. Regardless of any drug traffickers, attacks on Venezuelan territory are acts of war. Intimidation in support of American hegemony continues. Will military attacks on drug traffickers in Mexico be next? Is Venezuela the only country with drug traffickers? What about Washington’s ally, Colombia?

The real reason for the military attack on Venezuela’s government, along with bagfuls of money, is to encourage the Venezuelan military to overthrow Maduro’s government. It is a tactic Washington has often used on Honduras.

Chavez earned the American establishment’s enduring hatred of Venezuela in his speech before the UN in 2006 when he said, referring to US President George W. Bush, that yesterday at this very podium stood Satan himself speaking as if he owned the world. You can still smell the sulfur.

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