Re: Venezuela
Posted: Wed January 07, 2026 7:41 am
Technically, Noriega was a dictator who used puppet presidents.
The US toppling foreign regimes is anything but unprecedented (Lumumba, Gaddafi, Hussein, Mossadegh, meddling in multiple Ukrainian elections dating back to at least the Orange Revolution, not to mention failed attempts like the Bay of Pigs and intervening in the Russian Civil War against the Bolsheviks). Hell, there's an entire Wiki page dedicated solely to South America: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_St ... in_AmericaDev wrote:When is the last time someone captured a president and detained them like this? It seems unprecedented?
For sure, but I was thinking that normally they kill the guy and the detention part is unique here.LoathedVermin72 wrote:The US toppling foreign regimes is anything but unprecedented (Lumumba, Gaddafi, Hussein, Mossadegh, meddling in multiple Ukrainian elections dating back to at least the Orange Revolution, not to mention failed attempts like the Bay of Pigs and intervening in the Russian Civil War against the Bolsheviks). Hell, there's an entire Wiki page dedicated solely to South America: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_St ... in_AmericaDev wrote:When is the last time someone captured a president and detained them like this? It seems unprecedented?
But hey, at least they had the courtesy to not immediately kill him this time!
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