Adam Wren on X - "It’s not about “stealing oil”, the US is energy independent. It IS about restricting the supply of oil to import dependent China. The ‘internal law based order’ did and does exist. The UN has power, international courts have power, but as the hegemon it’s contingent on US hardware. There is no ‘global policeman’ you can call. For decades that policeman was the US, and though it obviously made mistakes with Iraq, Libya and so on, but we have had a remarkably peaceful century. The ‘rules based order’ hit bumps in the road with state sponsored terrorism, with proxy wars conducted by paramilitary organisations and no effective tools to bring those regimes to heel. But where it really eroded was with the emergence of Russia/China as contending powers, with the many failings of the UN. For decades this ‘multipolar’ world was cheered on by western leftists in the hopes it might topple capitalism. We now face constant, barely deniable cyberattacks against western organisations, spying & stealing have become normal. I spent half a decade tracking supply chain attacks against western institutions and every year they got more sophisticated and more audacious. The Russians even unleashed a nerve agent on British soil. Don’t listen to pearl clutching about the ‘illegality’ of limited strikes against Chinese aligned dictators when these people are silent about the threats we’re facing. Toppling the maduro regime (if that’s what happens) it’s a strategic victory. It’s also moral, since he was killing and starving his own people in an attempt to make communism work. Burgon et al will decry the end of the ‘rules based order’ while saying nothing about why it’s ending and opposing the US that upheld it all this time. They’ll call the west imperialist and colonialist while ignoring China and Russia raping africa for its minerals, exterminating its wildlife and killing its rivers. They are hypocrites and their only principle is supporting anything and anyone they deem to be anti-western"
'Zionist Attack:' Venezuela’s Acting Gov't Blames Israel For Maduro Seizure - "'Zionist attack:' Venezuela’s acting gov't blames Israel for Maduro seizure... Venezuela’s government has repeatedly invoked Israel and “Zionism” during past confrontations with foreign powers, a tactic critics say is aimed at deflecting internal blame and consolidating domestic support during moments of political upheaval."
I saw terrorist supporters claim the same thing. Not surprising
Vince Dao on X - "Maduro’s involvement with drug trafficking is NOT made-up propaganda by Trump. It’s known fact. Liberals are just lying about it. The Maduro family has been facing drug cases since the Obama Administration. Even Biden extradited one of Maduro’s top advisors on narco-terrorism charges. The existence of Cartel de Los Soles within the Venezuelan government (Google is free, guys) was NEVER disputed. The only controversy came when Trump labeled them a terrorist organization. There’s a reason liberals have failed to challenge the State Department’s terrorist classification in court: it’s literally true. It’s been a known fact that the Venezuelan government is running a drug cartel for at least a decade. Both Republican and Democrat administrations have acknowledged this. But here comes the revisionist history."
The Left's taste for tyrants is exposed once again - "Faster than Dave Spart could say “Che Guevara”, a chorus of Labour, Lib Dem and Green MPs have called on the Prime Minister to condemn President Trump’s decapitation of the Maduro regime in Venezuela. “If you cannot say this is illegal, all your talk of human rights, the law and democracy is so much hot air,” fulminated Diane Abbott. Jeremy Corbyn’s “Your Party” has launched a petition proclaiming “Stand with Venezuela” – even though very few actual Venezuelans seem inclined to stand with their despised and deposed ex-dictator. The same raddled radicals who half a century ago cut their teeth worshipping at the shrines of Castro and Mao, who spent their youth marching for Chile and Nicaragua, who rallied behind Saddam’s Iraq and still champion Hamas in Gaza, are now recycling their anti-American agitprop on behalf of a tinpot tyrant who even by Latin American standards is entirely unlamented. The love affair between Venezuelan dictators and the British Left goes back at least two decades. As Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone struck up an unrequited dalliance with Hugo Chavez, the former colonel who, after a failed military coup, had been elected Venezuelan president. By then he was touting his ideology of “Chavismo” around the globe. As the strongman of Latin America, his brand of Left-wing populism was all the rage in the salons of Islington. In 2006 Red Ken welcomed this bombastic bolshie to City Hall and was promptly invited for a lavish return visit to Caracas. The following year the Mayor announced that his chum Colonel Chavez had promised to supply cheap oil to Transport for London, which would fund half-price tube and bus fares. Livingstone’s bid to bribe voters with largesse looted from impoverished Venezuelans failed to deter Londoners from replacing him with Boris Johnson. Labour’s tendresse for Chavismo continued until the Colonel’s death in 2013 and beyond. In the run-up to the 2015 general election, Ed Miliband was forced to deny that his proposals for rent controls were inspired by Venezuela. By this time, Nicolas Maduro had succeeded Chavez. In the absence of the Colonel’s charisma, the bankruptcy of Chavismo had become obvious. Venezuela had not only lost its cachet as an anti-capitalist symbol, but was revealed