Bryan Brulotte: Venezuela op was a measured response to Maduro's state-sanctioned criminal enterprise |
Removing the dictator without triggering the collapse of the state was the best possible outcome
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Once the initial shock faded, a clearer understanding of events in Venezuela has begun to emerge. What unfolded over the weekend — as the U.S. launched air strikes and captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro — was not a sweeping regime-change campaign, nor an impulsive display of American force. It was a limited, disciplined operation with defined objectives and notable restraint.
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That does not mean there won’t be broader political consequences. Any intervention of this magnitude carries a risk of escalation, and events could yet evolve into a deeper transformation of Venezuela’s governing order. Yet what matters is not how this episode may later be repurposed, but what it was at the moment it occurred.
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