ALLEGIANCE
This past weekend, the US Government under the orders of Donald Trump went into Venezuela and captured Maduro to face charges in the United States. Expectedly, praise came from supporters and condemnation from those who claim that the operation was illegal.
Nothing new. Really, nothing new. This has been done before. Noriega was captured by the US Government and brought to trial in the United States. For all practical purposes, it’s the same thing almost 40 years later. In 1989, there were also calls for impeachment of then President George H. Bush. It was also called illegal. US Courts have ruled that the President of the United States has the legal authority to do what has been done.
I suppose President Trump should have gone to Congress to let them know before going into Venezuela – he didn’t. Bush didn’t either – neither did Obama when he bombed Libya etc and so on and so forth.
I suppose Trump could have worked with other nations to get Maduro out like they did during the four years of President Biden. Wait, that didn’t happen. At least nothing to effect the change that happened over the weekend.
The now open indictments are truly serious and unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that Maduro has been accused of trafficking drugs, accused of ordering murder, supporter of Venezuelan gangs who traffic drugs and humans – all indictments have devastated Americans. If those were not serious enough, Venezuela also has the largest oil reserves on earth and they happen to be in the United States backyard.
Why is that serious?
Since the Socialists have taken over, Venezuela has spiraled into economic chaos. America’s adversaries, specifically China, is taking advantage of that turmoil. Trump’s administration has said, through various Sunday appearances that that’s something they were not willing to risk.
President Trump has said that the US will run Venezuela until such a time that they believe that Venezuela can be run securely.
Image above is from NBC News.
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