Well, I hope that this is a negotiating tactic and applying pressure, turning the screws on Nicolas Maduro, obviously not going to be an apologist for his regime that has caused suffering to millions of Venezuelans and people throughout Central and South America. But To go in and attack and engage in aggressive conflict with Venezuela, certainly without a UN Security Council resolution or authorization from Congress would be very inappropriate. And for a very thin justification, which they're using. I mean, this president, on the one hand, if you think about it, he wants to pardon a leader of Honduras, a leader accused of being a drug smuggler, facilitating drugs into the United States. (06:33–06:50)
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