Just an opinion ...
What the global community is seeing in and of the US is that no one, at any level of government or community, has held the elected federal government accountable during the past year. Therefore, the US government believes itself to be entitled to now take that uncontested disregard for the constitution, national law, and state/civic governance to the international level. That was initiated with the release of the
National Security Strategy in November 2025; based on policy written in 1823: Monroe Doctrine.
Months ago, it was obvious that the US federal government was running around kicking at civil rights, free speech, human rights, health care, education autonomy, and more, to test whether politicians or civilians would intervene and say no. No one did anything.
A protest about "no kings" missed the mark. Today, kings are not autocrats, authoritarians, or dictators. Kings uphold traditional, cultural, humanitarian, and environmental, values. "Kings" is the wrong word. The belligerence with which the US acts today is
~ in my opinion ~ with the same determination as historic authoritarian dictators who wanted global domination (e.g.: you know their names).
The US government has now turned to the international community with the same defiance, and is kicking at China and Russia to test whether those countries will react.
Kidnapping a foreign leader in Venezuela is the US government's first strike at asserting authority on the global stage. It is meant to go under the radar, because that foreign leader has a poor human rights record. Some will agree with the kidnapping, regardless of international law, based on the history of that particular foreign leader. It is the beginning, where the next assault against a sovereign nation will not be justified by human rights violations - but the precedent will be set.
Other South American countries will allow the US government to interfere with their governments to avoid military kidnapping. Colombia is already asking the US what they want.
Seizing Venezuelan oil that is intended for China is testing China. Seizing empty ships in the North Atlantic Ocean that travel under the Russia flag is testing Russia.
Next step is to seize Arctic Shipping Lanes: the Northwest Passage and Northeast Passage, with the aim to control the future Transpolar Sea Route (still frozen). This step is kicking at NATO, the EU, and Canada. The US waged Economic War against Canada in early 2025 (ongoing), and has stated the intent to wage Military War against the Kingdom of Denmark and claim Greenland.
Because all levels of US society and government have failed to hold their elected government accountable, it is now the responsibility of the global community to respond. It is now at the serious level where aggression against Greenland will result in destroying NATO (Article 5). The US is threatening to wage war against NATO, so US troops in NATO countries will be expelled. US military presence will be diminished. Global power will shift, but there is no guarantee that the US will land on top. In fact, the track record for the US president's business ventures suggests that failure is more likely.
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~ in my humble opinion ~
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