WaPo's use of the word "viceroy" expresses its own opinion — though few readers will have any idea what that opinion is and many will mistake it for an official title that has been given to Rubio. It's not.
Wikipedia says: "A viceroy is an official who reigns over a polity in the name of and as the representative of the monarch of the territory. The term derives from the Latin prefix vice-, meaning 'in the place of' and the Anglo-Norman roy (Old French roi, roy), meaning "king.' This denotes the position as one who acts on behalf of a king or monarch. A viceroy's territory may be called a viceroyalty...."
I guess this is raw meat for the "no kings" crowd. But then again, maybe it's just a tidbit for those of us who enjoy alliteration: Viceroy of Venezuela. Maybe "governor" is a more appropriate word, but save that for the Washington Post headline when we take over Greenland. Just an alliteration joke. I think the right answer is that no title at all is appropriate for what Rubio is doing and a descriptive phrase like "who is taking the lead role" is best.
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This is a good job for Rubio. Way better than trying to sell amnesty to Republicans.
Hopefully he found his calling.
This shouldn't be so hard- much easier than it was in Iraq or Afghanistan- you already have an "elected" government to drop into this and you also have the stunning object lesson of Maduro in a blindfold on a helicopter being taken to jail- the Venezuelan military will almost certainly cooperate in the transition in power. One might well want to hold another election just to make the point.
No Kings !
Another opinion piece pretending to be a news article. Tell us who this senior official is, or its just the reporter's opinion.
There are smart educated Venezuelans who can atep in and run their country if given the right structures, opportunity and support.
Isn't it great? We're now in charge of a South American country. How many $Billions are going to be thrown down this rat hole? Boots on the ground? That's coming up next. With GIs dying for no reason.
But Rubio gets to play "Viceroy" - so its all good. So much more interesting than being a Senator and having to do "Boring" domestic policy.
How convenient, and how lazy, for the media to hide behind this 'condition of anonymity'. It allows everybody to 'speak freely', including the hacks conducting the interviews - free to dissemble, distract, misdirect, so forth. What an innovation, a labor-saving (plot) device for use on the Fourth Estate.
Wouldn't it be great if people like Brzezinski, Vindman, Rubio, either stayed in their homeland and fought, or left their axes to grind behind when they came to the US?
The only good thing about this mess, is with the USA bogged down in South America the chances of us attacking or invading Iran are going down to zero. We only have so much military power, and fighting a two front war is beyond us.
And maybe this is a way to get our troops out of Europe. Plead with Miss Lindsey and McCainiacs in the Senate that we need those troops for South America and protecting Israel.
Our problem is that the people who are fluent in the languages of these areas hired into our foreign policy establishment bring their axes to grind with them, in fact that's what motivates them to seek the jobs, not the national interest of the United States.
I just assume that when they use an anonymous source, its the reporter/editor. First, they can talk to sources and find someone who says what they want. Second, they can twist the sources words and there's nothing he can do about it. Third, the actual source may not have any true "insider" information. He's just the reporter's friend.
Sorry, the Wapo and NYT's have zero credibility - we have no reason to trust them.
Either the Russian air defense systems are a complete paper tiger, or heavy bribes were paid, and the military decided that it was better to give up Maduro than to fight an all out war with the US.
On the one hand, one can imagine that our stealth fighters overcame their air defenses, but on the other, heavy slow moving helicopters which are not stealth, and which are highly vulnerable to MANPADs went through without a scratch, suggests that the Venezuelan military simply refused to fight.
This is the same technique that we used in Syria to replace Assad with the head choppers who have been slaughtering Christians there ever since we put them in power.
Pushing China's influence out of central and south America - is in our interest.
It's possible that the Venezuelan military handed Maduro over, and that at bottom this is a military coup. Our guys didn't have to go searching for him.
I watched two minutes of Carleton College alum Jonathan Capeheart this AM whine about how Trump can’t run Venezuela because he let healthcare subsidies expire. As if!
I saw Rubio twice in person when he ran for President and he is one impressive - and competent - guy. He is in his wheelhouse when it comes to foreign policy. He is one superb communicator. Did you see how great he was yesterday?
America should have high confidence in him.
The generations of Venezuela who lived and prospered under their own brand of democratic norms, are alive and well. We are not over there trying to reinvent the wheel. Well, put it this way, we don't have to --reinvent the wheel.
