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A host of foreign powers including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and over a dozen Latin American states were quick to recognize Juan Guaido as Venezuela’s president earlier this week. The opposition leader declared himself interim president in a move embattled President Nicolas Maduro labeled a U.S. orchestrated coup. As well as having the support of Venezuela’s military, Maduro still has widespread international backing including support from Russia, China and Mexico, amongst others, according to Bloomberg.
Maduro described the U.S. decision to recognize Guiado as “a big provocation” and he subsequently broke off diplomatic relations. The situation in Venezuela is extremely delicate and defense minister Vladimir Padrino said that he country could be plunged into a devastating conflict by Guaido’s “laughable” but dangerous gambit. Guaido has said that Maduro and his inner circle would be granted amnesty if they step down and contribute to a peaceful transition of power. Amid the uncertainty, the U.S. state department has urged American citizens to leave Venezuela and ordered out non-essential government staff.
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In other words, this is an undemocratic coup d etat takeover, seizing power without any election, voice or vote from the people. If you resist stepping down, we will have the U.S. military invade and kill you and any opposition forces to the newly declared authoritarian regime and dictatorship.
In other words, do as you’re told or die.
NOW REPEAT AFTER ME, “THE U.S. REPRESENTS FREEOM AND DEMOCRACY (NOT OIL) AT HOME AND ABROAD, AND NOT MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS.”~ AmeriKa, Inc.
Sorry, Ned. You are dead wrong. I served in Venezuela. In fact, I was nearly killed in the 1989 “Caracazo” riots, provoked by the same people who support Maduro today. The Maduro government is a totally illegitimate gang of thugs, propped up by the Cuban special forces. After seizing the guns owned by the civilian, law-abiding population, Chavez and Maduro distributed weapons to criminal gangs called “colectivos”. These murdering bastards scoot around the country on motocycles and are used by the regime to intimidate demonstrators – they kill them frequently, as well. You sympathize with these moronic Communists? Great. When President-For-Life Ocasio-Cortez steals all you own and has her thugs beat the shit out of you, you may reconsider your support for Maduro.
The truth is that Hugo Chavez, an erratic, possibly insane former army colonel who was an early follower of none other than Lyndon LaRouche(!), hijacked what was to have been a movement to clean up corruption in Venezuela (a cleaning job that was badly needed). In fact, Chavez was a Fidel Castro acolyte and he was suported by the Venezuelan extreme left. These are some of the nastiest leftist in all of Latin America and that is saying something. Violent, stupid, greedy, and cowardly.
If Maduro doesnot leave it is a matter of time before there is a major tragedy in Venezuela. What should we do? Just about what we are doing now. The Venezuelan military is nothing but a collection of strutting hoodlums, easy prey for their nieghbors in Brazil and Colombia.
Full disclosure. I did not like my time in Venezuela and in general do not like Venezuelans (the only Latin American country that I fell that way about, by the way). That said, they deserve better than this.
Why is that our problem? Someone always has a reason for the US to invade another country, huh?
I agree with WIP. How, in any way shape form or fashion, is this the problem of the average joe or jane on the street? It isn’t. This is money grabbing assholes looking to steal as much as they can at the point of a gun. MAO might have been a murderous son of a bitch but his dictum is correct. Power comes from the barrel of a gun but more importantly power comes from the person willing to sell his soul to the state to pull the trigger to make the gun barrel powerful.
“The Maduro government is a totally illegitimate gang of thugs……”
The Maduro government was elected by the people, the Guaido regime is not. The Guaido regime seized power by force. Seizing power by by decree is both illegitimate and thuggery.
“When President-For-Life Ocasio-Cortez steals all you own and has her thugs beat the shit out of you, you may reconsider your support for Maduro.”
This won’t happen. She is not old enough to be president. Even if she was, who is going to obey her and any thugs she might bring with her? Are you? I’m not. How long have they (democrats) been trying to get the guns? As long as I have been alive at least. Ain’t happened yet, ain’t going to unless we give them to them. They got a better chance of seeing god.
By me not supporting coup d’ etats by any country (including the rogue USA) is not support for Maduro. It is support for democracy and freedom, not US corporate interest. Furthermore Venezuela is a soveriegn nation unto itself. The U.S. has no business being involved in their internal affairs at all. The world is sick of the US putting it’s sticky little fingers and fat fuckin nose where it doesn’t belong.
You served in Venezuela and were nearly killed?? Because you served your masters, doesn’t automatically make the narrative of the cause right. It means you were just a pawn in rogue US foreign policy. Nothing to be proud of there! Furthermore A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it. Did 58,000 deaths from Vietnam mean that the Gulf Of Tonkin incident really happened the way that rogue Johnson said it did? Or how about 9/11?
Get a life.
“You served in Venezuela and were nearly killed?? …. It means you were just a pawn.” —Ned
Vote thumbs up if you want to give Ned the “Asshole Of The Month” award.
“Vote thumbs up if you want to give Ned the “Asshole Of The Month” award.”
No debate, just ad hominim petty third grade one-upsmanship insults, huh.
