Friday, May 3, 2019
Thursday, May 2, 2019
Pompeo Says US Prepared to Take Military Action in Venezuela "If That's What's Required"
"The team that brought
you Iraq seems to thrive on death, destruction, and spending workers' hard
earned tax dollars," said one anti-war activist
Going a step beyond the
"all options are on the table" platitudes consistently parroted by
Trump administration officials, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday
the U.S. is prepared to take military action in Venezuela "if that's
what's required."
"The president has been
crystal clear and incredibly consistent—military action is possible,"
Pompeo said in an interview on Fox
Business.
Trump administration officials
are "trying to do everything we can to avoid violence," Pompeo said,
even as the White House expressed
unequivocal support for the "military
uprising" led by Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guiado.
"In the event that there
comes a moment—and we'll all have to make decisions about when that moment is
and the president will ultimately have to make that decision—he's prepared to
do that if that's what's required," said the Secretary of State.
"The team that brought
you Iraq seems to thrive on death, destruction, and spending workers' hard
earned tax dollars," Evans tweeted.
In an appearance on MSNBC just
hours after Pompeo's interview, national security adviser John Bolton echoed
many of the Secretary of State's talking points while continuing to make the
Orwellian claim that the coup the Trump administration is supporting in
Venezuela is somehow not a coup.
"If [Guaido] holds
constitutional legitimacy as we believe, trying to take control of the
government is not a coup, it's his constitutional obligation," Bolton
told MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell. "The coup that we're worried about in
Venezuela may have already taken place through the insertion of tens of
thousands of Cuban security forces."
As Common Dreams reported,
progressive advocacy groups and lawmakers have condemned the Trump
administration's support for the attempted coup and urged the U.S. to stop
interfering in Venezuela's internal affairs.
"Bolton, Pompeo (and
Guaido) say they want a 'peaceful transition,' even while creating chaos in the
streets and calling for a military coup," Gerry Condon of Veterans for
Peace wrote for Common
Dreams on Wednesday. "In recent years, we have been overwhelmed by
endless wars on multiple fronts. Will Venezuela be one more such war? No,
we say. This will not stand."
Wednesday, May 1, 2019
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