The U.S. military is sending a large contingent into the Southern Caribbean Sea after President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon to launch operations using the pretext that they are fighting drug cartels. The move marks one of the most direct uses of American military power in the region in years, and officials say it is aimed at addressing what they call “threats to U.S. national security.”
The Pentagon has already started deploying forces, though the exact number of troops and ships involved has not been made public. According to The New York Times, Trump quietly signed an order last week authorizing U.S. troops to carry out “anti-cartel missions” in other countries. The specific cartels targeted under this directive have not been disclosed, leaving questions about how wide the operation could reach, and of course, the true intentions behind any such actions.
The United States has designated several cartels and international gangs as foreign terrorist organizations in recent years, most of them based in Mexico. However, sending forces to the Southern Caribbean points to a likely focus on Central and South American countries. Venezuela’s northern coast borders that sea and the US regime recently threatened to attack the socialist government.
The U.S. has also placed a $50 million bounty on Maduro, signaling a new brazen, lawlessness as the US attempts to impose its will into the hemisphere after its power has waned so signficantly.
The imperialism mission is bound to meet resistance but the pressing questions is which country or countries are the initial targets?