Jim Crotty
The extraordinary mission to capture Venezuelan President Nicholás Maduro marks a return to an old vision of American power and interventionism in the Western Hemisphere. It’s too soon to know what Maduro’s ouster will mean for the future of Venezuela and the broader implications for American foreign policy. However, one thing is clear: the operation was an unprecedented display of America’s military prowess that is sure to reverberate far beyond Caracas.
Few military operations are as bold and decisive as “Operation Absolute Resolve.” That a joint team of special operations forces and law enforcement personnel could infiltrate a hostile country and capture the sitting president with no loss of life or equipment is an incredible feat of “professionalism and precision.” Hollywood producers must be tripping all over themselves to buy the movie rights.
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