Posted on 01/03/2026 3:48:42 PM PST by God luvs America
Millions of people around the world, most of all in Venezuela, are celebrating the downfall of the dictator Nicolás Maduro. President Donald Trump’s decision to capture him on Saturday was one of the boldest moves a president has made in years, and the operation was an unquestionable tactical success. The next step is ensuring that this triumph sets Venezuela up for stability and prosperity rather than more of the same, or worse.
What happened in Caracas was a clear reminder that America’s military, intelligence and cyber capabilities are second to none. More than 150 aircraft supported the Army’s Delta force in capturing Maduro and his wife. The couple are being extradited to the U.S., where they will face narco-terrorism, weapons and drug charges in Manhattan. There were no American deaths, although some U.S. service members were injured.
This is a major victory for American interests. Just hours before, supportive Chinese officials held a chummy meeting with Maduro, who had also been propped up by Russia, Cuba and Iran. No doubt millions of Venezuelans will remember who backed their oppressor and who effected his removal. But the end of Maduro will be a failure if it doesn’t also corrode the influence of American adversaries in this hemisphere.
Maduro’s removal sends an important message to tin-pot dictators in Latin America and the world: Trump follows through. President Joe Biden offered sanctions relief to Venezuela, and Maduro responded to that show of weakness by stealing an election.
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This is from El WaPo??? Woodward and Bernstein must bevrolling over in their graves.
Yeah the interesting part of this article was where it came from.
you can sign up for free and get the article no charge.......i was so intrigued i did it with a secondary email account...
They’re not dead yet.
Wait. What? They got better?
Bezos told everyone he wanted the WP to be more neutral.
The ones most butt hurt by the Venezuelan operation are the Chinese:
Maduro met Chinese envoy hours before US capture from Caracas as Beijing slams operation
https://www.foxnews.com/world/maduro-met-chinese-envoy-hours-before-us-capture-from-caracas-beijing-slams-operation
And of course the US demoncrats are on Xi’s side!
Right.
There are around 8 millions displaced Venezuelans around the world.
About 1/3 of the country left the Maduro regime.
Most of them are actually in Colombia, Chile, Peru, Brazil or Spain.
Since they are not particularly welcome in any of those countries, they are really celebrating and most want to go home!
Like with any communist country, it will be hard work to recover, but they will do it!
Good luck!
Excuse me while I go catch a pig.
The WaPo supports this? First thing that’s caused me some concern.
Military capabilities are significant, probably unprecedented at this time but beating a near tin-pot regime is a small victory no matter how well it was carried out.
Are there “tin-pot dictators” in areas of the world other than Latin America?
Maduro was planning on invading and seizing Guyana this year, and incorporating it into Venezuela.
This was in the WaPo?
I’m rubbing my eyes; I must be seeing things.
Nice layout of the background that lead to this.
I was not in favor of what Trump did when I first read the news. But in the context of serving a warrant and that it was not an all out invasion but a targeted strike my opposition has lessened quite a bit. I still have reservations about Trump’s statement that the U.S. would be in charge in Venezuela for a time (not sure if he gave a end point). I also am cautious about Globalists using this to their advantage.
You will need a axe otherwise you will never get them out of the tree tops.
The WP?
Need to check the color of the sky on the planet Zathras lives on!
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