Venezuela is not Irak, much less Afghanistan. I hope I'm stating the obvious, which is not obvious to me, that it is obvious to people with megaphones.
Why set ourselves up expecting the worst in people to prevail?
Vindman was offered the Ukrainian Department of Defense Job, and holds 3 passports. He's been spending most of his time since March 2022, helping Ukraine get weapons and of course waving the American flag and playing his "I was an American War Hero" card.
And who was that fuckhead Bush put in charge of Iraq? Rubio won’t make the same mistakes.
RC Oceans:
The oil sales will pay for everything.
Rubio has grown immensely in his role as Secretary of State. He's been given a wide range of sensitive and very difficult assignments and has handled all of them very capably, projecting not just competence but also an air of executive power.
I had assumed that Vance would by the sure candidate for President in 2028, but Rubio's ascent certainly creates a new dynamic. As a Hispanic, he could catch a wave of popular interest with the huge number of previously imported Hispanics. What delicious irony that would be for the Democrats to savor.
Peachy said... "Pushing China's influence out of central and south America - is in our interest."
Big time.
Bremer yes he was a tool,
This raid on Venezuela is a distraction to the big event this week: The uplisting of Fannie and Freddie this week. Hello US Sovereign Wealth Fund. Hello lower borrowing costs. Hello $20 pps.
Dave Begley said...
And who was that fuckhead Bush put in charge of Iraq? Rubio won’t make the same mistakes.
Woah woah woah... Don't get all crazy now.
There is no reason to trust Rubio with anything. He needs to do what he is told.
No kings, but czars everywhere.
But debaathification was one way to skin the cat
What do you do with troublemakers like cabello or assam
Jaq said...
Either the Russian air defense systems are a complete paper tiger, or heavy bribes were paid, and the military decided that it was better to give up Maduro than to fight an all out war with the US.
Embrace the power of And.
Also if you want to see how these systems fair in the wild look at the India Pakistan war that happened several months ago.
Pakistan had Russian made stuff. It is at least 2 generations behind what India had.
It is unlikely Russia sells their latest gen tech to places like Venezuela.
The net effect is that we are much more likely to trust the words of people like Rubio, because we have evidence of the subsequent actions to back up what they say they are going to do. Only deranged people don't have the capacity to remember words then compare them to actions, while disregarding the bluster. Venezuela's going to go through a rough patch while they get their leadership sorted out, but now they are driven by hope in numbers, instead of despair. They'll be OK as long as they don't get hoodwinked by Marxism again.
I read the William Manchester book on MacArthur. MacArthur was the American Viceroy in Japan immediately after the war. I think it's fair to say that the American Occupation of Japan went a lot better than the American Occupation of Iraq. A lot of the credit for that belongs to MacArthur. He resisted the effort. He gave the Emperor a pass and the doctor who tortured American airmen to death only served a few years in prison......You can make a reasonable argument that the Emperor participated in Japan's bad decisions, but you can't deny that things would have gone much worse without the Emperor's acquiescence to American occupation.....I hope Rubio makes the right decisions, but the guess here is that the left will treat him as a worse criminal than Maduro. Probably not a worse criminal than Trump, but definitely a worse criminal than Maduro.
I'd prefer the term "Boss". Simply the guy who decides stuff. No royal or electoral connotation.
The big mistake is thinking one person has to make a "dizzying array of policy decisions." That's the big government/Progressive view of the world, it's what Maduro was doing, and it has led to disaster everywhere it's been tried.
Create security, get out of the way, and let the people decide for themselves how problems should be addressed. Free people and free markets is the only sane path forward.
Aggie said...
Hopefully we can all learn the limitations of universal suffrage.
A country that does not place limits and responsibilities on voting will end up a marxist shithole at some point.
But the persil agsinst court members like prince chiribuchi (sic) still rankles
The set up in afghanistsn was like a chenga
I think the culture of the natives is the most important determinate of how a regime change goes. Germany and Japan went well because of the civilized and organized nature of both cultures. Afghanistan is a perfect example of the opposite, and why nobody has ever done it there. I'm no expert, but I think of Venezuelan cure as much closer to the civilized end of the spectrum and expect it to go better than most recent attempts. There is an issue with the gangs there who were enjoying the situation until the U.S. upset their apple cart. The locals with help need make their life tough, because us doing it will be a mess.
