Bertrand Russell Diagnosed the Washington War Madness

[drbrumley]

And the coming rape of Venezuela, says Martin Sieff.

It is a scene depressingly familiar to inhabitants of Political Washington over the past 30 years since US armed invasion of small or vulnerable countries came back into fashion after being briefly discredited following the Vietnam War. This time it is Venezuela and its twice democratically-elected President Nicolas Maduro that is being demonized as a Diabolical Menace to the very survival of All That is Good and True.

 

[The Barbarian]

While it's true that Maduro has refused to abide by election results and has usurped power, it's not our job to fight a war to remove him.