The US is now a rogue state - look at its extrajudicial killings off Venezuela’s coast | Simon Tisdall

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : Analysts suggest another Israeli onslaught is inevitable, given unallayed suspicions about Iran’s nuclear capabilities, the collapse of negotiations and UN inspections, and the reimposition of tougher sanctions.skip past newsletter promotionSign up to First ThingOur US morning briefing breaks down the key stories of the day, telling you what’s happening and why it mattersPrivacy Notice: Newsletters may contain information about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties.
47% : Not the UN.
43% : Regime change forcibly imposed by a foreign power contravenes international law, unless it is authorised by the UN or undertaken in self-defence as a last resort.
40% : Xi Jinping flaunts China’s atomic arsenal; Netanyahu conceals Israel’s.
40% : North Korea’s Kim Jong-un is building nukes like there’s no tomorrow.Which, at this rate, there may not be.
33% : And limited military operations in Venezuela could distract attention from his own skeleton in the cupboard: Jeffrey Epstein.Problems of state lawlessness in the Middle East centre principally on Israel and Iran.
32% : The other is the prospective reigniting of the summer’s unfinished Israel-Iran war alongside a renewed Israeli offensive against Hezbollah in Lebanon – conflagrations that could be much worse this time.Trump, as usual, has no plan for Venezuela, no thought for the “day after”.
21% : “The result of this reality is a growing likelihood that at some point in the coming weeks, Israel’s attacks on Lebanon will escalate into a full-scale war once again,” the Haaretz newspaper commentator Amir Tibon warned.Resumed, direct warfare between Israel and Iran is the biggest worry.

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