"There was a time when American power at least felt obligated to explain itself. Even when U.S. military interventions were legally dubious or strategically incoherent, they arrived wrapped in language: humanitarian necessity, international norms, shared security. The explanations were often thin and sometimes cynical, but they served a purpose. They preserved the idea that power was supposed to answer to something beyond itself."
"This weekend, under the orders of President Donald Trump, the United States launched a brief military operation in Venezuela, striking targets in Caracas and capturing President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, who were flown to New York to face federal charges. The operation was conducted without congressional authorization or international approval. In the aftermath, administration officials did not bother with legal justification. They did not invoke international law. They asserted authority."
American power once arrived accompanied by legal and normative justifications such as humanitarian necessity, international norms, and shared security. Recent actions show a shift away from that pretense, with rules no longer invoked as constraints. A U.S. operation in Venezuela seized President Nicolas Maduro and his wife without congressional authorization or international approval. Administration officials offered no legal justification and emphasized authority instead of law. Secretary of State Marco Rubio framed hemispheric dominance as geography plus power, and relevant interviewers offered no substantive challenge when asked for legal or treaty basis.
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