The Venezuelan government is still intact? I don't see why they would listen to Rubio.
I love alliteration, too. However, nothing starting with G inspires me regarding Greenland. There's Grandee of Greenland, but that seems very forced. However, given its Viking history, Jarl of Greenland works for me. It was the title of Eric the Red.
Sorry. I meant to say that the New Deal Democrats were critical of MacArthur's light treatment of the Emperor and other assorted war criminals, but MacArthur kept his own counsel and allowed them entry into the occupation government. I don't know how Rubio or whoever gets things organized. I wish him luck. It will be a difficult task and it will not be made easier by the sage advice of people like Mamdani..
"Create security, get out of the way, and let the people decide for themselves how problems should be addressed. Free people and free markets is the only sane path forward."
Agreed, assuming the culture sustains it.
A lot of wise words in this essay.
If we can't get Exxon Mobil ConocoPhillips and Chevron back in country to exploit the oil reserves, it's all for nothing.
1/4/26, 10:32 AM
We regime changed Afghanistan just fine in 1979 when we put the jihadis in power. (Yes, I know that the story is that Jimmy Carter's National Security Adviser was just making it up when he admitted this, but I don't buy it.) The problem is prying them out of power when their usefulness is done.
Government of the people, by the people, and for the people. Or have our friends on the left forgotten or rejected even this? It isn’t about ownership and control.
And it *certainly* isn’t about “experts”.
We could have gotten all of the heavy oil that we wanted from Alberta, but mr pipeline killer, Joe Biden, seems to have made a habit of destroying pipelines that provided cheap and reliable energy.
One thing I believe needs clarification in the short term, and would go a long way toward bringing rapprochement to the status quo is this: What is the status of the election last year, now that Maduro has been removed? Are the election results considered to be valid and final? Where did the United Nations land on this issue, where do they stand? Where does the elected Venezuelan government stand? Is there a need to a fresh round of elections, overseen by a recognized authority (like the UN) to ratify / certify / endorse the winners and losers, so that the cronies surrounding Maduro are removed from power, if that is the will of the voters?
What room is there in the national charter / constitution to ratify the previous election results? Would Venezuela like to have a constitutional convention to strengthen / revise their existing 1999 version, the one that enabled Chavez to rise to power, and Maduro to perpetuate it? These are questions that are in urgent need of resolution. What a fascinating process to see.
bagoh20 said...
I think the culture of the natives is the most important determinate of how a regime change goes. Germany and Japan went well because of the civilized and organized nature of both cultures.
Venezuela could follow a very similar path. But it only works if people learn from history.
People in a country can handle a certain amount of freedom. Japan and Germany thrived while they were occupied and limited in governance by a protestant christian occupying force.
If there is something in it for the United States then it is worth it for us to participate in this project. Together and organized properly this can work well.
But people need to be honest about why Germany and Japan succeeded after WWII and why Germany is a failing state now.
They succeed under protestant christian occupation. The reason capitalism works is the frame it is allowed to thrive in. Capitalism fails when it moves outside this frame.
Hopefully we can all learn the limitations of universal suffrage.
A country that does not place limits and responsibilities on voting will end up a marxist shithole at some point.
I agree. This deserves to be fleshed out.
It can't be merely a property-ownership qualification as in the old days. We don't need soft, useless trust-fund kids governing us any more than we need welfare leeches voting themselves largesse from the public treasury.
It needs to be people with a stake in the future or who have earned it by some other contribution to the nation.
Here are my thoughts. The franchise should extend only to an individual who:
1) Has paid net taxes on W-2 wages for the past 5 years, or 20 years cumulative in one's lifetime.
2) Has not taken welfare handouts for the past 5 years. Social security exempt, as long as item 1 is also met. 1 year of unemployment benefits also exempt.
3) Has an honorable discharge from the military
4) Is a mother of 2 or more children born in lawful wedlock (no reward for bastardy).
5) Has adopted and raised to adulthood 2 or more children.
6) Has earned a college degree in a hard science or engineering field, or other field of study designated as critical - and we need to be ruthless on excluding toilet-paper "communications" type degrees, artsy fartsy shit, and identity-politics scab picking and grievance mongering studies.
7) Has founded a business employing at least 10 other individuals for at least 5 years each.
Other suggestions...?
