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Starry Messenger

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11. That's very true.

Reply to white_wolf (Reply #10)

Thu Dec 22, 2011, 08:45 PM

Dec 2011

They were hardly drinking buddies. I just can't imagine either of them going after each other in the media, like Chavez goes after Obama. Perhaps if Venezuela and the US had a common enemy, the rhetoric would be different.

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Chavez to Obama: "Focus on governing your country, which you've turned into a disaster" [View all] Catherina Dec 2011 OP

An opportunity squandered ... TBF Dec 2011 #1

That was the first thing that came to my mind also Catherina Dec 2011 #2

Remember Wikileaks? joshcryer Dec 2011 #5

The imperialists can refer to him as crazy if they wish TBF Dec 2011 #6

I think things were OK until Wikileaks, though. joshcryer Dec 2011 #7

Is it just me, or does Chavez have a whiff of Stalin to him? MNBrewer Dec 2011 #3

Hardly. joshcryer Dec 2011 #4

I actually think Chavez considers himself a Trotskyist. white_wolf Dec 2011 #8

Stalin and Roosevelt actually got along. Starry Messenger Dec 2011 #9

I'd say they tolerated each other because they had to. white_wolf Dec 2011 #10

That's very true. Starry Messenger Dec 2011 #11

Please say you're kidding. Fantastic Anarchist Dec 2011 #12