Comment by amunozo
3 days ago
I think most people agree about Maduro being horrible to Venezuela, but this has nothing to do with that. If this is legitimized, any president can be kidnapped by the US at will. This is a very dangerous precedent which a lot of people will regret when the bully turns against them and not their enemy.
Well for starters he quite clearly stole the election so he is not even the legitimate President. Beyond this he faces indictment for a large number of crimes in the United States and has been extradited to face trial for them.
It's just an excuse to remove an opponent from power and install a puppet. Believing that that's the reason is of extreme naivety. This does not mean that Maduro being out of power is a bad thing, but believing this has anything with law or democracy is ridiculous.
A country indicted a foreign leader for crimes their nation will not prosecute.
Just the other day, half of the Maduro supporters here on HN were expressing outrage over US interference regarding just this the same thing, in a reversal of principles and roles. What we are witnessing on this board is a raw demonstration of politics and power. Who or what principle you support merely depends on where folks sit.
Both sides of this debate make fair points-- what's regrettable is that so many participants seem unwilling or unable to recognize they are reflexively taking the position opposite the US, or Israel and lack any sounder organizing principle.
As usual, things are complex. Maduro out of power is a good thing, the way of removing him is dangerous.
> If this is legitimized
Russia tried to do this to Zelensky and Bush Sr. did do it to Noriega in 1990.