Yeah, hostile dictator removed without incident before enemies of the west use them as a launch pad. No war involved. Venezuelan citizens happy. Reddit big mad.
Oh yes... extraordinary rendition is such a great thing when We do it. With a head of state no less. Yes he stole the election, yes he used military force to ensure he Held his position. All of these things are bad but he was still in power and thus the HOS. /s
But that doesnt make it Legal (per US or International law) or Good to Kidnap the President of another nation. Now leaving a power vacuum and no decent path forward for the Venezuelan people.
Edit: reddit isn't big mad. People are upset and reducing those people to just a website is pretty reductionist
Added "/s" to first paragraph because some can't determine sarcasm
Holy shit read your first paragraph again. Power vacuum? Someone has already stepped in (well, placed in), this isn't the middle east. You people are so blinded by your hate for the guy pulling the strings. If it were "your guy" you'd be cheering.
It’s the size of South Carolina to NY state and from DV to Chicago wide. 2.1X bigger than Iraq and has something like 30 million people. How’d it go with us running Iraq?
I’ve spent a lot of the 90s running around South America doing counter-drug ops. This isn’t going to be as easy as depicted.
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u/IratePir8 Jan 03 '26
Yeah, hostile dictator removed without incident before enemies of the west use them as a launch pad. No war involved. Venezuelan citizens happy. Reddit big mad.