Nationwide US protests against possible war with Venezuela
Across the United States, protests were held against a major air and missile attack on Venezuela, which appears closer and closer.
Washington has already carried out dozens of airstrikes, killing nearly 100 people, and assembled the largest US Armada in Latin American waters since the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962.
United States President Donald Trump blames Venezuela, without evidence, for being the primary source of America's drug problems, but many believe it's their socialist inspired government, which capitalist, imperialist Washington cannot allow.
The latest polls we've seen show that 70% of the people in the United States do not support a military invasion of Venezuela, and that tracks what we've been seeing since August and in fact support is falling for a war against Venezuela, despite the Trump administration's insistence that an attack is imminent.
Leonardo Flores, Venezuela Solidarity Network
Many say that Venezuela is too strong for a ground invasion even after decades of brutal Western sanctions that have sought to strangle the population and foment civil war.
And if they were to enter into war with Venezuela, it would be an endless war because, right now, first of all, Venezuela has 8 million people in their citizen militias.
While Washington may say, oh, it's not really 8 million people, but whatever number it is, it's certainly hundreds of thousands of people who are really quite ready and willing to take [up] arms to defend their lands.
Because, first of all, they've seen what the United States does to their enemies, going back to Korea, Vietnam, Laos, but also, more recently, to Palestine, and they know that what the Gazans suffered, what the people of Palestine have suffered, is on the agenda for the people in [sic] Venezuela.
Leonardo Flores, Venezuela Solidarity Network
Trump's aggression towards Venezuelans is a direct contradiction of his anti-war campaign promises and a continuation of decades of neoliberalism.
This is absolutely the opposite of what he campaigned on, and absolutely the opposite of what the MAGA base want. And I think that is one restraining factor.
I think that there is tremendous division within this White House about what to do on Venezuela, and I think one of the more moderating factors is the Pentagon itself, it says that this would be disastrous.
Medea Benjamin, CodePink
The United States has failed across the Middle East. They appear to be pulling back their imperialist aggression to what they consider their own backyard, Latin America; apart from being socialist inspired, Venezuela sits on the world's largest oil reserves.
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