as an economic basket case. Maduro soon emerged as a brutal despot, who has clung to power by repression, corruption and submission to Cuban, Chinese and Russian influence. Yet the British Left is notoriously incorrigible. Once espoused, no cause is ever deemed too unworthy or embarrassing. They condemned US precision strikes against the Iranian nuclear programme, but remain silent in the face of mass protests against the regime – one of the bloodiest on earth. The fact that Donald Trump is responsible for the overthrow of Maduro means that the likes of Richard Burgon and Sir Ed Davey automatically line up against the United States. Those with impeccable credentials in the never-ending war against Anglo-American imperialism are somehow able to turn a blind eye to the role of Xi Jinping and his sinister Belt and Road policy – as blatant an example of neocolonialism as anyone could conceive. China’s strategic acquisitions across Latin America – like those in Africa, Asia and Europe – have been a source of concern in Washington under both Democratic and Republican administrations... There are legitimate liberal and conservative critiques of Trump’s foreign policy, but we have heard little from the British Left that amounts to anything more than a rejection of any US intervention to defend or promote democracy... The Left has never accepted the notion of America as the leader of the free world. Now that Trump seems to be abandoning that idea, the world is likely to become less free, less democratic and more violent. Instead of urging the US to rally the West in defence of embattled democracies such as Ukraine, Israel or Taiwan, the Left continues to regurgitate old anti-American tropes... I hope and pray that the people of Venezuela are given the chance to determine their own destiny, with the US in an enabling role rather than an exploitative one. Britain could play its part too. But I fear that the Left will do all it can to sabotage any constructive efforts we may make, because the current incarnation of Uncle Sam is Donald Trump."
Adam Pankratz: Venezuelan oil could put Canada out of business - "With his removal of Nicolás Maduro from Venezuela, Donald Trump has opened another front in his economic assault on Canada by indirectly targeting our oil industry. Canada must respond decisively with diversification to the world market via the rapid construction of at least another pipeline to the coast, and ideally more. There is now a new urgency to Canadian pipeline construction that didn’t exist prior to the weekend. The reason is simple: Venezuela has the world’s largest proven oil reserves, and its oil – from the Orinoco Belt — is extra heavy crude, similar to that found in Alberta’s oilsands. With around 303 billion barrels of proven reserves, Venezuela has nearly double the proven reserves of Alberta’s heavy oil. Further, until 1997, Venezuela was the No. 1 exporter of heavy crude to U.S. Gulf Coast refineries. This only changed in 1999 with the election of Hugo Chavez, who raised export prices and royalties... If Canada were to immediately get serious about getting a pipeline to tidewater, it is conceivable that we could complete one in five to seven years. That will require political courage and coastal premiers putting down their activist loudspeakers to facilitate, rather than frustrate, construction. This must happen if anyone in Canada is serious about keeping our country a prosperous one. In 2022, the oil industry directly accounted for $71.4 billion of Canada’s GDP and 20 per cent of Canada’s balance of trade. Despite political hindrance to further development, the industry remains mission-critical to Canada’s economy and investment in our country... Donald Trump did Canada a huge favour when he exposed Canada’s economic and resource export dependence on the United States. So far, we have failed to take measurable steps to diversify away from our southern neighbour. On the weekend, Canada got another dose of realpolitik as the United States launched another bomb at our economy and resources. Refusing to respond with a pipeline would be purely Canadian self-sabotage."
C3 on X - "Once you realize this you’ll never miss it again. When America is in a dispute with another country the Dems and Media will ALWAYS side with the other country. Yesterday was Somalia. Today is Venezuela. It doesn’t matter who it is or what it’s about. They just hate America."
Meme - jashuabonilla: "If anyone from Venezuela is reading this, the majority of Americans do not support the actions of our military. We did not ask for this."
bercowsky: "As a Venezuelan, I did ask for this! You don't care about Venezuela. You're saying this out of hatred for Trump!"
yera_gadea: "Venezuelan here Don't apologize we are crying tears of joy.. thank you Trump."
Sad: This Man Didn't Check The News For One Hour And Missed The Entirety Of World War III | Babylon Bee
As usual, left wingers have very poor comprehension skills and don't understand what a war is. They keep raging about one.
Batya Ungar-Sargon on X - "People are acting like the problem with our forever wars of regime change that cost us billions of dollars and tens of thousands of precious souls was the regime change, not the pointless bloodshed and loss of treasure. Trump's "war" on Venezuela ended before we knew it started."
Batya Ungar-Sargon on X - "Removing a dictator operating in our backyard who flooded our country with lethal drugs and gangs while providing support to China, Russia, and Iran, and getting it done before any of us woke up, is such a clear win—and clearly different than our forever wars in the Middle East."
