The US has invaded countries and deposed leaders before. Its military action against Venezuela feels different
https://x.com/MaryKostakidis/status/2008032077623795778
The US has invaded countries and deposed leaders before. Its military action against Venezuela feels different
'During the Cold War, US interventions were often condemned but rarely threatened the legitimacy of the international order itself. Today, by contrast, the Maduro operation has been met with swift and sharp condemnation from across the political spectrum. Colombian President Gustavo Petro called the strikes an “assault on the sovereignty” of Latin America, while Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said the attack “crossed an unacceptable line” and set an “extremely dangerous precedent”. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said the strikes were in “clear violation” of the UN Charter. Even traditional US allies expressed discomfort. France’s foreign minister said the operation contravened the “principle of non-use of force that underpins international law” and that lasting political solutions cannot be “imposed by the outside”. And a statement from UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he was “deeply alarmed” about the “dangerous precedent” the United States was setting and the rules of international law not being respected.'
'For years, scholars have warned that repeated violations of the UN Charter by the United States were steadily eroding the basic rules governing the use of force. Venezuela may represent the moment that erosion becomes collapse. When a permanent Security Council member not only bombs another state but abducts its head of state, the precedent is indeed profound.'
'If sovereignty can be set aside when inconvenient, heads of state can be abducted without UN approval, and the most powerful decide which governments may exist, then we have returned to a world governed by force – not the law. And in that world, no state can consider itself truly secure.'
posted by Satish Sharma at
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