For all intents and purposes, the United States government is in a state of conflict with the government of Venezuela. This comes days after the autocratic Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife were apprehended by special forces of the U.S. military, pursuant to a warrant to prior criminal indictments that allege he was and is engaged in the practice of “narco-terrorism” as part of a global drug trafficking ring. It is important to note that Maduro’s government has a very well-documented history of trampling basic human rights, and he is regarded by many leaders on the international stage as a foreign adversary and a possible state sponsor of global terrorism. But it is the process of how Maduro was removed from power and the socio-political context that disturbs many, especially myself, as to why President Donald Trump and his allies thought it prudent to authorize a military incursion into a sovereign country that resulted in deaths. Between assessments from the U.S. and Venezuelan governments, anywhere from 75 to 100 people were killed—this number includes Venezuelan security forces and civilians who …