[Garth Tater]

I said we've sold arms to Venezuela recently. It sort of refutes your contention that Russia is really, really bad 'cuz they sell arms to our Latin American enemies while we are still the good guys for selling arms to our Latin American allies.

The fact of the matter is, very few countries in Latin America like us and I can't think of any other than Costa Rica and Columbia that would consider themselves our ally. The rest are just Latin American banana republics and we are not morally superior to Russia when we sell arms to them and Russia is not evil for doing the same thing. I understand that you really, really don't like Russia - I think it's clouding your vision as to who our enemies are. Hint: Venezuela is not our enemy, they are just in economic and political turmoil and if we leave them alone to work things out among themselves they may come back to some form of decent governance. If you label them as our enemy then that label will stick in their minds for a generation or more - much to our detriment.

[ETL]

I said we've sold arms to Venezuela recently.

And I asked HOW recently? In other words, were they hostile toward us as they are now when your Russian pals are currently arming and supporting them?