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Venezuela is likely to become another wasted crisis, resembling events that followed when the U.S. forced regime changes in Libya, Afghanistan and Iraq.
0[Trump's] attitude toward U.S.-Japan security and Indo-Pacific strategy is even softer than it was in the past.
0We are faced with a "scenario" in which Washington's exclusive and absolute dominance over the entire hemisphere, from Greenland and Canada in the north to the southern reaches of Argentina and Chile.
0[I]t can be said that the West — thanks to Trump, because he is the leader of the process and the host of meetings — is consolidating.
0[T]he Trump administration appears to have lowered its reservations about using force, prompting concern within the international community.
0If it were to be accepted that Ukraine is the aggressor ... allied states would not be obliged to provide assistance.
0[W]hat is illegitimate is any attempt to seize the natural resources of Venezuela and impose puppet leaderships on it.
0Whether George HW Bush or Donald J Trump, Americanimperialism is unabated—the pathetic excuses and the violentshock-and-awe tactics don’t matter; the results do.
0[T]he Trump administration appears to have lowered its reservations about using force, prompting concern within the international community.
0[T]he Bolivarian revolution must continue to forge its path. Surrender is not part of the victorious legacy of Simón BolÃvar .
0[Trump] is not trying to preserve the post-Cold War system; he has concluded that system has already collapsed.
0The more the U.S. interferes, the more likely [Venezuela] will drift into chaos.
Washington is no longer content with slow exhaustion; it has adopted a strategy of swift, symbolic strikes designed to recalibrate the international landscape.
This is the world. What is permitted to the strong is denied to others. International law restrains only the weak.
Whatever pragmatic considerations may have prompted Trump to make the move, there is no justification in international law for it.
It would be a mistake to assume that Netanyahu dictates Trump’s Middle East agenda. It would also be a mistake to allow Netanyahu to tailor American priorities to Israel’s political and military actions in Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria.
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