I don’t have a gun, but Trump does. Can’t you understand that? With your human touch stories, you’re just playing into his hands. I don’t mean that in a bad way, but that’s how it is.

That is exactly what Marco Rubio, descendant of Cuban exiles and US Secretary of State, would say about Cuba. And that is probably also the reason why the US forcibly deposed Maduro, who was undoubtedly a ruthless dictator: But the US did not do so because he was a dictator, but probably because he supplied Cuba with oil or because Trump had some business deals in mind for his family. In any case, the reason for this absurd violation of international law is so unclear that one can only assume that it is due to Trump’s previous policy of excessive self-enrichment – not even the oil industry was informed about this move.

However, none of this changes the fact that this US intervention was a clear violation of international law, and if you feel the need to justify it, I can only tell you that you are on the wrong side because you are putting forward flimsy arguments to justify this crime.

Did you also ask your acquaintances whether they agree with seeing their sovereignty as a state trampled underfoot? Because that is exactly what this is: the basis of international law is state sovereignty, the right to regulate one’s own affairs without interference from militarily superior nations. This fundamental principle no longer exists thanks to the US, and as a result, Venezuela will now be exploited even more. The interesting thing is that none of the absurd explanations given by the US regime for its blantant violation of international law are even remotely credible. It can therefore be assumed that this was done to increase the personal wealth of the US president. I can hardly imagine that any of your acquaintances could have the slightest interest in this.

For me, the biggest scandal in all this is that US citizens not only allow their institutions to be used for such aberrations, but that they simply stand by and watch, thereby enabling everything to remain as it is and all of this to go unpunished. In my opinion, US citizens simply dismiss this as trivial because their system allows billionaires to get away with anything they do. I can’t help but feel contempt for this attitude.