Reviving 9/11 Spirit

The memories of the deadly al-Qaeda strikes on 9/11 on iconic US building complexes are still alive even after several American administrations virtually wound down what was once called the “global war on terror.”

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As the attention of the world is now riveted on Israel-Hamas and Russia-Ukraine conflicts, the administration of US President Donald Trump has begun, without much fanfare, its war on drugs with an ulterior motive of regime change in various Caribbean nations. The unprecedented deadly military strike recently on an alleged Venezuelan drug boat in the Caribbean killing 11 persons aboard makes it clear the US plans to use tactics it has long employed against terrorist groups and Latin American criminal organisations to target regimes in countries perceived to be inimical to US interests. The strikes came soon after the US deployed eight warships to the Caribbean and Pacific around South and Central America, regarded as an unusually large surge of military force to the region. Trump administration officials have suggested that there may be more strikes to come.