SPECTATOR AUSTRALIA
The hypocrisy of the Maduro fanclub
Brendan O’Neill
January 6, 2026

…The hypocrisy of the Maduro fanclub has really been brought home by the response of Hamas itself. It has slammed America’s ‘abduction’ of Maduro, calling it a ‘grave violation of international law’. Where to begin? These Nazi-lite kidnappers of more than 200 Jews really think they can lecture others about the immorality of cross-border abduction? These are hitherto untapped levels of cant. At least the US will treat Maduro with dignity, rather than starving and torturing him in an underground den. Iran, too, has condemned the ‘illegal’ kidnapping of Maduro. Listen, if you send proxy armies of anti-Semites to kidnap Jews, and lock up young women for the crime of yearning for freedom, nobody wants to hear your thoughts on ‘criminal aggression’. China is calling on the US to free Maduro. How about you free the Uyghur people first from the iron fist of your ruthless ‘re-education’?  READ MORE

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