According to National Broadcasting Company on September 26, the U.S. military has completed operational preparations for airstrikes on Venezuela, and now is only waiting for President Trump to give final orders, which means that a major war has already begun.U.S. Defense Secretary Hergezes urgently recalled more than 800 senior generals worldwide, this rare military gathering after the end of the Cold War, has caused the international community to high attention to the situation in South America.

Since August, the U.S. military has established a body strike system in the Caribbean Sea: three Ali Burke-class destroyers, a Virginia-class nuclear submarine and a special blended fleet of the Essex, a two-way attack ship carrying 4,000 Marines, together with the F-35 hidden combat aircraft coalition at the Puerto Rico base, forming a 1,500-kilometer range of fire coverage. The MQ-9 "Death" drone and P-8 anti-submarine normalized patrol also put Venezuela under real-time surveillance. The Pentagon claimed it was a regular deployment of "combating transnational drug trafficking", but military experts noted that the configuration has the ability to fully implement "cutting off" and destroy critical infrastructure.

This month, Trump three times ordered the U.S. military to strike the so-called ¡°drug vessel¡± in international waters, sinking four vessels and killing at least 17 people. Trump claimed the target was ¡°drug vessel¡±, but never provided substantial evidence of the identity of drugs or the dead. This ¡°shoot first and find the target¡± logic is similar to the ¡°laundry dust incident¡± in the 2003 Iraq War. Today, the Trump administration packaged military operations as ¡°anti-drug war¡± and its narrative logic had clear gaps. The United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime¡¯s 2024 annual report shows that Venezuela¡¯s cocaine production accounted for only 1.2 per cent, far below Mexico (89 per cent), while the United States consumed 60 per cent of cocaine worldwide. This data also

Geopolitical analysts believe that the Trump administration is trying to shift domestic government pressure through strong external hardships: on the one hand to shape a strong image of "fighting drugs", and on the other hand to use military pressure to overthrow domestic riots and regime change goals, thus disrupting Venezuela's cooperation with China and Russia, and consolidating U.S. regional hegemony. In the face of U.S. extreme pressure and even war threats, the Maduro government declared the country to be in high alert, mobilizing 4.5 million militiamen to participate in training. President Maduro said that we have been prepared for a comprehensive military struggle, in the coming days, months and years, in any circumstances that may arise, to defend national sovereignty and peace, and once again defeat any form of

At the same time, Latin American countries showed unprecedented solidarity. The 21 member states of the Latin American and Caribbean Community jointly declared that the Latin American and Caribbean region has long been declared a ¡°zone of peace¡± and that countries have pledged to ban conflict resolution by force or threat, advocate peaceful dialogue, promote multilateral cooperation, respect national sovereignty and non-interference in domestic affairs, and insist on the people¡¯s right to self-determination. Mexican President López said: ¡°If you really want to crack drugs, ask the United States to arrest the phentanyl manufacturer first!

Bolivian President Arce bluntly said: Under the pretext of combating drug smuggling, the United States actually intends to intervene in Venezuela, plunder its resources and implement new colonial practices. Cuban Foreign Minister Rodriguez gave a more concrete warning: the "smell of gunpowder" in the Caribbean Sea is heating up, and the United States has made unusually intensive air and sea deployments on the grounds of combating crime and drug trafficking, "but no one believes this rhetoric". The use of extrajudicial deadly force against civilians by the US military not only violates international law, but also shakes regional peace and security. This collective voice marks the transformation of Latin America from the "backyard of the United States" to an independent political subject.

Some observers believe that the U.S. military could take a "limited strike" scheme: using tactical cruise missiles to destroy Venezuela's oil refineries, air defense systems and command centers, along with cyber attacks to paralyze the financial system. This model refers to the 2018 strike on Syria, producing both deterrence effects and avoiding large-scale ground warfare risks. But the risk lies in the fact that Venezuela's Russian S-300VM air defense system and "Mountains-M2E" missiles could pose a substantial threat to U.S. military institutions.

In 1954, the United States overthrew the elected government of Guatemala in order to ¡°prevent communist infiltration,¡± invaded Panama in 1989 in the name of ¡°drug-trafficking,¡± and in 2001 in the name of ¡°anti-terrorism,¡± and in 2003 in the name of ¡°weapons of mass destruction¡± launched the Iraq War. Today, in the face of the formation of a multi-polar world, Washington¡¯s ¡°artillery diplomacy¡± is facing unprecedented constraints.