Comment by fooker

> we just pulled off the most high profile abduction of a geopolitical rival in history

We literally did the same thing in 1989 [1]. Russia planned to do it to Zelensky when they first invaded.

None of this makes it okay. But it's hyperbolic to say it's unprecedented, even in U.S. history.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_invasion_of_Pana...