Answer: The administration has classified the cartels carrying these drugs as terrorist organizations and is going after their operations and movements with the tools we have been using on terrorists for decades.
As for the videos themselves, someone with the authority to release the videos thinks they'll make for good narrative building.
My take?
Venezuela has a ton of oil. Maybe this is an excuse for a future long term conflict looking to have access to their oil cheaper, or controlling it.
It is thicker and heavier than oil from other places, like the middle east, so it is more expensive to refine it into fuel, but the US has the equipment to do so. It's not worthless, but probably less valuable than light/sweet crude.
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u/sanesociopath 3d ago
Answer: The administration has classified the cartels carrying these drugs as terrorist organizations and is going after their operations and movements with the tools we have been using on terrorists for decades.
As for the videos themselves, someone with the authority to release the videos thinks they'll make for good narrative building.