There’s a big difference between kidnapping the president of a country and kidnapping somebody who is internationally wanted and who the country in question denies harbouring.

Maduro was wanted in the US for a host of alleged crimes. And the problem wasn't Pakistan hiding Bin Laden, it was their refusal to release him. If he was living in Ahmadabad openly, we'd have still gone in.

Sure, both are violations of international law, but one is easy more serious than the other.

One of them is more popular than the other. That's the only difference. Get enough Americans especially angry at Maduro and the Caracas raid earns far more cheers than jeers.

That's what has hobbled the Trump administration more than his Bush and Reagan era peers. People like him less. The policies haven't really changed.

It's a realistic thought. You can cling to moral ideology, but it won't save you from the hard stop at the end of your long rope.

Trump's official power is a directly consequence of his loyal military goon squads. That power ends where the US capacity to inflict violence terminates. J6 failed because the police sided with Congress and the incoming President. The next one won't fail, because all those liberal loyalists will have been purged from their roles.