I believe that half of the American citizens do not comprehend the negative ramifications of our president’s recent action over Venezuela. But many who have experienced the horrors of World War II, Korean and Vietnam wars certainly are aware of the potential tragedy to our nation. His unilate ral decision bypassing congressional approval to authorize the use of our U.S. military to destroy Venezuelan fishing boats supposedly carrying illegal drugs bound for America without any prior proof of guilt is unconscionable. His most recent egregious act is the unilateral decision to authorize our U.S. military to invade Venezuela and capture President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, indict him for transporting illegal drugs to America, and bring him to trial for his crimes. Is his decision to invade Venezuela, a sovereign country, an act of war? Especially when he pronounced that America would run the country and take their oil because of Maduro’s unsubstantiated crimes against the United States of America. The vice president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodriguez, upon Nicolás Maduro’s capture, was immediately sworn in as acting president. If our president was expecting a regime change, look again. She has been a part of Maduro’s administration that was commonly known for corruption and for falsifying the results of the past presidential election in which he continues to claim that he is the duly elected president. Isn’t that a problem for Venezuelans to solve! Let us compare our president’s actions against Venezuela to what Russia’s Putin has done to Ukraine. Both have invaded a sovereign country without provocation. Both have indirectly killed either innocent Ukrainians or Venezuelans. At the same time, they have caused the deaths of Russian and American soldiers. And finally, both want some plunder for their efforts, such as territory for Russia and oil for America. Our president says he wants to run the country of Venezuela. Does this mean he wants a regime change? It may be more difficult than he expected. How many years did we try in the Afghanistan war for a regime change and eventually failed? Hypothetically, what if China’s president, Xi Jinping, decided to capture America’s president on the pretext that America was violating international trade agreements that were negatively affecting China’s economy —indicted him, conducted a mock trial with three panel judges, determined that he was guilty of the accused crimes, and then sentenced him to 10 years in a Chinese prison? How would American citizens react? Let us hope that our president changes his modus operandi and seeks congressional approval before taking negative actions that affect our allies as well as our adversaries. John White Midway The post Might as well be Russia appeared first on Park Record. ...read more read less