Some people like Jaq should probably abandon the internet, and all news services, and amuse themeelves with wood carving and making maple syrup, or whatever it is they do in their quaint villages. They can't deal with big things.
Howard said...
If we can't get Exxon Mobil ConocoPhillips and Chevron back in country to exploit the oil reserves, it's all for nothing.
Someone has to organize the capital. You just can't let them run it. That was the failure with putting Cheney in charge.
A lot of solid 6 figure salaries could be created here for people to exploit all of this if done right.
I think the right answer is that no title at all is appropriate...
"Not too strong, not too light... Viceroys' got... the taste that's right! "
Canada is not a heavy oil substitute for Venezuela. Its all a global pool. The more oil can get to market the more efficient the market and the cheaper the oil. Globally.
Hassayamper said...
2) Has not taken welfare handouts for the past 5 years. Social security exempt, as long as item 1 is also met. 1 year of unemployment benefits also exempt.
Disagree. As soon as you start taking social security or unemployment you are done voting until you get a job.
The most important thing a person must prove in that they can see the affects of their actions after they are dead.
As soon as you start taking from the system you no longer have incentive for the system to last long term.
Only people who are contributing to the future after they die should determine the direction of the State.
+1 to Aggie's comment at 10:37 AM.
6) Has earned a college degree in a hard science or engineering field, or other field of study designated as critical - and we need to be ruthless on excluding toilet-paper "communications" type degrees, artsy fartsy shit, and identity-politics scab picking and grievance mongering studies.
No.
If it allows you to get a job that meets other requirements the degree was worth the investment.
The biggest change I've noticed from Trump 45 to Trump 47 is that Trump 47 is even more willing to openly talk about what he wants to do and how he is going about it. Not less. That is Incredible, given what's happened.
If Rubio avoids back door dealing, too many close room meetings, and tries to be as transparent as possible, I think he can help the Venezuelans.
Jaq (9:54 AM): Marco Rubio was born in Miami. Are you suggesting that it is not part of the U.S. homeland?
Under Spain the viceroy of Chile was Ambrose Bernard O'Higgins, 1st Marques of Osorno (Ireland)
The Spanish territory of chile covered most of South America other than Brazil and Venezuela & Columbia.
Ambrosio son, Bernardo O'Higgins liberated the Chile territory from Spain.
He and Simon bivar are the great liberators of South America
John henry
Aggie said...
One thing I believe needs clarification in the short term, and would go a long way toward bringing rapprochement to the status quo is this: What is the status of the election last year, now that Maduro has been removed?
I don't know who Guaido is or what he stood for. Sec...
So Guaido's Economic Recovery and Free-Market Reforms:
1. Stabilize the economy by anchoring the exchange rate to control hyperinflation.
Capital controls. No.
Dismantle price controls, arbitrary regulations, and expropriations; promote private property rights and entrepreneurship.
Yes.
Reactivate the oil industry (Venezuela's main export) through international investment and recapitalization.
Yes
Attract massive foreign financing via multilateral organizations, debt restructuring, and recovery of stolen assets.
Sounds like WEF. No.
Recapitalize banks, reactivate capital markets, and promote competition to "liberate productive forces."
That isn't how things work. No.
At most I would let these people organize local police and local courts.
Don’t forget we waited until the Chinese Delegation with Maduro retired to their hotel before showing just how quickly we overcame the CCP-supplied anti-aircraft batteries of various types along with the substandard Russian AA crap.
When we take over Iran, he can be the Ayatollah of Rock-n-Rollah! CC, JSM
Well assets need to be recovered: it is a chicken and egg question without a stable society you dont ger reliable investment
See oligarchs shipping cash out to points west
Historical trivia
OPEC was founded by a Venezuela economist in the 1950s.it was based directly on the Texas Railroad Commission which regulated the Texas oil industry
John Henry
@Yancy Ward 10:26 excellent essay
"Viceroy" (virrey) naturally comes to mind, given Rubio's Spanish ancestry.
He and Simón BolÃvar are the great liberators of South America
San Martin still don't get no respect. Neither does BolÃvar's sidekick Sucre.
Well they named the equadorian capital afterhinm
"Marco Rubio was born in Miami. Are you suggesting that it is not part of the U.S. homeland?"
Why is he still obsessed with Cuba then? Why are the politics of a country where he does not live taking up such a large part of his brain space.
