But interdicting the drug trade is considered and anti-crime activity that does not involve executions, but instead collects evidence and convicts criminals. Most drugs are coming into the US from Mexico, China and Colombia, not Venezuela.

Glenn Greenwald said that the point of shooting down boats near Venezuela is to provoke a regime change war. In the past, US regime change wars have never worked. Regime change wars have failed to help the American public. 

Glenn Greenwald was asked what is going on with the Trump administration and Marco Rubio provoking war in Venezuela if drugs are not the issue, and Trump just turned down an agreement with Maduro for a large stake in their oil, mineral and gold rights along with them cutting ties with China and Russia. 

Greenwald said that people that come to live in the US from other countries, like Israel or Cuba, are still loyal to those other countries and seek to use the US to advance the interests of those other countries.

María Corina Machado appears to be the replacement for Venezuelan President Maduro if he is unseated. She has voiced support for Israel and has previously pledged to move Venezuela's embassy in Israel to Jerusalem if her movement comes to power. US News wrote that Machado has long sought closer ties with Israel and Netanyahu, positioning herself in contrast to Venezuela's current government, which maintains relations with Iran and other adversaries of Israel.