Firing Lane

Operation Just Because: Trump's Maduro Extraction

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Switch your selector from safe to semi – because the world just went full auto.

In this explosive post-op episode, host Croaky Caiman breaks down the January 3, 2026, U.S. decapitation strike that snatched Nicolás Maduro from his bed in Caracas. Zero U.S. casualties. Dozens dead on the Venezuelan side. Maduro and his wife now in Brooklyn's MDC, pleading not guilty to the unsealed superseding indictment – all cocaine conspiracies, no fentanyl, just like Croaky called months ago.

No cheering. No panicking. Just raw, nuanced truth:

  • Was this legal? Legitimate? Dangerous? (Spoiler: All of the above.)
  • The fentanyl hype vs. the cocaine reality – and JD Vance's awkward mea culpa.
  • Mission creep incoming: Trump says "we're gonna run their oil... run the country." Quagmire alert?
  • Blowback risks, interim chaos with Delcy Rodríguez, protests in Caracas, global condemnation at the UN.
  • Why conservatives need to demand structure NOW – before the next president games the system.
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