Prof. Jeffrey Sachs : Venezuela and the Collapse of International Law (youtube.com)
‘Cannot be justified' under international or US law or the American Constitution.
‘This is a war, US has launched a war, to run Venezuela.'
‘Even kings of the past had more control and scrutiny than the US president.’
US is still part of the UN Charter. No country can use force or the threat of force. Gross violation.
‘A breakdown in our Constitutional order,' long in coming. ‘There are no checks on the president. The US has bombed 7 countries in the past year’, not one of these authorized by Congress. In the past few days, Trump has threatened with force at least 6 countries. Iran, Nigeria, Mexico, Denmark and Greenland, Colombia, Cuba.
‘A rogue state that will use brute force to achieve to achieve its hegemony and acquire riches’ probably near universal view in world. A few countries applaud this, like Israel. And there are some vassal states (most of Europe) who don't dare go against it. States that have US bases in them.
‘They view the United States as lawless.’
Contempt for Congress and the Constitution. ‘Almost sneering.’
‘How much can the US steal from Venezuela?’