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Trump's Venezuela operation polarizes world leaders

14 points by sipofwater 9mo ago

sipofwater 9mo ago
Mirror: https://archive.ph/oFiQ4 https://archive.ph/oFiQ4
elbci 9mo ago
At least Trump made it all clear and simple: "I'll kill, bomb or kidnap your a__ because I can". No more "freedom $ democracy" BS before robbing someone
- billy99k 9mo ago
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  - timeon 9mo ago
    Pedophile capturing drug lord. What a nice world.
    - cindyllm 9mo ago
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  - DivingForGold 9mo ago
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- pestatije 9mo ago
  its always clear and simple if you buy the official line
DustinEchoes 9mo ago
This operation was a huge mistake. All Trump did was capture Maduro, Maduro’s government remains intact. There’s no US-installed interim government because Trump thinks he can rely solely on threat of force to control Venezuela without putting Americans in the country. https://www.axios.com/2026/01/03/trump-maduro-venezuela-delcy-rodriguez https://www.axios.com/2026/01/03/trump-maduro-venezuela-delc... > He added that Rodríguez had talked to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the vice president stated Venezuela would "do whatever" the U.S. needed, and that no U.S. troops would be on the ground "if the vice president does what we want." Of course, Venezuela's not going to take this lying down and will most likely look for outside aid. Meanwhile Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, and other latam countries are pissed off now too. Trump just drove all of Latin America into the arms of China and Russia.
sipofwater 9mo ago
"Trump's snatching of Maduro shows a new level of unrestrained global power": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46476061 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46476061
tim-tday 9mo ago
Doesn’t polarization imply a roughly even split? I only see Ukraine supporting the move. On the one hand it’s a disturbing precedent, on the other hand it’s better than an all-out war. Maybe this will usher in a new era of leaders taking direct personal shots at each-other. Better than armies of innocent young men killing each other when leaders disagree.
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- elbci 9mo ago
  Yeap, as international law means nothing they will revert to sending family members as collateral to guarantee adherence to agreements, in turn this will speed the shedding of last "democracy" pretenses and make dynastic rule official again.
- jacquesm 9mo ago
  > I only see Ukraine supporting the move. Then you need better glasses ;) Keep in mind Zelensky's background.
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14 points by sipofwater 9mo ago

Mirror: https://archive.ph/oFiQ4 https://archive.ph/oFiQ4

elbci 9mo ago

At least Trump made it all clear and simple: "I'll kill, bomb or kidnap your a__ because I can". No more "freedom $ democracy" BS before robbing someone

billy99k 9mo ago
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- timeon 9mo ago
  Pedophile capturing drug lord. What a nice world.
  - cindyllm 9mo ago
    [dead]
- DivingForGold 9mo ago
  [flagged]
pestatije 9mo ago
its always clear and simple if you buy the official line

DustinEchoes 9mo ago

This operation was a huge mistake. All Trump did was capture Maduro, Maduro’s government remains intact. There’s no US-installed interim government because Trump thinks he can rely solely on threat of force to control Venezuela without putting Americans in the country. https://www.axios.com/2026/01/03/trump-maduro-venezuela-delcy-rodriguez https://www.axios.com/2026/01/03/trump-maduro-venezuela-delc... > He added that Rodríguez had talked to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the vice president stated Venezuela would "do whatever" the U.S. needed, and that no U.S. troops would be on the ground "if the vice president does what we want." Of course, Venezuela's not going to take this lying down and will most likely look for outside aid. Meanwhile Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, and other latam countries are pissed off now too. Trump just drove all of Latin America into the arms of China and Russia.

sipofwater 9mo ago

"Trump's snatching of Maduro shows a new level of unrestrained global power": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46476061 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46476061

tim-tday 9mo ago

Doesn’t polarization imply a roughly even split? I only see Ukraine supporting the move. On the one hand it’s a disturbing precedent, on the other hand it’s better than an all-out war. Maybe this will usher in a new era of leaders taking direct personal shots at each-other. Better than armies of innocent young men killing each other when leaders disagree.

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elbci 9mo ago
Yeap, as international law means nothing they will revert to sending family members as collateral to guarantee adherence to agreements, in turn this will speed the shedding of last "democracy" pretenses and make dynastic rule official again.
jacquesm 9mo ago
> I only see Ukraine supporting the move. Then you need better glasses ;) Keep in mind Zelensky's background.

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