> Trump also promised US oil companies would move into the country and warned the US would stage a second attack if needed.

> He also said the US would sell oil to other countries.

> Venezuela's government described the attack as an attempt to seize "Venezuela's strategic resources, particularly its oil and minerals" in an attempt to "forcibly break the political independence of the nation".

Wait did Trump just admit that the US has effectively enslaved Venezuela as a resource colony? I find this threat to attack them again for oil to be completely immoral. But what happened to the stopping drugs narrative? Even that changed from stopping fentanyl to stopping cocaine. Just two weeks ago Rubio and Hegseth lied to Congress when they said their involvement in Venezuela wasn’t about regime change. And that also changed? What consequences should these people face?

Is this a new kind of "extraordinary rendition" compared to times past? Usually, it would be the CIA rather than the FBI, and it would be with the cooperation of at least some armed force of the economy from which a person is taken.

Or, are there other "precedents" for this operation apart from Noriega?

I believe the action(s) in Panama and Graneda were different, but I am unsure I can say why exactly. Maybe this action is actually .. not novel?

Please note, I am not discussing it's legality, morality, only if it's actually novel in some way.

Trump gave us a hint: Colombia.