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Obama declares Venezuela a threat to U.S. national security
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| Jeff Mason and Roberta Rampton
Posted on 03/09/2015 9:56:19 AM PDT by TangledUpInBlue
U.S. President Barack Obama issued an executive order on Monday declaring Venezuela a national security threat, sanctioning seven individuals and expressing concern about the Venezuelan government's treatment of political opponents.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: executiveorder; venezuela
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Is this some sort of WTF? moment?? Seriously... What about Russia, ISIS, and a slew of other threats slightly more meaningful than Venezuela. Bizarre.
To: TangledUpInBlue
Not a mussie country, that’s why ....
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posted on
03/09/2015 9:58:33 AM PDT
by
SkyDancer
(I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am ...)
To: TangledUpInBlue
It’s interesting, when Hugo Chavez badmouthed Bush, liberals jumped on board and joined in with Venezuela. Now liberals will have to eat their own words to fall in lockstep with Uber Obama to condemn Venezuela now
To: TangledUpInBlue
What? I thought Venezuela was a preview of what 0bama wanted for USA.
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posted on
03/09/2015 10:01:21 AM PDT
by
BitWielder1
(Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
To: realcleanguy
Is Venezuela still sending the Kennedys cheap heating oil to parcel out to east coast Democrat voters?
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posted on
03/09/2015 10:02:44 AM PDT
by
nascarnation
(Impeach, convict, deport)
To: realcleanguy
It’s interesting, when Hugo Chavez badmouthed Bush, liberals jumped on board and joined in with Venezuela. Now liberals will have to eat their own words to fall in lockstep with Uber Obama to condemn Venezuela nowOceania has always been at war with Eastasia.
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posted on
03/09/2015 10:02:48 AM PDT
by
jalisco555
("My 80% friend is not my 20% enemy" - Ronald Reagan)
To: TangledUpInBlue
What is really going on here?
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posted on
03/09/2015 10:03:06 AM PDT
by
ColdOne
(I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
To: BitWielder1
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posted on
03/09/2015 10:03:33 AM PDT
by
Eric in the Ozarks
("If he were working for the other side, what would he be doing differently ?")
To: TangledUpInBlue
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posted on
03/09/2015 10:03:55 AM PDT
by
txhurl
To: TangledUpInBlue
There’s got to be a back story. Maybe Maduro dissed Mooch.
To: SkyDancer
But the ILLEGAL ALIEN IN CHIEF wants it MAKE IT a mussie country ...
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posted on
03/09/2015 10:05:41 AM PDT
by
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
To: TangledUpInBlue
concern about the Venezuelan government's treatment of political opponents.How ironic.
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posted on
03/09/2015 10:06:39 AM PDT
by
McGruff
(weÂ’re leaving behind a sovereign, stable and self-reliant Iraq - Barack Obama)
To: ColdOne
Exactly. I mean, so they oppress dissidents. Geez, so a few other hundred countries. How does this suddenly make them a threat to US National Security??
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posted on
03/09/2015 10:06:58 AM PDT
by
TangledUpInBlue
(I have no home. I'm the wind.)
To: TangledUpInBlue
And yet we’re normalizing relations with Cuba.
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posted on
03/09/2015 10:08:01 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: TangledUpInBlue
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posted on
03/09/2015 10:16:42 AM PDT
by
bgill
(CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
To: TangledUpInBlue
He misses his butt buddy.
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posted on
03/09/2015 10:17:37 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Shickl-Gruber's Big Lie gave us Hussein's Un-Affordable Care act (HUAC).)
To: realcleanguy
Venezuela is deemed a threat because they are on the verge of once again utterly discrediting Socialism. Just before the Democrat Party is able to fully implement it.
To: TangledUpInBlue
Hollywood’s not going to like this, Sean Penn is probably on the phone as we speak.
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posted on
03/09/2015 10:21:25 AM PDT
by
eyeamok
To: TangledUpInBlue
So are we up to another assassination like in Libya?
To: TangledUpInBlue
What brought on the None’s indignation? Did Maduro have some homosexuals and lesbians roughed up?
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posted on
03/09/2015 10:21:54 AM PDT
by
SharpRightTurn
(White, black, and red all over--America's affirmative action, metrosexual president.)
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