The US has no moral authority to attack Venezuela, regardless of Maduro’s authoritarian nature. Both can be true: Maduro is a dictator who caused immense harm to his people, and US military intervention is an illegal act of aggression that will not resolve the crisis of democracy in Venezuela.
The region’s future must be determined by people themselves, free from the shadow of empire
“If the US can unilaterally launch military strikes against sovereign nations at a whim, then the entire framework of international law becomes meaningless. This tells every nation that might and power trump legality and sovereignty.”
Although I agree that this is bad, it is unsurprising. The states have been devolving towards this for a long time. I’d argue that the patriot act was one of the more audacious steps in this direction. I suppose there were earlier ones, I am not very knowledgeable about this topic
You’re right, despite your confessed ignorance.
The US has been doing it since the beginning, including the invasion of Quebec in 1775. The only difference now is that everything gets broadcast, especially on social media.