After a massive & unprecedented months-long military build-up in the Caribbean Sea, Trump went for the kill yesterday and ultimately gave the green light to major, deep airstrikes inside the country followed by a carefully orchestrated special forces mission to capture its leftist leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife alive who are to be tried in New York courts on drugs trafficking charges. The military op had clearly been in the offing, was palpable to most military observers and industry analysts and was just a matter of time as the Venezuelan military is no match for the U.S. military might & muscle.
It, however, is clearly reminiscent of the Cold War era of the 1980s, wherein, the U.S. military forces had invaded another country in Latin America, which was Panama in 1989, for a very similar objective, which is initiating a regime overthrow against anther authoritarian leader on exactly similar charges, drugs trafficking. However, the clinical & successful U.S. military operation, carried out with utter impunity, disregard & almost repudiation of all existing international laws & political sovereignty opens a Pandora box of questions on its likely implications for the world order, which is already in utter chaos and disorder with political & regional armed conflicts already raging across Europe and the Middle East.
However, when the geopolitical sheriff virtually shakes hand with the realpolitik overlord and starts replicating his playbook and extreme ways with utter disregard for the rule of law & law enforcement, it only instills deep fear in the public psyche and sows chaos & anarchy throughout his jurisdiction. Nations are not just political entities as, they, too, are comprised of people with distinct & unique national identities & psyche.
So, when the world’s most powerful nation does something in a multipolar world which is incongruent with its traditional, self-proclaimed core values and is already being done by the proverbial geopolitical villain, it is only bound to create a profound ripple effect throughout the geopolitical ocean, not just on the surface but also deep underneath it with a huge & lasting impact in an age which is neither meant for war nor imperialism...
