Trump\u2019s announcement marked a stunning rupture with decades of U.S. policy. In one operation,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
American forces decapitated a foreign government, seized its sitting president and first lady,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and began openly speaking of managing another nation\u2019s oil and political transition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trump framed the mission as bloodless and triumphant, insisting not a single U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
service member was lost and vowing \u201cpeace, liberty and justice\u201d for Venezuelans,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
even as airstrikes hit military bases, ports and communications sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Behind the victory rhetoric, deeper questions now hang over Washington and Caracas alike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Venezuelans are being promised a \u201creal country\u201d by the same power accused of seeking their resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Congress was sidelined. Cuba is being floated as a possible next target.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For families under the flight paths of those strikes, and for a hemisphere watching nervously,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
the capture of Nicol\u00e1s Maduro is less an ending than the start of an unpredictable new chapter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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