As promised, here are the key points from US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who has spoken to US media outlets this morning.
- This is “not a war against Venezuela”, he says - this follows strikes on the country on Saturday and the extraction of its president, Nicolás Maduro
- The US will judge Venezuela by “what they do” next, Rubio says, adding that Washington will keep “multiple levers of leverage” to protect its interests
- Speaking to ABC, Rubio says congressional authorisation wasn’t needed before the operation “because this wasn’t an invasion”
- He says that he hopes Maduro’s removal will lead to “a better Venezuela”, but adds that the “number one objective is America”
- Asked whether he thinks Interim President Delcy Rodríguez is now the legitimate president of Venezuela, he says the US does not believe the regime is legitimate
israel supplies weapons to terrorists in Iran and Syria, posseses nuclear weapons, and refuses IAEA inspections, and is committing genocide in Palestine. What’s your point?
Do you think the world would be a better place if there was one more more oppressive theocratic country with nuclear weapons?
Tusli Gabbard said there was no evidence that Iran was racing for a nuclear weapon three months before the 12 day war. This was just propaganda from Israel to get Americans to do their dirty work for them.