Might makes right? Then US president Barack Obama, who authorized the raid, said, “Justice has been done” – and the world largely agreed with him. * * *Maduro’s capture was more surgical than the US invasion of Panama, ordered by then president George H.W. But that operation to depose a Latin American leader did not raise as much concern as the capture of Maduro. The fear is that if the international rules will be replaced by might makes right, states like ours with no credible self-defense capability are doomed.

Source: Philippine Star January 06, 2026 20:31 UTC