After last weekend's military raid and the capture of Maduro, the administration is treating the Monroe Doctrine like a personal shopping list. The White House is currently oscillating between "liberation" and "acquisition," leaving the rest of the world wondering if America will ever get back into the "promoting democracy" business or if we're just a very aggressive management consultancy for a global Mob family.

Rubio is playing the part of the colonial administrator, but nobody seems to have a plan for what happens on Monday morning. Do we own the hellhole now? Are we leasing the oil fields, or do we own them outright? Have we left the commie dictatorship in place, sans the top guy?

It's the "Interventionist MAGA" paradox: they hate foreign wars right up until the moment they see a map they want to redraw and gas they want to pump.