The enduring impact of U.S. interventions in Venezuela shatters the foundational laws that unify the United States and the global order. This is not Pax Americana. It is Pox Americana from War-a-Iago.
This Administration, elected on a platform to end endless wars, has instead driven the country into conflicts involving Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Syria, Somalia, and Nigeria, while supporting atrocities against Gazans.
It has launched an invasion of Venezuela, abducted President Nicholas Maduro and his wife, vowed to “run” the nation, and to appropriate Venezuela’s vast oil wealth. Remarkably, Venezuela spent approximately $ ZERO on its defense in 2024.
This is not Pax Americana. It is Pox Americana from War-a-Iago.
During my time in the House of Representatives, I opposed Presidents Clinton, Bush, and Obama on military actions in Serbia, Iraq, and Libya, collaborating across party lines to uphold Congress’s constitutional right to decide when the nation should transition from peace to war and commit our citizens and resources accordingly.
Even the mere possibility of deploying U.S. ground forces to invade and occupy Venezuela should galvanize America’s stagnant peace movement into urgent action.
The long-term fallout from U.S. involvement in Venezuela undermines the legal frameworks that anchor the United States and the international system.
This is more than theory. The U.S. Constitution and the UN Charter cannot be trivialized as confetti in an authoritarian victory parade.
The Administration’s dismantling of constitutional and international legal norms erodes decades of painstaking efforts to restrict warfare. Instead, it paves the way for a global conflict where everyone is an adversary.
Our leaders’ boastful arrogance over the so-called precision operation aimed at regime change in Venezuela reflects a reckless mindset that ignores consequences: such bold aggression invites retaliation against Americans worldwide.
A government that forsakes its principles, Constitution, statutes, freedoms, obligations, and promises in pursuit of global dominance and plunder will lead the nation toward ruin—plunging America into debt, economic decline, and peril.
We have glimpsed the potential domestic repercussions despite judicial objections, as shown by the President’s shift from celebrating Venezuela’s takeover to praising federal forces’ law enforcement in U.S. cities, in clear breach of the Posse Comitatus Act, a 19th-century statute restricting federal troops’ domestic use.
The U.S. Constitution binds America through unity, reason, pragmatism, and freedom. It must not be invalidated by egotistical social media declarations.
Now, the Administration openly wields a “War Department” with a trillion-dollar military budget, while enormous sums remain unaccounted for, and our leaders are gripped by a crude messianism reminiscent not of 19th-century imperialism, but rather 11th-century crusading zeal, pitting one group against another.
This is not divine will unfolding, but a corrupt hunger for greater earthly authority.
Moreover, toppling Venezuela’s government—which, to repeat, expended nearly ZERO on its defense in 2024—and then labeling this effort among the grandest military campaigns since WWII stretches the limits of credible language and should curb excessive exaggeration.
The following U.S. laws were breached by this Administration’s January 3rd, 2026 assault:
The U.S. Constitution: Article I, Section 8 assigns Congress exclusive authority to declare war. The attack against Venezuela was a deliberate Act of War. Period. General Caine, overseeing the operation, confirmed planning had been underway for months. Congress was intentionally bypassed.
The War Powers Resolution: Mandates the President inform Congress within 48 hours of military engagement and imposes deadlines for troop withdrawal unless Congress authorizes continued action. The President acknowledged “boots on the ground” during the Venezuela strike and left open deploying U.S. forces in subsequent phases.
The Neutrality Act: Forbids U.S. involvement or support in unauthorized military acts against nations not at war with America. Venezuela was not an enemy.
The Foreign Assistance Act: Prohibits aiding governments or factions engaged in coups or military takeovers.
The Arms Export Control Act: Bars U.S. arms from use in unauthorized aggression.
Inside the House Chamber, historical lawgivers in bas-relief guard the space, symbolizing law’s central role in our national identity. Today, U.S. law is again diminished to whimsy and corrupt intentions.
Original article: kucinichreport.substack.com
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