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The praise from U.S. Navy Secretary John Phelan for the recent operation to seize Nicolás Maduro was not empty rhetoric — it was a salute to American grit and the lethal professionalism of our armed forces. On Sunday Night in America Phelan called the mission a “masterclass in precision and execution,” and any patriot who watched knows he was describing the very best of our military.
In the early hours of January 3, 2026, U.S. forces executed a coordinated operation that resulted in the capture of Venezuela’s embattled dictator and his transfer to U.S. custody to face narco-terrorism charges. This was not a half-hearted diplomatic bluff; it was a full-spectrum mission to remove a man accused of using state power to traffic poison into our streets.
What happened was the product of skill, planning, and the willingness to act when weaker administrations would have looked the other way. Operation Absolute Resolve combined special operations, aviation and naval assets in a surgical fashion that minimized American casualties while achieving maximum effect — the kind of decisive action our enemies understand without us having to wave a flag.
For conservatives who have long argued that the Western Hemisphere must be defended and that the Monroe Doctrine still matters, this moment is vindication. President Trump’s insistence on enforcing American interests and holding drug-running tyrants to account wasn’t reckless; it was resolute leadership that put American security first and reminded adversaries that our nation will not be passive.
Of course the usual international crowd — from Beijing and Moscow to the UN spin machine — rushed to condemn America’s action, whining about sovereignty while ignoring the rivers of cocaine fueling violence on our streets. Their outrage exposes the double standard: they defend dictators until those dictators threaten American lives and families, at which point they suddenly rediscover “international law” as a shield for criminal regimes.
Let’s be blunt: this was about drugs, terrorism, and national security, not Instagram virtue signaling. Maduro faces serious federal charges in the Southern District of New York, and bringing him to justice is exactly what the American people demanded after years of watching cartel-backed regimes poison our border communities.
Hardworking Americans should stand with the troops and with leaders who have the backbone to act, while demanding clear plans from Washington on what comes next for the Venezuelan people. If we intend to stabilize the region and choke off the cartels, that means supporting our brave servicemembers, pushing for tough but lawful governance in the aftermath, and finally getting serious about Cuba’s role in the hemisphere.
