Part ONE of TWO. Starmer Says ‘NOT US’ - As the U.S. Stops Asking UK for Permission RE: Venezuela.

Описание: Starmer Says ‘Not Us’ — As the U.S. Stops Asking Britain for Permission PART ONE OF TWO:

Venezuela, Borders, and the End of Asking Permission

There’s a lot of noise right now about Trump and Venezuela — talk of “war crimes,” “acts of war,” and moral outrage. Most of it misses the point.

Let’s start with Venezuela, because context matters. Venezuela sits on the largest proven oil reserves on the planet, yet around 80% of its population lives in poverty. That figure comes from long-running independent surveys and has been echoed by universities and NGOs for years. Oil wealth at the top. Hunger at the bottom. A political elite insulated while ordinary people flee or starve.

So the idea that all Venezuelans are horrified by Maduro being removed is fantasy. People living in collapse don’t romanticise the leadership that presided over it.

Now to the legal confusion.

Is this a war? No.

Is it a war crime? Also no — at least not by definition.

War crimes apply during armed conflict. What’s being described here is detention and intervention framed around criminal allegations — drugs, organised crime, and cross-border networks. You don’t have to like it, but legally it sits far closer to a hard law-enforcement power play than a conventional war.

That doesn’t mean it’s harmless or uncontested. It means the argument is about sovereignty, jurisdiction, and power, not battlefield atrocities.

And that’s where things get uncomfortable — especially for Europe and the UK.

Because suddenly, when the United States acts without asking permission, everyone starts clutching international law like it’s sacred scripture. Interesting timing.

The UK problem (short version)

The United Kingdom has been conspicuously two-faced when it comes to Donald Trump — before his 47th presidency, and again after. Publicly allied. Privately hostile. Quick to distance itself the moment action replaces rhetoric.

That behaviour isn’t new.

You don’t need a long history lesson to notice a pattern. In both World War I and World War II, Europe’s elite power struggles dragged the world into catastrophe, while the UK later positioned itself as the reluctant participant rather than a central player in the system that produced those wars.

Different century. Same instinct:
posture morally, manoeuvre politically, and let others carry the cost.

The bigger signal

What Trump said in that press conference matters less for what he said, and more for what it signals.

This looks like the United States saying:
• We’re done asking for approval.
• We’re done outsourcing our security to consensus politics.
• We’ll act first and explain later.

That raises a serious question — and this is where Part Two begins:

Is this the United States quietly moving away from the post-World War II order?
Away from the assumption that EU consensus, UK approval, and inherited charters still define American action?

Is this strategy?
Is it a show of might?
Or is it simply a president doing exactly what he said he would do — while others spent years talking?

Do you think Donald Trump made the right call — or has he just shown the world what “no more talk, all action” really looks like?

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