“The people of Saudi Arabia live under a more fearful dictatorship than Venezuala. In Venezuala you’re free to go to church. Not so in Saudi. But Freepers are fixated on overthrowing Venezuala, with no comparable concerns about Saudis. I smell double standard”
Double standard? I don’t think so. Most people in Saudia Arabia are muslims and have no problem getting to their mosque. They also aren’t starving in Saudia Arabia as is the case in VZ. In addition VZ is much closer to home. The situations are quite different.
Having said that ... I don’t support meddling in VZ because I think it’s important for the world to see communism overthrown if that’s even possible. Installing some US puppet is not that instructive.
Also — as others have stated — we might be just replacing one socialist with another.
“” “” Double standard? I don’t think so. Most people in Saudia Arabia are muslims and have no problem getting to their mosque. They also aren’t starving in Saudia Arabia as is the case in VZ. In addition VZ is much closer to home. The situations are quite different.”” “”
Venezuela was rich when Chavez took power. It was still rich for a long time during his presidency.
Government propaganda in Venezuela says the troubles are consequences of the US sanctions and CIA sabotage.
US officials on all levels are saying about ‘strangulating the regime’ read Venezuela.
An average Venezuelan listening to US statements believes government propaganda as true.
Now we also have Guaidó who first claimed military behind him which proved wrong. Now he is sitting in a foreign embassy demanding US military to bomb his country and you believe he has popular support?
You are basically forcing the people of Venezuela to choose between a Communist they know and another Communist they don’t know anything about other than that he is a puppet of a hostile foreign power which has empoverished and wants to bomb them.
I don’t see a bright future would Guaidó prevail. They love socialism in Venezuela and don’t see it as their problem. They used to blame US for their problems. One thing for sure US would own the result in any intervention. It already is in a sense. Let’s also look into a violence which was allegedly a ‘red line’ I mean police vehicles ramming the Guaidó supporters. What would be the reaction when it would be found that CIA or Guaidó provocateurs were behind the wheels?