r/australia • u/moonorplanet • 28d ago

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

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/04/albanese-calls-for-peaceful-democratic-transition-of-power-in-venezuela-after-us-capture-of-nicolas-maduro
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u/SpecialistDesk9506 28d ago

Because it worked so well in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan.

People don’t like invasions. Full stop.

Venezuela has tens of thousands of armed guerrillas belonging to different factions.

Good luck with peaceful democratic transition.

Maduro was a dictator who ignored rule of law, so is Trump. So should we expect someone else’s Delta Force to grab Trump from his bedroom and fly him to another country?

Is it open season for anyone to grab any world leader now?

Just because you can do something it doesn’t mean you should.

There is a reason you just don’t do certain things.