Alex Horton
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first heard Oct 2025
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So why not you?
I'm Alex Horton, and I cover the Pentagon and the military for The Washington Post.
And you're the exact person to talk to right now because I've been seeing some headlines that seem to indicate that America might be making some steps toward war with Venezuela, but I don't have any sense of how likely that is or why this seems to be happening.
I was hoping you can give me the state of play right now.
Sure.
It's been a widening conflict since early September, and it's not really clear to me either, you know, where this is going.
started striking boats suspected of carrying drugs in the Caribbean.
The massive explosion, sending debris raining down in international waters.
This was a complete shock to people who are longtime reporters in the Pentagon and national security because for decades the policy has been for Americans, specifically the Coast Guard, to when they see suspected traffickers is to stop the boat,
arrest the traffickers, take the drugs and send them on for civilian prosecution.
That changed completely on its head when the U.S.
started striking these vessels in the open ocean and in the Caribbean.
President Trump has long said Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is an agitator in the region.
He has said that Maduro is overseeing drug trafficking and sending violent gang members into the U.S.
And then what happens in September?
right is a ton of forces you know relative to their history in the region have come in the pentagon deployed three guided missile destroyers to international waters near venezuela the us has deployed thousands of troops to the region and more are on their way b-52 bombers are flying off the coast of venezuela special operations helicopters were just seen flying 90 miles from venezuela's coast
First it was a marine amphibious assault ship.
Now it has grown to a force of 10,000.
So within a matter of weeks, it has gone from a relatively quiet backyard of the United States to the most busy military theater in the world.
So there's been a real escalation in just a matter of months.
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