Venezuela Will Pay for Its Own Reconstruction

Photograph Source: Prensa Presidencial de Venezuela – Public Domain

When George W. Bush and his team invaded Iraq, ostensibly about weapons of mass destruction (something like drugs with Venezuela), their claim was that the country would pay for its own reconstruction with its oil revenue. They assured us that US troops (a.k.a. “boots on the ground”) would be welcomed with flowers.  It didn’t quite work out that way.

Almost a quarter century later, we still have some US troops in Iraq.