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mindem

(1,580 posts)
1. O.K.
Fri Feb 1, 2019, 08:08 PM
Feb 2019

Then drumph should set an example and do what is right and step down. Turn the presidency over to Hillary.

erronis

(15,469 posts)
4. Am I the only one who finds these "Wait? What?" titles click-bait?
Fri Feb 1, 2019, 10:38 PM
Feb 2019

Hi, sopho,

Whatever happened to putting some synopsis of the topic in the headline? Is that too hard?



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erronis

(15,469 posts)
12. And I agree with you about Soph's posts.
Sat Feb 2, 2019, 09:01 AM
Feb 2019

It's just that I like to scan headlines/titles and figure out which ones to look at first. I sort of have a limited bandwidth most days.

 

Perseus

(4,341 posts)
6. Well...it is true...not sure which guy the orange buffoon is talking about but
Fri Feb 1, 2019, 10:45 PM
Feb 2019

if he is referring to the election where Henrique Capriles was the opposition candidate, then he is right.

If you know the realities of Venezuela today, and you agree with what is going on there, then please continue to complain about anything this administration is planning, or threatening to do there, but if you don't? then please do not condemn it because Venezuela does need the help.

Also, understand that it is not only the USA who is going after the Venezuelan regime, it is Brazil and Colombia as well. I know that GW and company said the USA would be greeted as liberators in Iraq and, as we all know, it was a big lie, but I can assure you that in Venezuela the USA/Brazil/Colombia coalition WILL be greeted as liberators.

If there is any "winning" this administration can do is get rid of the current Venezuelan regime, they are not legitimate.

Question: How many people on this board know that Maduro was born in Colombia and by the constitution cannot be president of Venezuela? This is not fake news, there are plenty of proofs, his immediate family still lives there.

Read about it, try to feel the pain of the Venezuelan people, and if you still want to support Maduro and Co...ok, that is your prerogative, but I think you will change your mind when you learn the truth about what people are going through.

Last, Putin wants Venezuela, if he gets there? the USA will become an easy target. It is not in the interest of the USA and S. America for Russia to become the next invader of Venezuela. Think about that.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
15. Thanks for your informative post
Sat Feb 2, 2019, 02:22 PM
Feb 2019

But the US intervention in Central and South America has been of historical suppression and disaster capitalism where the US profits from economic disasters in their countries. It’s known as the Shock Doctrine which includes the 1973 coup in Chile in which the CIA played a prominent role in placing Augusto Pinochet in power. The CIA also funded the Chicago School of Economics run by Milton Friedman, where prominent Chilean economists studied.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shock_Doctrine

And you can rest assured that Trump will only serve himself and not Venezuela any more than he serves the US. He would gladly give Putin what he wants.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
11. Oh yeah, but they didn't have 3 million illegal aliens being shipped in on
Sat Feb 2, 2019, 06:12 AM
Feb 2019

buses to vote and then going back out to change outfits and coming back in to vote twice!

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
14. Like St. Ronny once said, "We'll, there he goes again"
Sat Feb 2, 2019, 02:02 PM
Feb 2019


The irony is so thick you can’t even cut it.
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