Chinese quote US ambassador pledging never to invade Venezuela

US Ambassador to Venezuela William Brownfield is getting dragged into the regime's paranoid invasion propaganda.

Now Beijing's party-controlled media outlets are picking up on the theme. Today, Xinhua reports Brownfield as saying at a Fourth of July ceremony that the US "has never invaded Venezuela, is not invading the country at present, and will never invade."

"There is no chance of a U.S. invasion," he added.

That may be true. But the more US officials say such things, the more credibility they give the regime (and the Chinese).