Dennis Prager argues the U.S. has legitimate reason to act against Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, citing drug trafficking through Venezuela into America and China, Russia, and Iran's geopolitical presence there. He says millions of Venezuelans are celebrating Maduro's removal, framing it as security-driven rather than a moral question.
This is why the notion that America has no interest in the world, its only interest is America, never struck me as rational, let alone not moral, but we'll leave morality out for the moment. What Venezuela is doing as a conduit of drugs and as a base for China and Russia and Iran. I mean, these are threats to the United States. As a general rule, we don't want to be known as a country that arrests foreign leaders and takes them out of their countries. But if anyone deserves it, It's Maduro. Also, for those who oppose what was done, I would love them to speak to the millions of Venezuelans who are crying from happiness that this was done. Does that matter at all to them? I have to say it does matter to me. This is a country that has been a conduit for drugs into America. And as I said, a base for the enemies of the United States, Beijing, Moscow, and Tehran. But I can't see on what grounds one could truly oppose what has happened.
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