Back to the Venezuela topic: >>54827
Videos by James Ker-Lindsay:
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=UohYvDKVihw
https://youtube.com/watch?v=UohYvDKVihw [Embed]
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=uu24d08XuB8
https://youtube.com/watch?v=uu24d08XuB8 [Embed]
He mentions regime change as a goal of the Trump administration at the end of the first one, and expands on that in the second.
But it's worth a second to watch the first one as he shows how the "drug problem" got militarized/"securitized" and elevated from a health issue to a foreign relations and security see Realpolitik issue. In my opinion they did to use it as an excuse to create enemy states from non-clients or renegade clients, to pursue hawkish policies. Citing them as source of the drug problem they try to gain legitimization for military action, and introduce regime change in the country.
And yes, regime change is a goal, but not a policy instrument. Change to a neutral or better yet, client regime - latter is called Switching >>54236. This can happen if the regime is removed and a new is set up, or if the regime changes its mind and stops opposing the US in key issues.