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If No One’s Around to Hear the Drums of War, Do They Make a Sound?

The Trump administration’s escalating military actions against Venezuela mirror the War on Terror, but without the legal or policy justifications.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth talks to soldiers and servicemen ahead of the arrival of U.S. President Donald Trump to the USS George Washington at the U.S. Navy's Yokosuka base in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

ASSOCIATED PRESS

If No One’s Around to Hear the Drums of War, Do They Make a Sound?

The Trump administration’s escalating military actions against Venezuela mirror the War on Terror, but without the legal or policy justifications.

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