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Posted on 02/12/2005 7:28:32 AM PST by David1
If he's arming himself, then I'm sure he's planning something that he expects to prompt a US response.
This man is simply insane. Do the people of his country recognize this?
"We have to embrace socialism as a thesis''
Fidels pal. Yes, 80% of the people are poor so let`s take even more money that isn`t there, after all I guess money grows on trees in Venezuela. Screw capitalism and globalism! Let`s use monopoly money!
About as much as the former governments did, maybe more as oil prices have risen.
He has diverted funds from the middle and upper class to the lower masses.
He is just using the same tactic Castro has been using for the past 45 years to entertain his own people and make them forget about their own hardships. Now he is using the same fear of "US invasion" as Castro has used for the past 45 years. I was expecting this for a long time since he is such a Castro butt kisser.
Isn't this same fella that Jimmy Carter embraced his election and had a lovefest with?
Barrett M82A1 .50cal BMG = "Reach out and touch someone long distance".
This guy has manure for brains;
Too bad he holds a country's reins.
Thinks he's Napoleon or Charlemagne;
He's cer-ti-fi-a-bly insane.
The Cuban experience is a good comparison. They attempted several failed adventures in other countries but were not successful, due in large part to US support for the targets.
IMO One big difference in this case is that Cuba is an island, constrained by geographical fact. Venezuela is not so constrained and will have an easier time infiltrating and/or supporting dissident groups in already unstable neighboring countries.
His biggest mistake is to fall in with Castro.
The land expropriations is a biggie too.
These are the two big things that could swing against him.
"Do the people of his country recognize this?"
Many do, yes. And they tried hard to get rid of him, unfortunately they did not succeed.
He is a stinking commie, but there are still too many of them. The thug, Mugabe, has just about ruined Zimbabwe; and Chavez bids to ruin Venezuala.
Once again, let us give thanks we live in the USA. And let us continue to work hard to keep it free, especially free from Communism. And from Islamofacism, the growing scourge.
...not to forget, D. Ortega did the same schtick, over and over, during his term ruining Nicaragua.
He's not as smart as Castro. He's just imitating Castro. I'm guessing he'll self-destruct.
This has all the ingredients of a Woody Allen re-make.
And yet every socialist country also has its nomenklatura of high government officials that has special privileges and benefits available only to it.
Venezuela, having learned nothing from the past or present, wants to go that failed direction?
Was Ortega the one that came in after the revolution?
Because from what I hear from people before it was not much better. Torture chambers, money stolen from relief funds, even blood donated to help in an earthquake was sold on.
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