Watching the U.S. attack on Venezuela and the kidnapping of its president, I feel a grim sense of déjà vu. As Mehdi Hasan has warned, this is not about democracy or justice. It is about oil — and about America’s refusal to learn from its own history.
In 1953, the CIA and Britain’s MI6 overthrew Iran’s democratically elected prime minister, Mohammad Mossadegh, because he dared to nationalize his country’s oil. That coup shattered Iranian democracy, installed decades of dictatorship, and ultimately ushered in a theocracy whose repression — especially of women — continues to this day. The result was not stability or gratitude, but generations of anger, mistrust, and resistance toward the United States.
We repeated the same crime in Iraq. That invasion, justified by lies, devastated a nation, fueled extremism, and stained America’s moral standing — all in pursuit of oil and power.
Now Venezuela risks becoming the next chapter in this tragic pattern. When the United States treats sovereignty as disposable and resources as prizes of war, it plants the seeds of long-term hostility and human suffering.
History is warning us. Again. We should listen this time.
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