The Conservative leader’s stance is clear, but if it's responsible or popular is another matter. Carney made clear Canada is not on board

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It seems clear that there was great excitement in the Poilievre household on Saturday morning, as news of the surgical strike by U.S. special forces in Venezuela filtered through.

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Pierre Poilievre’s wife, Anaida, is Venezuelan, and like many of her fellow citizens, she likely rejoiced in the arrest and deportation of the illegitimate president Nicolás Maduro.

By 9:36 a.m. the Conservative leader had posted on social media his congratulations to American President Donald Trump for arresting the “narco-terrorist and socialist dictator.”

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“The legitimate winner of the most recent Venezuelan election, Edmundo González should take office, along with the courageous hero of the Venezuelan people, (opposition leader) Maria Corina Machado,” he said. “Down with socialism, long live freedom.”

At that moment, it was a reasonable position for a Canadian political leader to take. The U.S. intervention could not be justified under international law as a targeted action during an armed conflict, as the killing of Osama Bin Laden was. But the case for self-defence, or even “the responsibility to protect” principle........

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