By Walt Zlotow
The Trump administration is already at war with Venezuela. Trump’s Navy has sent 7 small, unarmed Venezuelan boats to Davy Jones Locker, killing 29 innocents. Trump claims he’s just killing Venezuelan drug smugglers sent by Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro to kill Americans with illegal drugs. That is not law enforcement. It is premeditated mass murder.
Falsely claiming Maduro is a narco terrorist, Trump has put a $50 million bounty for his arrest. Trump has also sent 8 warships, including a sub, 10,000 troops, 2 B-52 bombers and 10 F-35 fighter jets into the region around Venezuela. That sure looks like a prelude to violent regime change, if not outright invasion.
A few principled senators, disgusted by Trump’s extra-legal war preparations, are pushing back. Senators Tom Kaine (D-VA), Rand Paul (R-KY) and Adam Schiff (D-CA) introduced Senate Joint Resolution 90 which would invoke the War Powers Act of 1973 to prevent Trump from invading Venezuela without authorisation from Congress. Such authorization from Congress will never come.
Their resolution may be voted on next week. Every morally centered American seeking to head off an extralegal, unconstitutional invasion of Venezuela should contact their senators to support that noble effort.
Walt Zlotow, West Suburban Peace Coalition, Glen Ellyn IL
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America and Israel the evil alliance and still the world just looks on. I am reminded of the limerick regarding “The faint heart and the fair maid”, it seems most of the worlds government are in the “faint heart” grouping!!
It’s too late for Senate Joint Resolution 90 – Trump is at war with everybody already.
This creature is becoming incredibly dangerous and even more maniacal.
@11.40 am.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/oct/23/trump-san-francisco-federal-agents-white-house-ice-immigration-latest-news-updates?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with%3Ablock-68fac17c8f08951f69bbc078#block-68fac17c8f08951f69bbc078
One has to ask, just how much Trump inspired world disruption is our world going to take before it’s decided enough is enough?
The maniac is bombing sovereign nations, attacking ships in international water without due cause, putting troops on street corners and supporting genocide and our so called leaders are sitting on their hands!!
I don’t like what Trump is doing, but at least he’s doing, the rest of the world’s leader seem incapable of doing any thing!!
jonangel:
When what a person is doing is making everything far worse, “at least he’s doing” is not the flex you want.
GL, that is very disturbing.
leefe, in my opinion we (the collective we) have been in decline for some time, Trump has brought this all to a head. As previously alluded to, it seems no one is going to stop him!!!
Trump in my opinion is societies wakeup call.