Venezuela is aggressing upon the United States, and the US has a right to respond.

“Venezuela's knocking on our door. This is very, very different. If the US is unwilling to answer threats on our doorstep, then what is the point of having a Coast Guard to our military in the first place?”

He claims the US actions against Venezuelan boats violate international law and lack proper legal process or evidence.

“As we said at the time, it is a sign of a Trump government that is no longer remotely interested in international legal guidance. The American government has been pushing the boundary on international law since it began using drone strikes against terrorists.”

Trump's intervention in Venezuela is driven by a desire to seize oil rather than a commitment to democratic reform or human rights.

“Trump every single day is saying, "No, no, no, no, no. I'm not about any of that. I'm not oil. I just want >> I want their oil."”

A targeted law enforcement operation against an indicted leader is not equivalent to a war requiring a constitutional declaration.

“Is it a war for the United States to perform a law enforcement graband snatch of a person we do not recognize as the legitimate rightful leader of a country? Do we need to declare war in America? Who cares what Venezuelans think about it?”

The operation to detain the Venezuelan president was a logical escalation resulting from years of confrontation rather than a spontaneous event.

“the operation to detain the Venezuelan president did not happen overnight in a vacuum. This wasn't just some spontaneous thing as much as some people on the internet would have you believe that it's like, oh, there is no way anything like this would happen. It was completely unprecedented.”

The United States should avoid direct military interference and instead work through democratic groups to support regime change in Venezuela.

“putting in place as you as you referenced, you know, you have a sort of government in waiting. How do you assist in that effort without direct interference? I mean, there there are any number of ways to do it, but to sit there and go, well, we're just going to start bombing on your land”

The current escalation between the US and Venezuela reflects a broader failure of centralized leadership, suggesting a move toward decentralized, self-sufficient communities is a necessary solution.

“Either we have to empower people to run their own communities or you're going to have endless conflict that are difficult to discern, understand, analyze or or diagnose because we're in a posttruth world.”

Marko Papic maintains that the U.S. intervention in Venezuela is driven by proximity and ease of action rather than a re-enactment of early 19th-century doctrines.

“The reason the United States of America is intervening in Venezuela is because it's close and it's easy. And intervening in countries far a field is difficult because they're far.”