How US Forces KIDNAPPED Venezuelan President? | The Full Story | Dhruv Rathee
Dhruv Rathee presents a fictional/speculative scenario in which US Delta Force commandos kidnap Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in a January 2026 operation called 'Absolute Resolve.' The video argues that oil, not drug trafficking, was the true motivation, and critiques the operation as illegal under both US law and international law. The content blends this hypothetical narrative with real geopolitical context about US-Venezuela relations.
Summary
The video opens with a dramatized account of a fictional January 3, 2026 US military operation in which Delta Force commandos, operating under President Trump's direct watch, infiltrate Caracas, Venezuela, and capture President Nicolas Maduro from his residence. The operation, called 'Absolute Resolve,' allegedly involved 150 aircraft from 20 bases, a cyberattack cutting power to Caracas, airstrikes destroying radar systems, and helicopter insertion at low altitude to avoid detection. Maduro was reportedly taken to the USS Iwo Jima, then to Guantanamo Bay, and finally to a New York air base.
Rathee then provides historical context for US-Venezuela tensions, tracing the root cause to oil. Venezuela holds the world's largest proven crude oil reserves at 303 billion barrels, and American refineries were historically built to process Venezuelan heavy crude. Relations deteriorated after Hugo Chavez nationalized the oil industry in 2001, expelling American companies. A failed US-backed coup in 2002 and subsequent sanctions followed. After Maduro took power in 2013, the US escalated pressure, eventually blocking Venezuelan oil exports.
The official US justification — drug trafficking charges against Maduro — is challenged by Rathee, who cites expert analysis showing Venezuela is a minor cocaine transit country, with most US-bound cocaine coming from Colombia, Guatemala, and Mexico. He also notes that fentanyl, the leading cause of US overdose deaths, originates from Mexico, not Venezuela. Trump's post-operation statements calling Venezuela's oil nationalization 'the greatest theft in American history' are presented as the real motivation.
The video criticizes the operation as illegal under both US constitutional law (requiring Congressional approval for war) and the UN Charter's Article 2(4) prohibiting military force against sovereign nations. Global condemnation from Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, the UN Secretary General, China, and Russia is noted. Rathee argues that allowing such actions sets a dangerous precedent that could embolden China and Russia, potentially leading toward a new world war. The video closes by suggesting the operation may also serve as a distraction from the Epstein files and rape allegations against Trump.
Key Insights
- Rathee argues that Trump's true motivation for the Venezuela operation was oil, citing Trump's own post-operation statement calling Venezuela's nationalization of its oil industry 'the greatest theft in the history of America' — framing a sovereign nation's control of its own resources as theft from the US.
- Rathee contends that the drug trafficking justification for the operation is factually weak, noting that Venezuela is a minor cocaine transit country whose exports go mostly to Europe, not America, and that fentanyl — the leading cause of US overdose deaths — comes from Mexico, not Venezuela.
- Rathee points out that Trump violated US constitutional law by launching the Venezuela operation without Congressional approval, which is required for acts of war — a standard that even George W. Bush followed before invading Iraq in 2003.
- Rathee draws a parallel between the false WMD justification used for the Iraq War and the drug trafficking charges against Maduro, citing Maduro himself as having predicted this framing — that since America couldn't accuse Venezuela of nuclear weapons, they invented drug charges instead.
- Rathee warns that the Venezuela operation sets a globally dangerous precedent, arguing that if America is permitted to kidnap a sitting president to seize another nation's resources without accountability, China and Russia may seek to do the same, pushing the world toward a third world war.
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