Statement
April 17,2017
Reference: Atty. Virgie Suarez,
Secretary- General, KILUSAN
We Condemn US
Eagerness for Force
vs. Government of Venezuela
It is not just Luis Almagro
of the Organization of American States (OAS) threatening the government of
Venezuela. Now, it is Admiral Kurt W.
Tidd, commander of the United States Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) warning that
“the crisis in Venezuela could eventually compel a regional response.”
We view such a warning from
Admiral Tiddas dangerous and alarming. KILUSAN, an anti-imperialist and a
democratic movement in the Philippines, strongly denounces it.
To Unseat a Democratically Elected Government
It was a statement made as
Admiral Tidd presented a report last April 6 in front of the US Senate wherein
he cites shortage in supplies, political uncertainty and economic crisis as
conditions meriting a “regional response” from the US.
Such a statement clearly
telegraphs US’ eagerness for immediate action, aimed at unseating a
democratically elected sovereign government, which has refused to kowtow to its
hegemonic dictates and directives.
Though short of pronouncing
direct intervention, the warning comes at a time that US President Trump has
consistently and repeatedly warned the rest of the world of its keenness to
show its “might”, which can be understood to mean military action.
By citing shortage, political
uncertainty and crisis, Admiral Tidd conveniently covers up the big role played
by his country’s operatives in the current predicament facing the Bolivarian
movement in Venezuela and its people.
Winds of War
His report, however, betrayed
a more plausible reason for US to send in its military forces to Venezuela. He
mentioned the relationships fostered by Russia, China and Iran with Venezuela
and the rest of the region. We believe that in this light, the US is raring to
get back what were once under his dominion—markets and sources of raw materials
and compliant labor especially in the light of its inability to recover from
the economic slump since 2008, along with other imperialist nations.
Peoples
in Latin America and around the world should be alarmed by this threat from the
USSOUTHCOM.
The
failure of the US and its imperialist allies to recover from the crisis further
fans the winds of war and conflict across resource-rich and strategic regions.
Let us not forget that Trump believing his
military is “the greatest in the world” has recently used GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast
containing 11 tonnes of explosives, a 20,000 pound bomb worth $16 Million
and developed for $300 Million christened the “mother of all bombs” in Afghanistan with a blast
radius of a mile in each direction[1].
Trump
has further relaxed rules for preventing civilian casualties. Already, civilian
casualties have jumped from 1,782 in February to 3,471 in March according to Airwars, a group that tracks bombings.
It is
provoking a full-blown war with Russia by using 59 Tomahawk missiles aimed
against Shayrat Airbase of the Syrian government. It is set for war in Korea. NATO
forces and aircraft deploy close to Russia's
borders, along with the missile defense shield in Romania, and missiles
still aim against China.
Freedom-loving peoples must
resist such moves by the US and its allies by others who for their own
interests push the rest of the world to a time of never-ending and perpetual
war and chaos.
It takes people of free and sovereign
nations to protect peace and promote social justice by resisting war and
escalation of conflict. We demand respect
for Venezuela’s sovereignty and oppose intervention of the US in that country!
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