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The Biden-wanna-be surrender crowd would have you believe the United States is behaving like an empire over Venezuela, but the facts say otherwise: the administration has escalated pressure with targeted sanctions on Maduro’s inner circle and even moved to seize oil tankers tied to his illicit revenue network. Those moves are not about grabbing resources for Washington — they are about choking off the cash that props up a murderous, corrupt regime and stops floodwaters of drugs and migrants at the source.
Remember why this is happening: the Maduro regime was formally accused by the United States of running a narco-terror enterprise, with indictments unsealed in 2020 that alleged coordination with FARC and a scheme to funnel cocaine into American streets. The DOJ and federal prosecutors laid out a criminal enterprise that went to the highest levels of Venezuela’s government, and the U.S. has long since put a price on bringing those criminals to justice.
When critics whine about “overreach,” hardworking Americans should ask whether we’re more worried about virtue-signaling or stopping narco-traffickers who literally weaponize drugs against our communities. The recent tanker seizures and sanctions are smart, surgical pressure that target Maduro’s lifelines and his international enablers, not the Venezuelan people who deserve freedom from socialism. Those actions force Maduro to choose between clinging to power and negotiating a real transition of power.
Conservatives know national security looks like more than speeches and sanctions on paper — it looks like cutting off the bad actors who partner with Iran, Cuba, and other hostile regimes to undermine America. That is exactly what the administration’s strategy aims to do: isolate the narco-terror state and raise the cost of tyranny until the Venezuelan people have a real chance to reclaim their country. The rest of Washington’s pearl-clutchers should explain why they prefer appeasement to action.
Let’s not forget the policy continuity that makes this pressure coherent: the United States recognized Juan Guaidó as interim president in 2019 and has backed the Venezuelan opposition since Maduro stole elections and wrecked the economy. Supporting democratic alternatives while squeezing the regime economically and legally is the right play for patriots who value liberty over complacency.
So don’t blame tough-minded leaders for trying to clean up the mess socialism helped make — blame the crooks and tyrants who created it. If conservatives want to be taken seriously we should stand with our president and our diplomats in using every lawful lever to choke off criminal networks, protect our borders, and help restore freedom to Venezuela. America should act like America: strong, principled, and unwilling to stand by while dictators traffic in misery.
