Trump’s Venezuela invasion sets a perilous precedent | Kenneth Roth
by Kenneth Roth from US news | The Guardian on (#72KBX)
If Trump can invade Venezuela, why can't Putin invade Ukraine? Or Xi Jinping seize Taiwan?
No matter how you slice it, Donald Trump's invasion of Venezuela is an act of naked aggression. It is blatantly illegal and sets a disturbing precedent of indifference to national sovereignty that tyrants worldwide will be eager to exploit.
The ostensible reason for the US president's military incursion was to arrest Nicolas Maduro on criminal charges for drug trafficking. But that does not justify invading Venezuela to seize him.
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