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She has no support amongst the military government which currently runs Venezuela, and having pulled off the "we are very strong" manoeuvre the US is unlikely t
by notahacker 10mo ago
She has no support amongst the military government which currently runs Venezuela, and having pulled off the "we are very strong" manoeuvre the US is unlikely to have any further interest in Venezuela beyond getting paid off by them.
I suspect key actors in the Venezuelan administration and military also don't have much support for Maduro (the US must have had some reason to believe they could pull this operation off with extremely low risk of downed helicopters and surrounded special forces), but acting like they do avoids all sorts of awkward schisms whilst keeping oil flowing to the right people.
- anigbrowl 10mo agoIf Maduro's election shenanigans (like banning her from running) are part of the justification for his kidnapping, then we're taking on some responsibility to remove the whole regime, not just the guy. If we're just jockeying for regional power, then the justification lacks foundation and is straight up crime on the part of the US.
- Ar-Curunir 10mo agoIt is straight up crime no matter the justification
- jacquesm 10mo agoThere is not much doubt that this was a crime. The question is what will be done about it and the answer is 'probably nothing'. Every time there is a holiday, a long weekend or some other period when congress and/or the senate are not in session Trump pulls some stunt. That's a well established pattern by now, be it the demolition of the Whitehouse, bombing some foreign country or now kidnapping a head of state.