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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 09:04 AM Original message |
Chavez: What Bolivar is to us, Gadafi is to Libya. (Spanish) |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
1. And all through the 90s right up until last week |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 09:19 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I never saw anyone comparing Gadafi to Washington n/t |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 10:13 AM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Read what the Washington Post said about Gaddafi in 2007 |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 10:24 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. that was an opinion piece written for the Washington Post, not a WP editiorial n/t |
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LeftinOH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
3. Queue the Chavez supporters. Gadafi hasn't been "president" of Libya for |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 09:58 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I doubt we will see many of them on this issue n/t |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 10:06 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. They will Unrec in silence. nt |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
5. Chavez has some weird, almost sexual attraction towards the worst dictators on the planet. |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 10:08 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Yep. And before anyone says it, yes, the US has supported a lot of dictators |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 10:13 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Chavez reminds me of the sanctimonious anti-Communists of the Cold War. |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 10:09 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Machismo overload. He suffers from it. nt |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 10:43 AM Response to Reply #5 |
15. I withdraw any credit I gave Castro's regime, now that he also is defending |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 11:22 AM Response to Reply #5 |
23. Not really. He just like whoever claims to be the biggest enemy of the United States |
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Zorro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
11. But Gaddafi is a US ally so the US is responsible for him |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
12. He is right about the US ally Gaddafi, to a point. |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 10:47 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Do we bomb our allies? I seem to remember an airstrike and him losing some planes to the USN |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 10:55 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. He's become less active internationally. |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 11:01 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I can accept that statement |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 11:33 AM Response to Reply #16 |
25. Of course the US bombs its allies. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 08:22 PM Response to Reply #16 |
28. Not only do we bomb our allies, we've been known to defoliate our allies. |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
14. Gadafi is "The Leader of the Revolution", which means those against him are |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
19. Using a two year old speech to poke at Chavez? |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 11:15 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Castro: too early to criticize Libyan government |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
20. Hugo Chavez used to play marbles with Gadafi when they were little kids |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 11:15 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. That schtick is gettiing old. nt |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 08:20 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Not any older than the hysteria from our Corporate media. |
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Puregonzo1188 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
24. This is so dishonest. You're quoting Chavez from two years ago and acting like the quote is in |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 01:25 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. no, I am citing an article relevant to recent events |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
29. Right or wrong, he's done a lot more for Venezuela than Peres ever did. |
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