In the history of U.S. foreign imposed regime change or decapitations ― which is really what this is, taking out the leader but not the regime ― it’s very common to find an accommodation with the subsequent leader and then to be quite dissatisfied that they don’t do exactly what you tell them to do because, of course, they have their own interests. It’s bad that he didn’t brief Congress, but I think that it’s a bit of a red herring in terms of focusing on the big picture here, which is the utterly chaotic ― and not just poorly planned, but not-planned ― aftermath and the incompetence at every level of this administration with the fate of millions of Venezuelans in the balance. It’s the mechanism of what scholars call “anticipated reaction.” The president sitting behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office is thinking, “If I do this, what would be the consequences?” … By the time you get to a vote censoring the president or whatever it is, a lot of things have broken down.
Author: Akbar Shahid Ahmed
Published at: 2026-01-04 23:12:56
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