My mother was a war bride, from WWII, she never spoke her native language in our home to us children, only English, and certainly never concerned herself with the politics of her former country, because she considered herself American. I thought that was what America First meant.
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I think that "satrap" is the right term.
If you rephrase it, I bet Venezuelans would love to have their oil exploited. That's how they got to be the richest nation in S.A..
Strange how leftists call a system that makes the people rich "exploitation", but the one that robs them into poverty is "warm liberation".
The difference between a free market system and a collective one in practice is that the free market creates wealth so fast and wide that the thieves can't even grab it fast enough to take it all.
But oil is a fickle staple the collapse in the 80s lead to the caracazo
I love how you all have gone from "America First, what other countries do is none of our business", to born-again colonialists--literally overnight.
If you look at the U.S.'s historical colonialist adventures in Latin America (and Haiti), the smart money is that this is going to turn into a huge clusterfuck.
Who goes in and removes the president of a country, leaves zero forces behind to stabilize it, and crows about it is going to produce untold wealth not only for the Venezuelans but the U.S. as well?
Fucking idiots, that's who.
Now do Grenada.
"Fucking idiots, that's who."
Just like the fucking idiots who voted for Hillary —We came! We saw! He died! [chortle, guffaw]— Clinton and Joe —Let's Bring the World to the Brink of WWIII— Biden.
All the right people are upset.
Let's hope that there is a fair trial, not like the show trials that the Democrats held against Trump, but an actual trial, with evidence and with a legitimate defense allowed. That could be interesting and settle a lot of questions.
bagoh20 said...
If you rephrase it, I bet Venezuelans would love to have their oil exploited. That's how they got to be the richest nation in S.A..
Exploitation is when you give people jobs.
Warm collectivism is when you steal money to run Somali day cares.
One of these makes a country rich.
Jaq said...
Let's hope that there is a fair trial, not like the show trials that the Democrats held against Trump, but an actual trial, with evidence and with a legitimate defense allowed. That could be interesting and settle a lot of questions.
I would prefer a plea deal and repatriation of some of the money he stole and letting him retire to some dacha somewhere after endorsing the new government.
"The Satrapy of Venezuela"
The fundamental problem is that the people at the top are going to be thieves, no matter what, and socialism gives too much license to the government to take from the people to create the huge pot to steal from. Under socialism, you are a bad person if you aren't willing to pay huge taxes to the government that the people at the top then steal.
Who goes in and removes the president of a country, leaves zero forces behind to stabilize it, and crows about it is going to produce untold wealth not only for the Venezuelans but the U.S. as well?
Fucking idiots, that's who.
Biden removed the president of Honduras and convicted him for drug trafficking.
But Freder wasn’t a fucking idiot when he supported that.
No Freder was very smart not like these other people who supported the same thing.
Who goes in and removes the president of a country, leaves zero forces behind to stabilize it, and crows about it is going to produce untold wealth not only for the Venezuelans but the U.S. as well?
You're right. We should have air-dropped thousands of pallet loads of AR-15's and ammo all over the country too, so the Chavista "colectivo" militias could be hunted down and slaughtered.
Nothing does more for a nation's liberty and national stability in the medium to long term than making sure every household has a rifle and the willingness to use it to massacre Marxists. The short term would be unpleasant but necessary.
I love it when Field Marshal Fredo shares his military expertise with us.
How is Rubio going to govern? In order to be legitimate and effective, he must be able to enforce his decisions. Right now, anything he says is just noise. Unless there are 100,000 American troops in Venezuela, Rubio is powerless.
Instead, the Trump Administration should negotiate some sort of power sharing arrangement between the winner of the last election and the current regime. Elections will come in the future. Trump will stress the benefits of cooperating with the U.S. and it's companies. Trump can lift sanctions and even provide membership into NATO. There is significant aid available as well. This is an incredible opportunity for Venezuela to prosper and to no longer be an outcast. Trump can succeed here. But he needs to stay out.
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"Marco Rubio DROPS Margaret Brennan With a Cold Dose of Venezuelan REALITY"
They need to stop dropping her on her head. It's making her more stupid than ever.
Arresting Maduro was Step 1. Let's see how much soft power we bought with our exercise of hard power. Then there will be Step 2.
