Africa-Press – Zambia. There is a lesson unfolding in real-time in global geopolitics and anyone watching the U.S–Venezuela tension today can now understand what Nigeria quietly avoided.
Trump has just announced closure of Venezuelan airspace.
Within minutes, flight trackers showed a near-empty sky over Venezuela. That is not noise; that is the final stage before military coercion, exactly the script Washington has used in Iraq, Libya, Syria and Panama.
But here is the key question: Why did Venezuela end up here, while Nigeria, faced with similar escalatory rhetoric successfully reversed the pressure?
Let us break it down with clarity.
1. THE FIRST SIGNALS: BOTH NATIONS WERE WARNED, BUT RESPONDED DIFFERENTLY
Venezuela: Trump’s first threats came as far back as 2017, when he said explicitly:
“We have many options, including a military option, if necessary.” That was an open declaration of readiness for force.
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