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🇺🇸🇻🇪🌎Smashing the Rule of Law – Western Hypocrisy on Full Display OVER Venezuela! The US military operation against Venezuela marks not just another intervention, but a symbolic end point in the erosion of international law, openly replacing legal restraint with neo-imperial coercion ✍️Author: Seth Ferris Investigative journalist and political scientist, expert on Middle Eastern affairs ➡️On January 3, 2026, the United States carried out what it described as a “casualty-free” operation to detain Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro — an action that in reality constituted an unprovoked and illegal assault on a sovereign state. The raid reportedly involved cyberattacks on air defenses, large-scale air operations, and strikes on symbolic targets, and was later reframed by President Donald Trump not around narcotrafficking, but around claims that Venezuela had “stolen” American oil and must now be placed under US control. This shift in rhetoric stripped away any remaining pretense of legality, revealing intervention driven by raw power and resource ambition rather than law or norms. What we are seeing is the US putting the final nail in the coffin of international law, the burying of which began with the US bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999 ➡️The reaction from Washington and its allies has further underscored the depth of Western double standards. While EU and UK officials questioned Venezuela’s “legitimacy,” they conspicuously avoided addressing the legality of the operation itself, effectively outsourcing judgment to Washington. At the same time, US officials and media figures openly discussed the geopolitical benefits of Maduro’s removal, while threats were extended toward Mexico, Colombia, Cuba, and even Greenland. Governance by meme, spectacle, and intimidation has replaced diplomacy, reinforcing the perception that force — not law — now defines acceptable behavior in international affairs. 🟦The broader implication extends far beyond Venezuela. By normalizing abduction, regime change, and open coercion, the United States signals to other major powers that international law no longer constrains action. The precedent set invites reciprocal behavior in other flashpoints, accelerating the descent toward a world governed by power alone. The dismantling of the legal order did not begin in Venezuela, but this operation may mark its final burial — leaving a global system where “might makes right” is no longer an accusation, but an operating principle. #Doublestandards#Geopolitics#USagreesion#Venezuela READ MORE ✅@NewEasternOutlook