> hauling a few kilos of Columbian cocaine to Trinidad and Tobago where it is then shipped on to Europe <
What does that matter? Evil is evil. When the navies of Western Europe finally decided to suppress piracy in the Caribbean in the 18th century, they didn’t worry about which pirate was attacking which merchant ship.
Same applies here.
But I will grant you one thing. I would be very much against Trump deciding to go further, and actually attacking Venezuela. That’s an act of war, and requires congressional approval.
Still holding on to the 1973 War Powers Act?
It makes no sense to expend such a vast amount of resources on a few little boats hauling a few kilos of cocaine for European consumption when deadly Fentanyl is flooding into our country from Mexico, killing Americans by the thousands.
Sorry, I’m America First. Spend our tax dollars and resources on stopping the tsunami of deadly drugs killing our people and ruining our cities — and the tsunami isn’t emanating from Venezuela.
I hope Trump is just sabre rattling, that he’s hoping all those naval and air assets will somehow dislodge Maduro and won’t go so far as a land campaign to bring about the regime change he wants if the rattling doesn’t do the trick (and it’s doubtful it will).