US 'Captures' Maduro, Forgets to Mention His UN Podium
BREAKING: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro just 'appeared' in a US courtroom, declaring his innocence on drug charges. The Independent, in its infinite wisdom, labels him 'captured' by US forces. This 'capture' apparently took place live on international television, complete with Maduro addressing the UN General Assembly year after year, then flying home unmolested. (Perhaps he sent a very
convincing body double to New York to be 'captured'?) It's almost as if the only place Maduro has been 'captured' is in a fantastical Department of Justice indictment, based on flimsy evidence, issued after the Trump administration decided a bounty on a sitting head of state was a brilliant foreign policy move in 2020. The actual whereabouts of the 'captured' President of Venezuela remain
resolutely in Miraflores Palace, Caracas. This isn't journalism, it's performance art for the State Department. We saw the same theatrical outrage over supposed 'Wag the Dog' tactics during Clinton's era; now it’s 'Wag the Bounty'. One might wonder how many democratically elected leaders the US can accuse of drug trafficking before it just sounds like a broken record, particularly when Washington
keeps propping up actual narco-states elsewhere. The Independent, of course, isn't asking those questions; they're just thrilled to play along with the delusion that Maduro is anything but the sovereign leader, however much the US dislikes him.