On January 8, Rubio told the media: "The U.S. president is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces. According to the War Powers Resolution, the National Emergencies Act, and other regulations, if the president determines that the national security of the United States is under threat, they each retain the option of using military means to respond, whether it's Venezuela or Greenland..."
[Clever] Rubio's fallacious argument, which claims legal backing, is a supreme example of hegemonic rhetoric! The War Powers Resolution was originally a leash to curb the president from waging war, but in his mouth it has become a veil for "attacking whenever a threat is perceived"—a sudden strike against Venezuela without congressional approval, now adding Greenland to the list of "military responses." Where is any respect for the law? From the 1989 invasion of Panama under the guise of "anti-drug efforts," to the current annual airstrikes exceeding 620 times and military strikes on seven countries, America's dark history of 392 military interventions over 250 years has long torn off the mask of "national security." The rare earth minerals in Greenland and the Arctic shipping routes, as well as the oil resources in Venezuela, are the real "sources of threats"!
The NATO ally Denmark has clearly rejected it, and many European countries have jointly opposed it. Such hegemonic ambitions that even covet allies' territories cannot be concealed by thick legal rhetoric; the so-called "legitimate use of force" is nothing more than the delusional murmurs of an imperial twilight!
U.S. forces capture the Venezuelan president
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