Richard Miriti on X - "🚨 Hezbollah didn’t hide in the Middle East. It moved to Venezuela. 🚨
🇻🇪 Margarita Island wasn’t just a tourist destination. It became Iran’s proxy hub in the Western Hemisphere. What reports show ⬇️
• Hezbollah training camps protected by the Maduro regime
• IRGC logistics, weapons, and instructors on Venezuelan soil
• Recruits from Latin America trained, then sent to Iran (Qom)
• Fighters relocated from Lebanon after Israeli strikes
• Drug trafficking, money laundering, gold-for-arms deals
And this 👇 matters most: 🛂 Over 10,400 Venezuelan passports and IDs were issued to Lebanese, Iranian, and Syrian nationals between 2010–2019 — many through regime-linked networks. That’s not corruption. That’s operational cover. This infrastructure began under Chávez, expanded under Maduro, and was facilitated by Hezbollah-linked figures like the Nassereddine network.
📍 Location matters: Margarita Island is ~1,200 miles from Florida. That’s not diplomacy. That’s forward positioning. While tourism collapsed, Hezbollah moved in using
• Fake identities
• Duty-free zones
• State protection
This is why U.S. officials didn’t call Venezuela a failed state. They called it a staging ground.
After Jan 2026: Maduro fell. Iran protested. Hezbollah stayed quiet. Because once exposed, outposts get abandoned."
Luke de Pulford on X - "Cool, Beijing cares about international law now. Presume apologies forthcoming for:
- Their planned kinetic attack on @bikhim in Prague?
- Naval provocations in Filipino waters
- Abduction of Gui Minhai?
- Incursions into Taiwans ADIZ?
- Sustenance of Putin’s 🇺🇦 invasion?"
Melissa Chen on X - "Hard to take China’s bluster seriously. Did they ever criticize or condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine? No. In fact, Beijing maintained a position of neutrality, refusing to describe Russia's actions as an "invasion," abstaining from UN votes condemning Russia, and often echoed Russian narratives about NATO expansion and US provocation as “root causes.”"
David Walpiri on X - "China, which is now outraged over “the use of force against president of a sovereign state,” tried to kill Taiwan’s VP, Hsiao Bi-khim, by a planned car crash during her trip to Prague in 2024 Actions against foreign leaders are NOT okay unless China is doing it."
RodeoProfessor on X - "China has been building large scale artificial islands for a decade in the South China Sea. They dredge all the sand around the reefs and pile it directly on top of the same reefs you go diving on when on vacation, just like that. These are aimed at militarization as they install airstrips and radar, territorial expansion, but also the right to the world’s most productive and biodiverse marine regions with vast fisheries stocks. The Spratly Islands have spawning and nursery grounds plus huge tuna, mackerel, croaker, anchovy, shrimp, squid, and other fisheries. Both oceanic and reef fish can be found here which is why the biodiversity is very high. Spratly Island reefs act as nursery grounds for the coastal fisheries for Vietnam, Malaysia, and the Philippines. These larvae and nurseries maintain all regional stocks. China is now the dominant pressure in this region, driven by its government subsidized distant water fleet. These are the last people on earth who should be lecturing us about international law. If it weren’t for the US Navy, this would be happening all over the Indo-Pacific."
Americans for Public Trust on X - "NEW: A CCP-linked group is reportedly behind pro-Maduro protests nationwide. The People’s Forum, a socialist nonprofit organizing the protests, also has ties to Neville Roy Singham — an alleged CCP ally who resides in Shanghai. ➡️ https://t.co/rfCjJujWxc https://t.co/y9TtwizUaF"
Michael Lucci on X - "Communist China funds agitator "boots on the ground" across American cities. Their objective? To sow social division and domestic chaos. It's divide and conquer, CCP-style. CCP agent Neville Roy Singham should be brought to justice for his political war upon America."
Ryan Saavedra on X - "NEW: Within minutes of the U.S. military operation in Venezuela that led to the arrest of Nicolas Maduro, a hardened cell of self-described Marxist, socialist, and communist leaders launched a psychological and propaganda operation in the United States "From a military intelligence perspective, experts say the overnight sequence bears the hallmarks of a pre-positioned influence network executing a rapid-response operation. The synchronization of messaging, the staggered release of content across aligned platforms and the immediate transition from online agitation to physical mobilization point to an ecosystem designed not for spontaneous protest, but for ideological warfare. In this framework, experts say, the nonprofit leaders are foot soldiers in Maduro’s war on the United States, acting as civilian operatives advancing the strategic interests of a foreign ideological project. Their role is not to fight with weapons, but to contest legitimacy, shape public perception, apply internal pressure on U.S. decision-making during moments of external conflict and further the cause of communism, experts say.""
