GRACE NOTES • CIVIC REFLECTION

🕊️ No War. Zone of Peace — For God’s Sake

We the People say: Stop the war with Venezuela. Reaffirm the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace. Humanity first — not bombs, not bravado.

Filed under: Peace • Caribbean • Civic Duty

If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and talks like a duck… when do we admit it’s a duck? When hints of war are framed as “readiness,” the consequence is the same: lives at risk.

The language may sound cautious — “ready to strike,” “joint training,” “defensive posture” — but the positioning says otherwise. A Miami Herald headline declares the United States is “ready to strike military targets inside Venezuela.” Whether fully verified or not, the implication is chilling: preparations for war in our own Caribbean neighborhood.

⚠️ The Tell-Tale Signs

Over recent weeks, U.S. warships and stealth aircraft have lingered across the southern Caribbean. The USS Gravely, an Arleigh Burke–class destroyer, docked in Trinidad & Tobago on a “friendly mission” — to train coast guards and meet schoolchildren. Photographs showed smiles and flags; behind the optics, analysts note that extended port stays often coincide with intelligence coordination and reconnaissance staging. There is no proof — but suspicion is earned when presence exceeds protocol and when diplomacy sails under the camouflage of goodwill.

🇹🇹 Shadows and Signals

Observers in the region quietly ask: is the government of Trinidad & Tobago drifting from CARICOM’s long-held Zone of Peace stance? Officially, Port of Spain says it values cooperation with all partners. Unofficially, its willingness to host U.S. assets so close to Venezuelan waters looks less like neutrality and more like collaboration in a covert play. That claim is unverified — yet, when patterns repeat, the doubts write themselves.

🌪️ The Greatest Irony

The wrath of Mother Nature just leveled our Caribbean sister island, Jamaica — a Category 5 hurricane that tore apart lives and homes. In its wake, CARICOM nations united, banding in common oneness to help. Media and photo-ops show Trinidad & Tobago’s leader, PM Bissesarsingh, poised with shipments ready to send to Jamaica. Yet, in the same breath, the same leadership signals support for military intervention against a neighbor suffering its own humanitarian collapse. Rebuild is priority. War will only leave bodies of destruction.

For God’s sake, we can’t mourn with one hand and militarize with the other.

🕊️ Our Appeal

1) Reaffirm the Zone of Peace

Urge CARICOM, the U.N., and the OAS to defend the Caribbean Sea as a diplomacy-first region.

2) Reject Proxy Missions

No land strikes, no covert interventions. Publish legal justifications and rules of engagement.

3) Choose Aid over Armament

Prioritize humanitarian relief, disaster recovery, and cross-border health and education partnerships.

4) Speak & Share

Post, call, write. Ask every official: “What are you doing to stop another needless war?”

Editor’s note: The Miami Herald report uses unnamed sources and remains publicly unconfirmed by U.S. authorities at time of writing. Other reputable outlets document maritime strikes and a regional buildup — not confirmed land strikes. Readers should weigh the language of “readiness” against the lived costs of escalation.

Zone of Peace — For God's Sake. The Caribbean Sea must remain a sanctuary, not a staging ground.

#NoWarWithVenezuela#ZoneOfPeace #WeThePeople#CaricomUnity #JamaicaStrong#HumanityFirst#GraceNotesForPeace

Noteworthy references

• Miami Herald — “U.S. ready to strike military targets inside Venezuela”
• Reuters — F-35s land in Puerto Rico amid Venezuela tensions
• Reuters — U.S. strike on boat off Venezuela kills six
• T&T Newsday — USS Gravely departs Port of Spain after five-day visit
• CARICOM Statement — Region must remain a Zone of Peace

These sources document regional U.S. military positioning and official responses. Assertions of CIA coordination in Trinidad & Tobago are discussed by commentators but remain unverified at time of publication.