Politics aside: If this is all true and was a snatch and grab, it will go down as one of the most impressive military operations in the 21st century.
and if nobody was killed.
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#222So correct me if I'm wrong, but this seems like a new kind of crime committed by the US? We've been involved in a lot of regime change operations but I can't think of one where we just straight up kidnap a foreign head of state and bring them to the US. I guess Saddam Hussein but that was after we caused the collapse? Is the goal now to just put Maduro through a televised sham trial as a new cover for the Trump admin…
Noriega in Panama, Milosevic in Kosovo/Serbia... it's been patterned.
Question is... who's going to do anything about it?
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#224Politics aside: If this is all true and was a snatch and grab, it will go down as one of the most impressive military operations in the 21st century.
Sky News reports that it might have been a "negotiated exit". https://x.com/SkyNews/status/2007391354884894820
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#225Politics aside: If this is all true and was a snatch and grab, it will go down as one of the most impressive military operations in the 21st century.
It'd be in stark contrast to Russia's attempted decapitation strike.
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#227Looks like Maduro and his wife were captured https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/1158304287678...
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#228That's not going to play well with DJT's bid for Nobel Peace Prize. Although I guess invading Sweden would be a solution, and there are probably plenty of reasons to invade Sweden - they must be looking badly at Russia, or he can mix it up with Groenland, or something. That being said, how many continents are we left from being able to call that a bona fide world war ? Can we count Africa as "in a state of war per de…
Restoring a democracy and getting rid of a dictator sounds pretty peace-prize worthy to me. If Kissinger can get it then he’s always got a chance.
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#229Good riddance! But there are other key figures that need to be captured.
Re: Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes
#230So correct me if I'm wrong, but this seems like a new kind of crime committed by the US? We've been involved in a lot of regime change operations but I can't think of one where we just straight up kidnap a foreign head of state and bring them to the US. I guess Saddam Hussein but that was after we caused the collapse? Is the goal now to just put Maduro through a televised sham trial as a new cover for the Trump admin…
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