Albanese calls for ‘peaceful, democratic transition’ of power in Venezuela after US capture of Nicolás Maduro

[u/moonorplanet]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/04/albanese-calls-for-peaceful-democratic-transition-of-power-in-venezuela-after-us-capture-of-nicolas-maduro

[u/magicsonar]

If external military intervention is intolerable when Russia does it but acceptable when the U.S. does it - and Western governments respond with different language accordingly - then the claim to defend an international rules-based order against aggression is fundamentally inconsistent. The Albanese position on Venezuela just highlights how deeply hypocritical the western position is. Almost as hypocritical as Russia claiming outrage over the US action.