In Washington's foreign policy, the script rarely changes -- only the props do. Weapons of mass destruction (WMD) were used to justify the invasion of Iraq. Drug Trafficking became the pretext for tightening pressure on Venezuela. National Security remains the catch-all label slapped on Iran. Now Cuba finds itself in the crosshairs, once again cast as the threat of the moment.
The pattern is familiar: inflate the enemy into both an existential menace and an easy target, then frame U.S. intervention as a reluctant duty. Each crisis is sold as fresh and urgent. In reality, it is the same old performance: hegemony repackaged as moral principle.
Different excuses, same playbook. The audience has seen this tired performance too many times.
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