Alex Krüger on X - "Maduro leaves behind a remarkable track record. He oversaw the most efficient destruction of a modern nation-state in history. Under his watch:
• GDP shrank by 80%, a peacetime collapse 3x more severe than the US Great Depression.
• Cumulative inflation hit 150 trillion percent.
• 7.7 million people fled, a displacement of 26% of Venezuela's population.
Beyond economic ruin, Maduro transformed Venezuela into a global logistics hub for cartels. He is accused of repurposing military airbases and radar systems to provide safe corridors for ~275 metric tons of cocaine annually. The UN also links him to over 19,000 extrajudicial killings used to suppress dissent. While the country starved and $300B was siphoned from the treasury, Maduro and his immediate family are believed to have secured a private fortune between $1B and $2.5B. Furthermore, independent audits show that in the 2024 election he fabricated or suppressed 4.7 million votes to flip a landslide 67% defeat into a fraudulent 51% victory. Maduro was an illegitimate president who oversaw a criminal enterprise and directed the economic implosion of one of the wealthiest countries on earth, pushing millions of Venezuelans abroad. The world should be celebrating his removal, rather than defending the "sovereignty" of a tyrant. To the people of Venezuela: congratulations. May this finally be the start of your recovery. I hope to visit Venezuela soon, it's been too long!"
Maurice Cousins on X - "“If you do not possess hard power, you do not get a vote.” Sir Alex Younger, the former Head of MI6, is obviously right. Westminster and the media need to stop talking about the “rules-based order” and start focusing on rebuilding Britain’s hard power. If Britain and Europe are serious about re-armament, there are two urgent preconditions. First, re-densify our energy system. You cannot prepare for war or build credible deterrence on intermittent renewables. Ed Miliband's Clean Power 2030 must not be allowed to proceed. We should immediately scrap the windfall tax on the North Sea, lift the ban on shale gas, and be honest about the continued role of domestic fossil fuels. Coal, however unfashionable, can no longer be ruled out. Second, re-industrialise. Hard power rests on heavy, carbon-intensive industry and the ability to scale production rapidly in a crisis. A country that cannot make things cannot defend itself. Attritional warfare (i.e. the kind last seen in the Second World War and now visible in Ukraine) demands the capacity to fight and sustain conflict over long periods. Alongside fossil fuels that requires domestic production and industrial depth. Re-industrialisation therefore means re-carbonisation, and it means repealing the Climate Change Act and the carbon-budget framework that actively prevent Britain from rebuilding its productive base. Without these foundations, we risk repeating Britain’s mistake of the 1930s: entering a harsher world dangerously unprepared."
Clearly, countries all over the world respect soft power, which is why setting an example of climate change by destroying your economy and having a battalion of human rights lawyers has gotten China to reduce its carbon emissions and stop oppressing the Uighurs
Payton Alexander on X - "This has been one of the most puzzling kinds of reaction to the Venezuela raid. “You seized a country you want, so now China can seize a country they want!” It’s based on the idea that if we take an action, we have made it “okay” for others to take that action. It does not consider whether it is possible for others to take that action, or whether our actions have made it less possible. By taking out Iran and Venezuela, the U.S. and its allies now control 80% of China’s oil supply, making it significantly harder for them to fuel the navy they would need to fight a war against us in the Pacific. Our actions make this scenario less possible, not more, regardless of what “precedent” it sets. It is fundamentally just physically harder for them to do that now."
Glenn Greenwald on X - "Now that the mega-viral videos spread by Trump influencers were exposed as frauds, and we see the real videos of Venezuelans in that country demanding their sovereignty, MAGA will return to: "Venezuelans are dirty third-world pygmies who don't share our values or culture. Who cares what they think?""
Real Political Data on X - ">8 million Venezuelans have fled the country in the last ten years
>Maduro got absolutely destroyed in the recent elections, but stayed in power due to shenanigans
>His approval was in the low 20s
>A crowd of protesters is somehow proof that he was actually secretly popular
>The video is from Russian State TV, and 100% propaganda for Maduro
This whole revision to reality is getting insane, but at this point it’s not even surprising."
Ja'Mal Green on X - "Obama killed Osama Bin Laden, no congressional approval. Obama invaded Libya, the opposition kills Gaddafi. no approval. Biden killed the Al-Qaeda leader in 2022. No congressional approval. Trump swoops in and brings the man alive back to the U.S, Democrats go crazy. lol. As an independent who sits in the middle, Democrats to need to stop being hypocritical."
Meme - Pete Buttigieg: "It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad. The American people don't want to "run" a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one."
Bowling For Ammo: "This you?"
Pete Buttigieg @PeteButtigieg: "The illegitimate takeover of the Venezuelan National Assembly is further evidence that dictator Maduro will stop at nothing to consolidate his grip on power. I stand behind Juan Guaido and the Venezuelan people as they strive to reclaim their democracy and defend their rights."
