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Trump says U.S. operation captured Venezuela's president Nicolas Maduro

54 points by edweis

by treetalker

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And what, are we supposed to believe that the FIFA Peace Prize, trophy, and medal suddenly have no real meaning?

by lostlogin

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Going back a little it’s the signs. Local-to-the-pentagon pizza orders are up.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46474859

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by voidfunc

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So where do we go from here? Venezuela doesn't have the capacity to strike back. I assume this triggers a civil war for power. Maduro is a dead man flying to his future grave.

by mamonster

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by eps

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Doesn't the president require a Congress approval for this sort of military action?

by scotty79

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by coolThingsFirst

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by lenkite

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The Nobel Committee should have just given him a peace prize for the sake of the world with some "conditions" like he actually honored peace. Since he didn't get one, he decided like a miffed child that he would for the "war prize" instead.
It seems like the neocons have successfully managed a takeover behind the scenes using Trump as their idiot puppet. Gottu get the War+Oil Industry stock prices moving - the C-suite billionaires needs their bonuses for their next luxury yacht.

by JumpCrisscross

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Boat nonsense aside, if Trump has actually pulled this off while mostly striking military targets, that's (a) impressive and (b) possibly–possibly!–worth celebrating.
The caveat is what happens next. If a stable government emerges, that's okay. If a stable government emerges that holds free and fair elections, that's brilliant. If, on the other hand, the power vacuum prompts a civil war and refugee crisis because nobody–again–planned for what happens after regime decapitation, well fuck.
(We really need to repeal the War Powers Act [1].)
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Powers_Resolution