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sabrina 1

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16. Venezuelans are more than capable of resolving their own problems, we sure haven't

Reply to Flatulo (Reply #6)

Fri Feb 28, 2014, 01:49 PM

Feb 2014

shown any great capacity to solve our own, let alone anyone else's. Americans cannot afford these foreign adventures, all of which have failed spectacularly as far as the people are concerned.

Perhaps I have more respect for people in other sovereign nations than those who for some inconceivable reason considering the evidence to the contrary, somehow still think the US is superior to these countries who NEED their interference in order to survive.

Utter nonsense, the only reason any Western nation gets involved in the affairs of oil producing countries is for profit, it sure isn't because they CARE. The don't even care about Americans most of the time.

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U.S. should not interfere in Venezuela [View all] Judi Lynn Feb 2014 OP

US should stop interfering with anyone, IMO Demeter Feb 2014 #1

Two republican senators disagree RobertEarl Mar 2014 #24

Agree 100%. Only Cuba should meddle in Venezuela. Flatulo Feb 2014 #2

But Cuba isn't meddling, it is collaborating, delrem Feb 2014 #3

Who knows? The opposition claims that Cuba meddled in the presidential elections, and the Flatulo Feb 2014 #4

Well yes, that's just the problem. The opposition doesn't respect the VZ democratic system. delrem Feb 2014 #7

I didn't say that no one is conspiring to overthrow VZs Flatulo Feb 2014 #10

So now you're walking back from your McCarthyesque "communist" "Marxist" baiting. delrem Feb 2014 #12

I stand by every statement I made. The sources you cite Flatulo Feb 2014 #13

Cuba is acting like a mature state, collaborating rather than attempting to destabilize a country. sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #5

It's good to know that VZ is being raped of its oil by a Marxist state rather than a Capitalist one. Flatulo Feb 2014 #6

But Venezuela isn't being "raped of its oil by a Marxist state". delrem Feb 2014 #8

And you, my friend, have a tendency, common in this forum, Flatulo Feb 2014 #9

I reply to you according as you post. Nothing more, nothing less. delrem Feb 2014 #11

Have you been to VZ recently, or ever? How about Cuba? Flatulo Feb 2014 #14

And a thorough reading of Rand or Freidman is not necessary to see what an utter failure sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #17

We're in complete agreement that laissez-faire capitalism is a failure for far too many. Flatulo Feb 2014 #18

Thank you for a civil response. It seems we agree on most issues, I definitely agree re sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #20

Thanks, I try to start out that way, but everyone loses it from time to time, Flatulo Feb 2014 #21

One bright side to the story that I can see is that delrem Feb 2014 #22

I am honest with my friends, and my friends are honest with me. delrem Mar 2014 #23

Venezuelans are more than capable of resolving their own problems, we sure haven't sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #16

Exactly right! Sad, but so true. It's a painful awakening for people of conscience. n/t Judi Lynn Feb 2014 #19

haha +1 n/t Bacchus4.0 Feb 2014 #15