Under orders from Donald Trump, the U.S. invaded Venezula and kidnapped its purported leader. I certainly have no love for Maduro, and Venezula is probably much better off without him, but one question that comes immediately to mind: how is this not an act of war and so not a violation of Article I of the Constitution that gives the power to declare war to Congress, not the president?
One argument you’ll hear, and if you’ve been following the news have already heard, is that the president has the right, indeed the duty, to protect American troups. OK, sure; but so what? What were the troups doing there to begin with?
Another argument you’ll hear, and if you’ve been following the news have already heard, is that Maduro was never the legitimate Venezulan leader. OK, sure; but so what? He’s certainly a citizen of Venezula.
A third argument you’ll hear, and if you’ve been following the news have already heard, is that we were simply arresting a probable criminal because Maduro has been indicted in New York for drug smuggling and several other related charges. OK, sure; but so what? As far as I know, he has never been indicted in Venezula.
We invaded a foreign country and abducted one of its citizens. I ask again, how is this not an act of war?
I suffered through the watching of Trump’s press conference this morning (he’s clearly losing it*), and one thing that jumpped out at me is that the U.S. will remain in Venezula to oversee the transition of power. Really? That sounds like war to me.
*He had trouble just reading from his script; and eventually succumbing to the need to make it all about himself, he veered off into how, according to him, he has reduced crime in America. If Biden had given a speech like that, the press would have been all over how he’s no longer fit for office; but I guess, with Trump, that’s just old news.
every day shitler lives is proof that if god is real, it’s malevolent.
Kegsbreath is on national news right now denying there were American troops in Venezuela before this act of war, and that the USA is takng control of “our” oil (it’s not our oil; it’s Venezuela’s oil) and the USA owns this entire hemisphere.
That was me you heard swearing loudly.
This is it, for me: We invaded a foreign country and abducted one of its citizens. I ask again, how is this not an act of war?
so we’re set to invade mexico and canada now, huh? is the whole fucking world going to have to nuke us preemptively in self defense?
To me, that sounds like a declaration that the war is won. I’m skeptical that the Venezuelan’s think that.
If there was congressional approval this would simply be an act of war. An unjustified act of war, but at least it would have been an act of war. As it stands, it should be an offence which removes a Commander in Chief of their command. It won’t, but it should.
Gee, such negativity!
We’ve accomplished regime-change miracles so many times across Latin America and the world – just ask Grok™ or PragerU – this one will turn out even better!
“We invaded a foreign country and abducted one of its citizens.”
Two of its citizens. Unless the reports that his wife was also abducted were false?
I didn’t miss the drollness of the OP title.
bill that last comment is a newfangled ai adbot. idk if you got it set to where u have to manually approve all commenters on their first post, but it’s a very useful setting.
Thanks, Bébé. I deleted it.
It showed up initially as spam; but I approved it early this morning because the text seemed reasonable: it wasn’t just the usual praise that had nothing to do with the content of the OP; although I was a little suspicious when I did a mouse-over of the commenter’s name.
I hope it didn’t cause anyone any trouble. I appologize if it did.
i doubt anyone clicked the link on the commenter’s name in the short time it was up. the new ai adbots actually say things relevant to either your blog or the article, which is slick.