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Armstrong & Getty On Demand

An Impossible Mission. Mike Lyons Talks to A&G.

Armstrong & Getty On Demand

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Society & Culture, Daily News, News

4.83.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2026

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Military analyst Mike Lyons joins Armstrong & Getty to talk about the masterfully executed mission conducted by the U.S. military to extricate Venezuela's president, Nicolas Maduro, from the presidential palace in Caracas.  

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:02.3

Guaranteed Human.

0:04.3

As the helicopter force ingressed towards the objective at low level, we arrived at Maduro's

0:10.2

compound at 1.01 a.m. Eastern Standard Time or 201 a.m. Caracas local time.

0:17.7

And the apprehension force descended into Maduro's compound and moved with speed,

0:23.9

precision, and discipline towards their objective and isolated the area to ensure the safety

0:29.9

and security of the ground force while apprehending the indicted persons.

0:35.0

So how old is Maduro?

0:37.7

I got to think he get woken up from a sound sleep,

0:41.1

and there's a bunch of, you know,

0:44.0

U.S. super secret special forces guys.

0:48.5

Special forces dudes with guns and flashlights and stuff in your face.

0:51.2

It takes a while to get your bearings.

0:53.3

You got to have at least one thought that, wow, this is a weird dream.

0:57.3

He's 63. Yeah, it took me a little while to, wait a second, I ate some place of food last night.

1:02.4

What's going on here?

1:03.6

Right, right. Well, General Kane, they're describing the critical, kind of, you know, the climactic moments of the raid and coming across Maduro, we skipped past where he helps us understand the incredible complexity and sophistication of the operation.

1:23.6

And for that analysis, what a pleasure it is for the first time of the year to talk to military analyst Mike Lyons about this awesome, awesome demonstration of American capability.

1:33.5

Mike, how are you, sir?

1:34.4

Do you have a good holiday season?

1:35.6

Hey, good morning, guys.

1:36.4

Happy New Year.

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