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In reply to the discussion: Venezuela's Chavez welcomes ally Ahmadinejad [View all]Don't forget the French too.
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The Iranian president is subordinate to the Supreme Leader on issues of foreign policy. n/t
ronnie624
Jan 2012
#22
I remember, but it wasn't just a planeload of Americans who suffered then. Thousands of Iranians
Cleita
Jan 2012
#25
We were kind of paranoid after "accidentally" almost losing a ship the year before
DissedByBush
Jan 2012
#56
They are getting ready to execute an Iranian American (former USMC) they are accusing of spying.
MADem
Jan 2012
#57
And as heinous as that is, it isn't the reason for U.S. intervention in the ME.
ronnie624
Jan 2012
#65
here's a link re: 80,000 TONS of rotting meat in Chavez' well run country, food shortages
wordpix
Jan 2012
#85
Clearly what the media here tells US Americans is what some automatically believe.
Judi Lynn
Jan 2012
#31
Which is the undisputed truth - I know this because a Chavez supporter said it.
Dreamer Tatum
Jan 2012
#64
You're the first to claim expatriot Venezuelans are "refugees." What a twist.
Judi Lynn
Jan 2012
#28
Re: your claim you don't dare "broadcast protests against the government," you must check that info.
Judi Lynn
Jan 2012
#33
I'm sure there are alternate ways of looking at one's gov in Venezuela, just like in the US
wordpix
Jan 2012
#90
It reminds me of when I was in graduate school and knew a member of the Kuwaiti
Lydia Leftcoast
Jan 2012
#14
Whoah Whoah whoah. I don't welcome war with Iran, but I dislike its leaders...
Bicoastal
Jan 2012
#15
+1, no one here should be defending Iran and their terrible human right's record.
nyy1998
Jan 2012
#21
You want to run down a list of repressive brutal governments we are arming against their own people?
EFerrari
Jan 2012
#40
Bravo Chavez! The US has done far more harm to the world--South & Central America--than
Vidar
Jan 2012
#34
Vida is right, of course. Did you check how many people US drones killed on the same day?
EFerrari
Jan 2012
#38
I have given several reasons why I agree with Vida. You have posted insults. I think we're done.
EFerrari
Jan 2012
#50