[detective]

“Annnd we get a right wing military dictatorship instead of a communist military dictatorship. Civil war, more corruption and starvation continues. The people of Venezuela will continue to get screwed but by different bastards. The military will probably get western companies to get the oil flowing again and bring in more revenue for them, maybe more jobs for citizens, but in reality not much will change until the communists take back the government and the cycle repeats itself.”

The “experts” said almost the exactly same thing when the Communist governments in Eastern Europe were overthrown.

[Ohioan]

The real difference--and it is a very real difference--is that most right wing regimes respect private property rights--the right to the use and enjoyment of the fruits of honest labor;--and respect the cultural heritage of their respective people.

That is a true 180 degree difference.

[nuke_road_warrior]

Don’t claim to be an expert. However, the revolutions in Eastern Europe weren’t military coups but the peoples reaction to the fall of the Soviet Empire after more than 50 years of Soviet occupation. Military coups in Latin American have a sad history of replacing one set of bastards with another set. Maybe Venezuela can be an exception, but I don’t have a lot of hope. In any event, the U.S. should keep out of this mess.