US Kidnaps Foreign President, Calls it 'Justice'
Deutsche Welle blandly reports that Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro 'arrived' at a New York courthouse, days after being 'seized' in a US military operation. This isn't an 'arrival'; it's an international abduction, a textbook case of extraordinary rendition against a recognised head of state. One might recall how the US screamed about international law when Julian Assange resisted extradition, yet
here, seizing a president in a military operation is just business as usual. This 'seizure' follows decades of US attempts to destabilize Venezuelan democracy, from supporting coup attempts in 2002 to imposing crippling sanctions that have devastated its economy. Funny how Washington gets to decide which nations' leaders are legitimate enough to avoid forcible extraction for drug charges while
others, like former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega, were just 'brought to justice' following an invasion. International law, apparently, is a choose-your-own-adventure for the world's sole superpower.