Rich Lowry
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first heard Dec 2024
last heard 29 Jul
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We're not running Venezuela, right?
You have the vice president running Venezuela, and we're hoping to coerce her into doing what we want.
And I think we'll probably have some success with that, at least in the short or medium term.
But we're not running Venezuela.
And usually when you're not running a country, you don't go out of your way to say you're running the country.
But Trump, again, he likes his name on stuff.
Marco's running everything.
Panama is a pretty good analog, but even compared to Panama, this is more minimalist because we go in on the ground for weeks with troops in Panama.
We already had an extensive troop presence there already because of the canal, obviously, and we swear in the new president after we grabbed Noriega on a U.S.
military basis.
So we're not doing anything of that nature in Venezuela.
So it's a combination of extremely, in the word that's been used so much about it, audacious operation with a high degree of caution or trying to minimize downside risk as well.
Yeah, but I think even harder than that, because Osama bin Laden has some security, but not the security that comes with being a head of state.
And also, this wasn't a shock, right?
Bin Laden didn't know we were coming.
Maduro knew we were coming, probably, or there's a high chance that we would at some point.
And still, this was so highly proficient.
And it does send a good message to China and other malefactors around the world.
Now, China has a big, huge military.
Taking on China would be nothing like this.
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