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In reply to the discussion: Tillerson says Venezuelan military may turn on Maduro [View all]yurbud
(39,405 posts)37. so...we don't like oligarchs in Russia, but we should like them in Venezuela?
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Tell me again how Shitler and his henchman are not covertly underming yet another too far
Fred Sanders
Feb 2018
#1
Intelligent comments like mine that insult no one but Shitler recognize history. Sad others
Fred Sanders
Feb 2018
#12
The situation in the United States is nowhere near the situation in Venezuela
GatoGordo
Feb 2018
#17
The VZ military is likely the last hope of the country. Otherwise the pop will continue to flee.
7962
Feb 2018
#8
I was just thinking how quiet it seemed to be, in the media, about Latin America.
Mc Mike
Feb 2018
#9
No one needs to destabilize Venz., they have done that just fine on their own.
EX500rider
Feb 2018
#54
we already tried this trick on Chavez. Most of the military AND people backed Chavez
yurbud
Feb 2018
#16
because of the collapse of the price of oil. I suppose common folks wouldn't have noticed
yurbud
Feb 2018
#35
Maduro and the Chavistas are the 1%. Chavez' daughter Maria is worth over $4 billion.
GatoGordo
Feb 2018
#47
Maduro was a bus driver then a union leader oddly, I had to get through a lot of right wing sources
yurbud
Feb 2018
#70
It was well on its way before Chavez died. This would have resulted if he'd lived.
7962
Feb 2018
#44
The military is fully infiltrated over the last 18 years with Cuban advisers and sympathizers
GatoGordo
Feb 2018
#19
Because he's attempting to spin our heads, by backing the people who always back oligarchs,
Mc Mike
Feb 2018
#49
But your "assessment" is laughable. You skip over the reasons for oil being higher.
7962
Feb 2018
#50
That's often what we say when we read an editorial that validates our biases.
LanternWaste
Feb 2018
#75
Its what I say when I read FACTS. Do you dispute them? Then provide contrary evidence. You wont.
7962
Feb 2018
#77
If that is your idea of a well thought out rebuttal I would ask your schools for a refund.
EX500rider
Feb 2018
#80
The Venz. govt has ruined their economy so the people of Venz. are suffering.
EX500rider
Feb 2018
#73