COMMENT | Did Donald Trump order an attack on Venezuela, whisking away its president and wife to New York to face trial and leaving uncertainty and turmoil behind, because he wanted to reinstate democracy there?

Not at all. If he really was, he would have his hands full fighting battles all over the world, including Saudi Arabia and the other Arab sheikhdoms, which control domains with hundreds of billions of barrels of oil and where democratic elections have never been held.

At a press conference following the unprecedented attack, it became clear what he was aiming at - the control of all the oil and gas resources of Venezuela, with proven reserves of over 300 billion barrels – 20 percent of the world’s, and exceeding that of...