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hack89

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7. Piss off the VZ military and they will take power

Reply to Scuba (Reply #5)

Tue Feb 17, 2015, 01:02 PM

Feb 2015

I am sure the military is not happy to see themselves and their families being dragged back down into poverty. There is a reason Chavez created a militia outside of the military chain of command that answers only to the president.

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New details in failed Venezuelan coup [View all] Judi Lynn Feb 2015 OP

Absence of Logic again, and using claims from the government itself. NEXT! N/t Marksman_91 Feb 2015 #1

Same day as the devaluation, what a coincidence n/t Bacchus4.0 Feb 2015 #2

I know, right? And Maduro and co. seemed VERY calm about it when they announced it too Marksman_91 Feb 2015 #3

Broken record. nt COLGATE4 Feb 2015 #4

Nationalize your oil and TPTB will undermine you at every turn. Scuba Feb 2015 #5

+1000. polly7 Feb 2015 #6

Piss off the VZ military and they will take power hack89 Feb 2015 #7

The oil was nationalized back in the 70s Marksman_91 Feb 2015 #8

No doubt about that whatsoever. We have history as our textbook. More accurate than trolls! Judi Lynn Feb 2015 #9