X
@DrewPavlou
"Luigi Mangione should be allowed to execute American civilians with zero consequences but Trump removing Maduro is Le “War Crime”
The left is a joke. Nobody cares what you idiots think anymore."
"I would prefer a plea deal and repatriation of some of the money he stole and letting him retire to some dacha somewhere after endorsing the new government."
Drug trafficking on the scale Maduro is charged with is a major federal crime (21 USC § 841(a)(1) – Distribution/Manufacturing/Possession with intent to Distribute). Over a metric ton of the stuff calls for life imprisonment, according to the statute. That's what he's facing. He's also suspected of conspiracy with Iran's theocracy to promote terrorism within the United States. If his lawyers are smart, they'll seek a plea bargain using Maduro's knowledge of that conspiracy as currency. In any case, he's likely to do a hard twenty years in the Florence supermax, where he'll be trading names and dates for Snickers bars.
People refused to speak on the record while saying that Rubio has a "big task" in front of him? What is so scary about that? Or is this just more really unsourced BS from WaPoo?
Yeah she needs to be sent to principals office
For anyone questioning the legality of attacking Venezuela and abducting their leader:
Remember we’re talking about a highly corrupt leader. A known criminal who’s used his high office to make billions for himself and has attempted to manipulate elections, has used his military against his own citizens, has protected his corrupt friends and punished his political enemies.
And the President of Venezuela did some pretty bad things too.
"Nothing does more for a nation's liberty and national stability in the medium to long term than making sure every household has a rifle and the willingness to use it to massacre Marxists."
It worked for Switzerland for centuries; they only recently were forced to cede their neutrality.
"The task in front of him is stupefying, said a senior U.S. official..."
It is surprising how many smart, well-schooled people haven't decoded journalistic newspeak. WaPo, NYT, and the other propaganda organs are lazy as well as mendacious. Trump has been extremely careful screening and disciplining his staff since his nasty experience with District scum during his first term. Consequently, no one with actual knowledge will talk to them. "Senior U.S. official" is a very slippery designation -- it could mean anything from a GS-15 in the United States Forest Service to a GS-6 in the General Services Administration scheduled for retirement next week. It all depends on all you define senior. The fact that the name has been withheld strongly suggests the person they found who would talk knows nothing about Venezuela that anyone could glean from Wikipedia.
"The fact that the name has been withheld strongly suggests the person they found who would talk knows nothing about Venezuela that anyone could glean from Wikipedia."
Or it's just a lie.
Biden removed the president of Honduras and convicted him for drug trafficking.
I know you're not that stupid, just a liar. The Honduras extradited him to the U.S. Comparing a legal, internationally recognized procedure, to what Trump has been doing to Venezuela over the last few months, is incredibly stupid and dishonest though.
So the big question is “who’s in charge”. If I were in Rubio’s position, I would find it hard to stay serious. My answer would probably be, “We’re considering tapping Joe Biden to lead Venezuela in the interim.”.
If the people of Venezuela want it, and our neighbors want it, and they do, then the task is one of cooperation, not delegation, not charity.
Freder Frederson said...
Biden removed the president of Honduras and convicted him for drug trafficking.
I know you're not that stupid, just a liar. The Honduras extradited him to the U.S. Comparing a legal, internationally recognized procedure, to what Trump has been doing to Venezuela over the last few months, is incredibly stupid and dishonest though.
LOL.
The only thing that made Maduro different was that Maduro had the Venezuelan army shoot the people that wanted to extradite him.
The man that Biden charged actually let the people who won the election have power.
You are just a piece of shit.
FF writes “… a legal, internationally recognized procedure…”
legal by what law and in what jurisdiction? and what exactly does internationally recognized mean? iit’s important that you let us know FF the answer to these questions so that the Venezuelan people who are suffering under Madero can bring a suit in that jurisdiction.
Lil Marco--currently Viceroy of Venezuela, soon to be Governor of Cuba, then Shah of Iran. He's got some tough years ahead of him.
I think he'd be closer to the provisional governor of Venezuela, same as the title Taft held when he was put in charge of Cuba during the second American occupation. As opposed to Governor General, the title Taft held in our Philippine colony, which was more directly analogous to the role of the Viceroy and Governor-General of India.
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"Anonymous source" and "making shit up" are indistinguishable.
Ignore "International Law". Ignore the Left. Punish the fraudsters.
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