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Mass desertion by troops is new blow to Maduro(Venezuela)
Times UK ^ | 5-9-2018 | Stephen Gibbs

Posted on 05/08/2018 6:40:21 PM PDT by ak267

Mass desertions from the army have forced Venezuela’s government to call up reservists and retired officers to provide security during this month’s much-criticised presidential elections.

(Excerpt) Read more at thetimes.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: 201805; maduro; socialism; venezuela

1 posted on 05/08/2018 6:40:21 PM PDT by ak267
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To: ak267

They don’t want to be hung too.


2 posted on 05/08/2018 6:41:54 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For phtos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: ak267

Here comes the end game. It will be from a specific class from their military academy, built on relationships.


3 posted on 05/08/2018 6:43:01 PM PDT by Salvavida
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To: ak267

https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/08/world/world-of-warcraft-token-worth-more-than-venezuelas-currency-trnd/


4 posted on 05/08/2018 6:46:19 PM PDT by ameribbean expat
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To: Salvavida

DUH!


5 posted on 05/08/2018 6:46:29 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: ak267

Give a Venezuelan a fish and you feed him for a day.

Give a Venezuelan an automatic rifle and he can get rid of the commies that ruined his country.


6 posted on 05/08/2018 6:59:26 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Salvavida

Ala Argentina.


7 posted on 05/08/2018 7:03:27 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: ameribbean expat

BUMP


8 posted on 05/08/2018 7:21:38 PM PDT by 4Liberty (illegal immigration is a "process" crime too....)
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To: Salvavida

Maduro and his cronies are headed for their Mussolini Moment.


9 posted on 05/08/2018 7:37:40 PM PDT by Noumenon (It isn't racist if it's true, is it?)
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To: ak267

Not much coming from the Hollywierd libtards now whose lips could not get off the pig ass of Chavez and proclaiming Socialist Venezuela was utopia. America dodged a bullet with Sanders because the Millenitards loved all of the free sh*t and brain washing offered from the a-hole from Vermont.


10 posted on 05/08/2018 7:37:49 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: ak267

Like (this)

Not like(this)


11 posted on 05/08/2018 8:07:17 PM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: ak267

Screw desertion. They should take their guns with them and Ceacescu his ass.

It’s ALWAYS good to take your country back from communist scum.


12 posted on 05/08/2018 8:07:17 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: ak267

His CORRECT name is Nicolas Manure-O! Ha-ha!


13 posted on 05/08/2018 8:43:53 PM PDT by 2harddrive
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To: ak267

His CORRECT name is Nicolas Manure-O! Ha-ha!


14 posted on 05/08/2018 8:43:54 PM PDT by 2harddrive
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To: Salvavida

“Here comes the end game.”

without military support, Maduro’s dictatorship will crumble. i’ve been predicting that the only way Maduro would topple is when there’s finally a revolt, military coup, and/or civil war within the military once Maduro was no longer able to feed his military and their families.

Now it looks like another option has to be added to the above, namely Maduro’s military simply fades away into the night, the same way his oil workers and refinery workers have faded away.

The Venezuelan people have no weapons other than passive-aggression, and their passive-aggressive revolt has definitely been taking its toll in their oil industry, the only industry that was still bringing in hard currency.

Looks like the military is cleverly eschewing an armed revolt and instead following the non-violent strategies of their civilian counterparts.

As I recall, this passive-aggressive revolt is exactly what was predicted by Ann Rand in “Atlas Shrugged”, and it’s fascinating to me to see that particular prediction actually happening for real ...


15 posted on 05/08/2018 9:05:14 PM PDT by catnipman ((Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!))
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Hillary should throw her hat in the ring.


16 posted on 05/08/2018 11:48:55 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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And all the libtards can follow her there.


17 posted on 05/08/2018 11:49:52 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Salvavida

True. It is getting close to “ceausecue time” for Maduro.


18 posted on 05/09/2018 3:55:31 AM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Thank you for your contribution to the thread citizen.


19 posted on 05/09/2018 8:07:05 AM PDT by Salvavida
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