US 'Captures' Maduro: A Blowtorch Diplomacy Success Story
The Associated Press relays how former President Trump, on "Fox and Friends Weekend," detailed a dramatic midnight operation to kidnap President Nicolás Maduro from Venezuela. Trump boasted of "massive blowtorches" American forces were ready to deploy against a presidential palace he described as a "fortress." It seems, for certain nations, the US views internationally recognized borders and
diplomatic immunity as mere suggestions, easily bypassed with military hardware. This isn't 'capturing a leader'; it's state-sponsored abduction, a clear violation of sovereignty—a concept the US usually champions, until a leader it dislikes is involved. One might wonder if former President Trump would describe such an action by another nation against a US President as anything less than an act of
war. The 'rule of law' is apparently a flexible concept when applied to resource-rich opponents. According to Trump, Maduro 'didn't get that space closed. He was trying to get into it, but he got bum-rushed right so fast that he didn't get into that. We were prepared.'