The capture of Nicolás Maduro and his wife was a highly successful operation in which all branches of the U.S. military participated. Compared to a major conflict, however, its scale was small. Similar precision would be demanded in a European, Middle Eastern, or Indo-Pacific conflict — or more likely, some combination of them. Today’s U.S. military structure — in which operations in those three regions are commanded by different U.S. senior officers and staffs — would find it difficult to replicate the unity that was an important key to the success of Operation Absolute Resolve.
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Seth Cropsey is the founder and president of Yorktown Institute.
