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Sep 04, 2024

Probably the most incompetent foreign policy duo in US history

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As we say in Yoruba: Mó dúpẹ̀.

So, a big country like the United States which has produced some very remarkable Diplomatic and Geopolitical Titans has been reduced to resorting to simple piracy and brigandage to pursue its geopolitical interests.

Blinken a shyster who, obviously, was promoted beyond his ability and competence ran a ship that believed that the US can win hearts and souls by obviating international laws, pursuing hegemonic selfish interests, disdainfully dismissing the interests of both friends and foes and flaunting power that the United States simply no longer has.

The utter debacle of the current administration’s foreign policy across the board attests to the fact that President Biden will go down in history as the man who reduced America to a Global Joke. Big thanks to low-level flunkeys like Antony Blinken.

Unfortunately, US media continued to cheer as the stock of their country went down the drain.

Here is how the shameless trumpeters at CNN trumpeted the latest US foreign policy achievement: “The United States has seized Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro’s airplane after determining that its acquisition was in violation of US sanctions, among other criminal issues. The US flew the aircraft to Florida on Monday, according to two US officials.

It’s the latest development in what has long been a frosty relationship between the US and Venezuela, and its seizure in the Dominican Republic marks an escalation as the US continues to investigate what it regards as corrupt practices by Venezuela’s government.

“This sends a message all the way up to the top,” one of the US officials told CNN. “Seizing the foreign head of state’s plane is unheard-of for criminal matters. We’re sending a clear message here that no one is above the law, no one is above the reach of US sanctions.”

The plane has been described by officials as Venezuela’s equivalent to Air Force One and it has been pictured in previous state visits by Maduro around the world.” - https://edition.cnn.com/2024/09/02/politics/us-seizes-venezuela-president-maduros-airplane/index.html

How wrong we were to think that Uncle Sam’s leopard could change its color., but here we are!

Monroe Doctrine

“The Monroe Doctrine is a United States foreign policy position that opposes European colonialism in the Western Hemisphere. It holds that any intervention in the political affairs of the Americas by foreign powers is a potentially hostile act against the United States.” - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monroe_Doctrine

Gunboat Diplomacy

Gunboat diplomacy is the pursuit of foreign policy objectives with the aid of conspicuous displays of naval power, implying or constituting a direct threat of warfare should terms not be agreeable to the superior force.” - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunboat_diplomacy

Buccaneering

Buccaneers were a kind of privateer or free sailors[further explanation needed] particular to the Caribbean Seaduring the 17th and 18th centuries. First established on northern Hispaniola as early as 1625, their heyday was from the Restoration in 1660 until about 1688, during a time when governments in the Caribbean area were not strong enough to suppress them.” - https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Buccaneer

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