The United Nations is upset again. They are crying about the United States cutting off oil to Cuba. Let’s be honest with ourselves for a second. The U.N. is basically a hall monitor with no power. They act like they are in charge, but they are just wearing a sash and holding a clipboard. They blow their little whistle, and the big kids just laugh and keep stuffing the nerds into lockers. In this case, the big kid is the United States, and the nerd getting stuffed into a locker is Cuba. And the reason? Because the U.S. decided it owns the whole school now.

Here is the reality of what just happened. It is ugly, and it is stupid, but it is true. The Trump team decided they were done playing games with Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela. They didn't just sanction him; they went down there, grabbed him, and took the keys to the car. Venezuela sits on a massive lake of oil. It is liquid money. Now, the United States holds the keys. They control the flow. And because they are in charge of the tap, they decided that Cuba doesn't get a drink anymore.

It is funny to watch everyone pretend this is about "freedom" or "democracy." Please. Do not be naive. The U.S. says they are doing this to help people. Since when do governments care about helping people? They care about control. They care about winning. By cutting off the oil to Cuba, they are squeezing the island’s neck. They want to see it turn purple. They want the Cuban government to beg. It is not about saving anyone. It is about winning a staring contest that started sixty years ago. They are fighting ghosts from the Cold War while real people suffer.

Then you have the United Nations. They issued a "condemnation." That is a fancy word for a useless letter. They are mad that the U.S. is using sanctions to choke Cuba. They say it hurts normal people. Well, obviously. That is the point of sanctions. They are designed to hurt normal people. The rich guys at the top always have food on their table and gas in their armored cars. It is the guy trying to get to work who suffers. It is the family trying to cook dinner that suffers. The U.N. knows this. But they have to pretend they are doing something useful. So they write a report. They hold a meeting. Everyone claps. And absolutely nothing changes.

Look at the U.S. side of this mess. They acted like pirates. They boarded the ship—Venezuela—threw the captain in the brig, and claimed the treasure. Now they are deciding who gets a share of the loot. Cuba used to get cheap oil from Venezuela because they were buddies. Now the U.S. runs the show, and they hate Cuba. So, the tap is dry. It is pure bullying. It is brute force. There is no law here, just muscle. If you have the biggest guns, you make the rules. That is the only law that actually matters on this planet.

But do not feel too bad for the political leaders involved. They are all playing a game. The Cuban leaders will use this to blame everything on the "Yankee Empire." It gives them a perfect excuse for why their roads are bad and their stores are empty. The U.S. leaders get to thump their chests and tell their voters they are "tough on communism." Everyone in charge wins something. The politicians get their talking points for the news. The weapon makers get contracts. The oil companies get new fields to manage. It is a big, happy circle of grifters.

Who loses? You know who loses. The regular person in Havana who can't catch a bus because there is no fuel. The regular person in Caracas who wonders why foreign soldiers are guarding the oil wells instead of their own people. And you lose too. You lose because you are told this is a noble fight. You are told this is about good versus evil. It’s not. It is about who owns the black sludge in the ground.

This whole thing proves that international law is a joke. If you have the biggest army, you can do whatever you want. The U.S. took over a country's oil industry. Just took it. And the world body that is supposed to stop wars just writes a sad note. It is pathetic. It shows us that we are all just living in a world run by gangs. The biggest gang wears suits and ties in Washington. The smaller gangs wear fatigues. But they are all just taking what isn't theirs.

So, the oil stops flowing to Cuba. The lights might go out there more often. The U.S. feels strong. The U.N. feels important for five minutes. And the wheel keeps turning. It is stupid. It is boring. And it will happen again next week with different countries. Do not expect any heroes to show up. There are no heroes here. Just thieves and people writing letters to thieves.