How the U.S. Public and Politicians Feel About Potential War With Venezuela

(Time) The U.S. is set to launch new operations against Venezuela and its President Nicolás Maduro, Reuters reported over the weekend, as U.S. President Donald Trump’s Administration escalates what increasingly looks like a war against the Latin American nation over its alleged role in the international narcotics trade.

Since Sept. 2, U.S. military strikes on alleged drug boats have reportedly killed at least 83 people in the Caribbean, raising questions about the legality of such operations and whether Trump is seeking a fight elsewhere to ease political pressures at home.

Some observers even think Trump’s ultimate goal may be regime change in Venezuela, seeking to force out the authoritarian Maduro, whose most recent election successive U.S. Administrations have not recognized as legitimate, and whom the State Department alleges to be the head of a cartel recently designated a terrorist organization—a move Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday brings “new options” to how the U.S. combats “narco-terrorism” in the region. Nothing, including a potential land-based operation, Hegseth said, was “off the table.”

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