Vote thumbs up if you want to continue to watch Stuck-Fucky go through puberty.
Vote Thumbs UP ——> Ned sucks Diseased Donkey Dick.
Vote thumbs DOWN —> Ned doesn’t care if it’s Donkey Dick, any dick will do.
Do NOT Vote ———> Ned should just fuck off and go back to his mom’s basement.
(Note: I will tally all votes around 4PM …. I have a way of tracking non-voters).
“Vote Thumbs UP ——> Ned sucks Diseased Donkey Dick.
Vote thumbs DOWN —> Ned doesn’t care if it’s Donkey Dick, any dick will do.
Do NOT Vote ———> Ned should just fuck off and go back to his mom’s basement.
(Note: I will tally all votes around 4PM …. I have a way of tracking non-voters).
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Three elementary school responses from Stucky-Fucky who is throwing a temper tantrum and thinks that upvotes or downvotes is somehow a measure of truth in a domain that he somehow has control.
It is apparent that you are stuck (or Stucky, which ever you prefer) in an extended state of adolescence from which there is no chance of taking any upward steps toward maturity . I’m afraid the damage is permanent.
Can I send you some crayons? A coloring book, legos, or some Hot Cocoa?
You say I have “elementary school responses”.
And then you come up with “Stucky-Fucky”??? Ohmigod, that’s hilarious. What are you, in grammar school? bwahahahaha
VOTE TALLY —- so, far 487 people have read the post at 11:56AM, … and 487 people did not vote ….. which means 487 people think you should fuck off and retreat back to yo mama’s basement. A real man would honor the will of the people. Apparently, you are not even a real man.
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Lastly, and truly, my Gawd man! You are easily triggered. Initially, I was just kidding about your Asshole award. Goddammit, why did you decide to prove me wrong?
“The Maduro government was elected by the people, ….” —— Ned
Uh-huh. And in the last election in Iraq before the invasion …. Saddam Hussein got 99% of the vote!!
Bwahahaha!
“And in the last election in Iraq before the invasion …. Saddam Hussein got 99% of the vote”
So what. It’s the Iraqi people that select their learders, not the American government. If they want Sadam or Maduro, that’s their choice in a soveriegn nation, not yours, not mine, and not the rogue US government.
When are the elections in Saudi Arabia ?
When the participants – subjects, jihadis and immigrants, finally select either .223 or 7.62 ballots. And then the voting begins.
Ss..
Did you serve there as a CIA goon protecting Big Oil.
Anyone I made a career of the CIA is not qualified to call any leader corrupt. Calling you a baby killer would be more truthful than calling me one. I was a brain washed kid, you were a 30 year CIA man.
Can’t believe there are 11 up voters for your PR ad.
Dude, I need regular injections of logic.
Start your own blog! Write a book!
Hands off. They will correct their own problems when they start eating each other. They voted for free shit and they are getting it good. Build a fence around it so they can’t come here.
no cliffie,
they did not vote 4 free stuff,chavez gradually became dictator,like some european guy about 85 years ago gradually became a dictator–
we can take of the problems in our hemisphere or the ruskies or chicoms will be glad to do it–
Spain, Germany, France and Britain have given Maduro 8 days to hold a free and transparent election. As South America is being overwhelmed with the human outflow from Venezuela Maduro better watch his step and take up Guaido’s offer of amnesty and just leave otherwise he and his generals might end up swinging from lamp posts. There is a new sheriff in South America named Bolsonaro and he doesn’t like fat Marxist pigs.
I dont think that will happen…
I wonder if China or particularly Russia will send peace keepers in? And we will begin another extension And another front of this proxy war between NATO and the BRICS and their strategic economic and military partners…
Wonder when Tawain will be reclaimed by China? That will be another front of the lead up to the PUBLIC realizing WWIII might be happening
Like Chris Martenson said in one of the articles from his blog “collapse is a process, not an event.”The next world war is already in progress. It just hasn’t been recognized as being a “hot” event – not yet, anyway.
The socialists and morally corrupt people need to learn the hard way. They would rather eat each other than see the face of God in what they’ve done with their own hands.
Walking away is always an option, until it’s not.
Unit..
He claims to really love him some Israeli Cock.
Can we get him after the hefty new Dhimmicrat governor of Illinois?
There is a reason Africa is solid gray.
Thoughts?
Because nobody in Africa knows where Venezuela is.
I am wondering about the big blank spot where Nicaragua is supposed to be.
I would love it if marines stormed Venezuela, might send a message to other countries round these parts.
That would be a quagmireclusterfuck of EPIC PROPORTIONS.
I thought this was a Libertarian/Conservative site. Starting to sound like NEOCON/MIC Propaganda Room.
Flea,
There has always been that element to this site!
Shit, before the election results it was a full on Trump juice drinking circle jerk.
More have rgained their senses and caught on to the kabuki theater reality winner LARP.
Phew!
Plato..
I hope you’re right.
Why does where countries around the world stand on this matter at all? Shut up and let them work it out.