Early yesterday
morning, the U.S. bombed the capital city of
Venezuela, abducted its sitting president, and claimed
it would take over and "run the country." This is in violation of
international law.
The attack came
after Donald Trump spent months claiming that Venezuela
is a hub for narcotics drug trafficking and accusing its
president of involvement. Six months ago, the U.S.
declared that it had placed a bounty of $50
million on President Nicolás Maduro's
head.
As part of Trump's violence against
Venezuela, the U.S. military infamously struck and sunk
multiple boats sailing from Venezuela, intentionally
killing any survivors. It also captured several oil
tankers from Venezuela. Upwards of 110 people died in
these boat strikes.
Trump is also declaring
that the U.S. should exert military, political, and
economic control over the entire western hemisphere,
terming this view alternately the "Trump corollary" and
the "Don-Roe doctrine."
He's already trying to
implement this vision in Venezuela. According to Trump,
following his airstrikes: "We're going to run the
country." He also said that Venezuela's massive
oil reserves will now fall under U.S. control. (The
country accounts for approximately one-fifth of all oil
reserves in the world).
Obviously,
governments around the world were shocked and outraged,
condemning these attacks against a sovereign nation.
U.S. military leaders must also push back against
Trump — in fact, they have both a moral and legal
obligation to do so.
Sign the petition to
demand that U.S. military leaders honor their oaths to
follow the law and to refuse illegal and destabilizing
orders from Trump!
