We’ll see how intense this attempt to overthrow Maduro really is in the coming days. And no, the voting results weren’t 100% for Chavez and Maduro. Until proven otherwise, the Venezuelans have shown they are in favor of socialism... they just don’t like Maduro right now.
After the mess in Iraq and the ongoing one in Afghanistan, we need to be very prudent with the use of the military instrument. And this time, there needs to be support from Congress.
Gee, ya' think? That is a massive understatement.
Maduro has run off 3.4 million of his own people to nearby countries and others, like the US.
Why? The people are leaving Venezuela due to horrendous living conditions and hardships that are a direct result of failed socialist policies.
They include government corruption, rampant crime in the streets, food and medicine shortages that have left grocery store shelves empty and hospital with no drugs to treat people with. People are literally starving to death.
Hyperinflation, which hit 2.3 million percent in February 2019 has caused their currency to become worthless.
This is the same socialism that politicians in our own country are pushing. Those who support it simply do not understand the realities of socialism. It sounds good on paper but in the real world, things go south quickly.
But the Venezuelans are very familiar with the realities of socialism and its failure to produce a thriving economy as promised by the Marxists.