False Flags and The Monroe Doctrine

False Flags and The Monroe Doctrine

It looks like the “freedom exporters” are at it again.

This week, Venezuela claims it captured a group allegedly tied to the CIA who were plotting a false-flag attack against U.S. warships stationed off its coast , the ones currently “fighting drug trafficking” , aka killing fishermen, but really just waiting for an excuse to “liberate” more oil fields.

According to Caracas, the plan was to strike the ships, blame it on Venezuela’s military, and trigger a U.S. retaliation. Sounds insane, to some of you, and like the obvious move that we’ve seen so many times. It fits perfectly with a 200-year-old American tradition create the crisis, cry foul, then march in as the savior. And sure enough, Washington’s favorite Cold War Monroe Doctrine is back in play, polished and ready to justify another round of imperialism in LATAM.

The Monroe Doctrine for those unaware is a charming relic from 1823 when the U.S. decided it was the bouncer of the Western Hemisphere. It started as a warning to European powers, “Stay out of our backyard” but then evolved into “We own the backyard, and the neighbor’s oil reserves too.” Nearly two centuries later, Washington is still dusting off Monroe’s ghost every time Latin America does something inconvenient, like trying to utilize their own resources to benefit their own people.

The Monroe Doctrine supposedly was to help maintain American nation’s sovereignties from European influence and exploitation, but really it was just implemented to give the U.S. to have a monopoly on influence and exploitation.