The Coming US War with Venezuela

Strange that Trump began his press conference yesterday with announcing enhanced counter-narcotics measures. And this was the prime focus of the press conference, in the midst of the coronavirus crisis. I had heard that the flow of narcotics into the US had actually recently slowed dramatically, and it stands to reason: with the closing of the Mexican border, and with the drying up of chemical supplies from China to the illegal drug manufacturers in Mexico. 

I suspect it is not about the drugs.

It is about invading Venezuela. Venezuela was mentioned several times.

Maduro is an enemy. Call him a drug kingpin, and the US has justification for going in and taking him out. They used the same rationale to overthrow Noriega in Panama in 1989.

In the meantime, the fight against the drug trade gives an excuse for getting the necessary forces into position.

But the underlying reason might be that Venezuela is a prime source for the tree bark from which one makes chloroquine. It has suddenly become a strategic resource. Reports are clear that chloroquine is now in short supply.

With the military mobilized and in position, the US can either go in and take the resource, or force Maduro to yield it up.

The US government does not want to make the real objective clear, because they do not want panic or hoarding over the lack of chloroquine.