The Cato Institute's Justin Logan and Brandan P. Buck unpack the Trump administration’s shifting justifications for military action in Venezuela, from fentanyl and cocaine interdiction to Monroe Doctrine revivalism. They explore the legal and strategic risks of invoking war powers under dubious pretenses, warning that the push for regime change could repeat the mistakes of Libya and Iraq while doing little to solve the hemisphere’s drug or governance problems.Show Notes:<a href="https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dont-do-it-mr-president/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dont-do-it-mr-president/</a><a href="https://www.theamericanconservative.com/when-peace-through-strength-means-war-is-peace/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.theamericanconservative.com/when-peace-through-strength-means-war-is-peace/</a><a href="https://www.cato.org/commentary/us-military-cant-solve-fentanyl-crisis" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.cato.org/commentary/us-military-cant-solve-fentanyl-crisis</a><hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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