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Word of the Week: What makes a military attack ‘kinetic’?

The Trump administration labeled military actions against Venezuela as 'kinetic strikes,' framing them as protective measures against drug threats and to secure Maduro's arrest, officials said.

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By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — When Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah first learned over the weekend that US forces had struck Venezuela and abducted its leader, he wanted answers. Without the approval of Congress, he wondered, what justified this attack inside another country? Two hours later, he got an answer from Secretary of State Marco Rubio. “Just got off the phone with @SecRubio,” Lee wrote on X. “He informed me that Nicolás Maduro has been …

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Word of the Week: What makes a military attack ‘kinetic’?

“Kinetic” — from the Greek kinētikos, meaning putting in motion — has become a recurring word for government officials talking about US aggression against Venezuela.

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