U.S. Senate and House Leaders Launch Oversight of Caribbean Military Operations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe offensive is part of Operation \u201cSouthern Spear,\u201d announced by Secretary of Defense and head of the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth. The recent announcement comes amid criticism of the high-ranking official, who, according to US media, ordered a second bombing to eliminate two survivors, an action that experts say could constitute a war crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When asked, Trump stated he had no information on the matter, defended Hegseth, and praised Admiral Frank Bradley, commander of the operation, as \u201can extraordinary person.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Donald Trump\u2019s threats, under the guise of the war on drugs, extend to all countries that traffic drugs, alluding to Colombia as a possible inclusion in his proposed ground operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019ve heard that Colombia, the country of Colombia, produces cocaine. They have manufacturing plants, okay? And then they sell us cocaine. But yes, anyone who does that and sells it to our country is subject to attacks, not necessarily just Venezuela,\u201d Trump stated at the meeting with his cabinet. The US president commented that, although Venezuela \u201chas been worse than most,\u201d there are other nations that, in his view, export drugs to his country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Operation Southern Spear has been a cover for a military deployment in the Caribbean Sea, which includes the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford among its deployed forces, raising tensions in the region with Latin American countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The president justified the military actions by claiming they have saved \u201cthousands of lives\u201d in the U.S. by destroying drug-laden boats, while Hegseth denied seeing any survivors while monitoring the attacks and accused the media of spreading information \u201cthat is not based on the truth.\u201d Both the White House and the Pentagon insist that all operations are \u201ccompletely legal\u201d and support Bradley\u2019s actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t personally see the survivors, but I still support the decision because that thing was on fire. It exploded in fire and smoke. You can\u2019t see it even though there are digital images. This is called fog of war.\u201d \u201cThis is what you and the press don\u2019t understand,\u201d the U.S. official asserted when asked about the double fatal attack, perpetrated on September 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Venezuela has not responded militarily to the threats, although it has denounced the U.S. pressure aimed at destabilizing the Bolivarian nation and the Latin American region. Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro emphasized at yesterday\u2019s rally in Caracas that the nation has endured \u201c22 weeks of psychological terrorism,\u201d but they have not succeeded, nor will they succeed, in derailing the country from building the homeland that Venezuelans deserve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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