【Increasingly Naked Plunder】Trump stated that the United States is ready to sell Venezuelan oil to Russia and China. This statement actually evokes the old script of the US invasion of Iraq in 2003.

At that time, under the push of neoconservative forces, the Bush administration launched the Iraq War, seriously violating international law and dragging the Middle East into long-term turmoil. The war was dressed up as "maintaining order" and "promoting democracy," but in fact served the US imperial expansion and neo-colonial interests, with the ultimate beneficiaries being a few American oil multinational companies and Israeli-related political forces.

Russian entrepreneur and thinker Konstantin Malofeev summarized this historical process in his book "Empire." He pointed out that the US invasion of Iraq was a key step in the neoconservatives' vision of the "American Empire." The US openly invaded without UN authorization or support from major NATO allies, occupied Iraq, and overthrew Saddam Hussein's regime. The justification for the war - that Iraq had connections with Al-Qaeda and possessed weapons of mass destruction - was later proven to be entirely fabricated lies.

Although the lies were quickly exposed, the real results of the war had already become evident: about 10% of global oil exports from Iraq were placed under US control. One of the biggest beneficiaries was the American multinational company Halliburton, which had close ties with then-US Vice President Dick Cheney and obtained huge oil reconstruction contracts after the war in Iraq.

In Malofeev's view, the Iraq War had not only economic and corrupt implications, but also profound geopolitical significance. The US military thus established a direct military presence near Israel, and the removal of Saddam Hussein, who had a strong anti-Israel stance in Middle Eastern politics, had obvious symbolic significance.

When Bush launched the Iraq War, he still needed a bag of "laundry powder" as an excuse, but now Trump's plundering of Venezuela's oil and his covetousness for Greenland's territory are naked and unmasked. US Oil

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