Talking Points Memo: Trump captures dictator of Venezuela

 

[VIDEO] I will trust Bill O'Reilly's take on the recent Trump administration actions against the President Dictator of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro. He gives you a basic rundown of Operation Absolute Resolve and that the police and military of Venezuela allowed the Army Delta Force to apprehend Maduro. There are a lot of moving parts to this mission I see.

Regime change in Venezuela

 Well this weekend has been exciting. I wonder if this blog post title will age well.

As of now the President of Venezuela, a man named Nicolas Maduro and his wife are in US custody. US Special Forces - actually the US Army Delta Force - went onto a military base in the national capital of Caracas and captured the first couple of Venezuela.

Also let's also state the official line from the Trump administration that President Maduro isn't considered the legitimate leader of this South American republican. The reasoning for his capture and the fact that he did stand in Federal court in New York is based on charges of "narcoterrorism"

We have 60 Minutes thanks to their new and recent editorial direction under Bari Weiss take on this issue. I will admit I've yet to see this segment so if you watch we'll be watching together. [VIDEO]

I had watched some of the President and the comments of this in his administration - including the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Secretary of State, and the Secretary of Defense War. The President even evoked the Monroe Doctrine the whole idea of America hegemony over this hemisphere and the area of North & South America and keeping out the influence of other powers.

What has been discussed are the influences of Russia, China or even Iran. And Iran is especially is on notice and there has been protests there in recent weeks.

It's easy for me to compare this to invading Iraq, however, this was a short operation which took a matter of hours. Removed the head of state & gov't from power, physically from his nation. And now I see the President is saying the United States of America will run Venezuela until a transitional gov't is put into place.

I mentioned Iran having protests. There are Venezuelans who are celebrating Maduro's removal. They're celebrating here in America and there in Venezuela.

As evidenced by the previous administration opening up the border and seeing those migrants taking up shop here in Chicago during that time, it seems times weren't great in Venezuela. Many of these migrants were Venezuelan and sadly some of them were criminal. Something the current administration is attempting to clean up now.

We shall see how this develops. I would generally shy away from meddling in the affairs of other nations. Time will tell if this was the right move or even the right justification which may well including questions of Maduro's legitimacy as the Venezuela President.

Stossel: A warning from Venezuela

 

[VIDEO] The policies that might be coming out of Washington, DC are very much like the policies of Venezuela. It's jarring to see Hollywood A-listers viewing a man like Hugo Chavez as a visionary leader but never recognizing where the policies eventually lead to.

Think about it inflation has become an issue in America. And supply chain issues which can include food shortages, think about what's going on at a grocery store near you. If you do have a fully stocked store food prices are going up.

And yet for some in our nation Venezuela is the model we must follow. Chavez is no longer President of Venezuela having died in 2013, however, under Nicolas Maduro we see the situation there has hardly changed.

Does American socialists want the Scandinavian model?

[VIDEO] The left in this country these so-called progressive liberals want socialism. They like to talk about helping the poor and making the rich pay their "fair share" in taxes - in fact we're undergoing that debate in Illinois where voters in November will vote on a graduated income tax to replace our flat income tax here. However what's the difference between Scandinavian socialism vs the socialism in a place like Venezuela. We see this video above from Prager U with Debbie D.Souza

Well for starters Scandinavian nations Denmark, Norway and Sweden aren't as apt to make the rich pay their fair share. All citizens have to pay into the system. They're essentially capitalist nations that still have thriving businesses and are great places to do business. Raising the minimum wage to $15/hr has become the rage in many "progressive liberal" or blue states however in the Scandinavian region there is no state mandated minimum wage. You still have options for private education or health insurance.

As far as capitalism is all wealth creation and socialism is wealth redistribution. Those go hand in hand doesn't it? If there's no money how do we afford these wonderful things we expect gov't to provide?

Anyway, according to D'Souza the progressive liberal American left reject the Scandinavian model. They seem to prefer the Venezuelan model the one that is based on sowing social division. We go from rich vs. poor to racial divisions. Wait isn't that what's been going on over the summer division according racial lines here in America...

As you go through the video you might see some similarities with the worst of the unrest here in this nation collectivos there vs. Antifa here. They don't exist in Scandinavian and that's not to say they have their own issues. However, beware of what Bernie Sanders and/or the Squad of Congress advocate for. Do they want to take us to Stockholm or do they want to take us to Caracas?

BTW, this is sort of related. This video from last year from John Stossel takes a look at the situation in Venezuela. It seems they've been quiet lately it's probably the pandemic certainly and it seems there are a lot of issues here taking our attention also. [VIDEO]