Maduro has been kidnapped by US forces, this is insane

As an American I fully condemn this, condemn the regime that ordered it, condemn the Military Officers that received orders to do this and didn't immediately resign, and fully hope that International consequences against the guilty parties will be forthcoming.

They've been bombed. Not just explosions, the child rapist asking for a nobel peace prize just bombed them. Nice way to start 2026... Here's hoping Venezuela becomes the cunt's Vietnam!

What I've found so far: CNN has a team present in Caracas and witnessed the strikes.

• 7 explosions reported - likely missile strikes to disable air defense
• 2 (correction: many more) smoke plumes reported - likely from sites struck with missiles
• a flight of helicopters which could be MH60 Sea Hawk - nothing very impressive, a random civilian filmed them going low and slow, MANPADS fodder but it seems they got lucky on that leg of the run

(Some X account posted footage from the Iranian attack on Israel and claimed it to be Venezuela.)

Opinion:

So it's international agression then. Taking out air defense and inserting helicopters over the capital of another country is generally considered an act of war. I guess Trump thinks he needs a war for some reason. It might be smart to prevent him from getting a full-scale one - and the next best thing that might dissuade him might be casualties.

An extremely unpleasant side effect: unless Maduro stumbles and falls really quick, he's pretty much legitimizing Maduro and causing his supporters to consolidate around him. In the game of diplomacy, that's not the right move.

Some other countries would certainly benefit from Trump getting bogged down anywhere, in any country. Especially a large and technically sophisticated country which wants to annex an island well known for its electronic products would approve of the US going on adventures in random places and getting bogged down.

I get off work at this god awful hour to learn that the US has performed an extrajudicial kidnapping of a foreign leader and their spouse. This fucking wild and I hope it doesn't turn into regional conflict for all our sakes.

What an ineffective distraction ftom the Epstein Files!

And what a travesty Drumpf is literally playing with the lives of others, American and Venezuelan, to do so.

I hate my country. I hope class consciousness accelerates under Trump's shit management of the US so working class people can oust his ass. The US CANNOT be the world's bully for another century.

It's time for this empire to fall.

Is the oil safe? I stand with Washington! Someone please tell me what flag I need to put on my X account, thanks!

I use this time in the morning to ease into my day. 5 am here in Western North Carolina. What the fuck is wrong with America? I am sick to my stomach right now.

It really doesn't make sense to me. So they kidnap Maduro and his wife .... and then what? What do they expect to happen in Venezuela? It will probably be chaos there.

Congress please dear god grow a spine.

USA is a terrorist country and must disappear. Theyve only killed killed and killed people since its inception. Fuck USA

So, another 20 year boondoggle like Afghanistan and Iraq?

The MeidasTouch Network has footage of all of this on their channel. Fucking insane shit, Trump has started an invasion without the approval of Congress.

Dieses Fette orange Stück Scheisse

Al Jazeera live coverage

Well on the bright side, thank fucking Ares we no longer have to listen to Tulsi Gabbard's smug performative "end the forever wars" bullshit.

I wonder why we haven’t been read in via Signal yet?

There was also airplanes flying low over the city. I read that it was 7 explosions and that the area without electricity is near a major military base.

The schoolyard bully is at it again. He wants their oil and he's going to take it, from the weakest kids he can pick on.

So officially the US is our enemy in the region, and of course the right is celebrating

Vaush has launched an emergency stream, wouldnt have got this news if I didnt get the notification. Just went live. Probably a lot more left than most coverage you'll see tonight.

https://www.youtube.com/live/Z4e1ta0qHRs