The Trump administration has been adamant that the mission to capture former Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro was a “law enforcement” operation, and not an act of war, even though it involved nearly 200 U.S. service members and more than 150 aircraft.

At multiple moments during a press conference last Saturday, the president, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth emphasized that the decision to deploy members of Delta Force, the Army’s most elite unit, to Caracas was a law enforcement operation with military support.