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51. How you can compare Chavez, who has been praised by the UN

Mon Jan 9, 2012, 12:11 PM

Jan 2012

for cutting poverty in half in Venezuela and making it one of the most economically equal countries in the hemisphere, to STALIN, is a mystery, maybe one of those Miami things that I don't even want to understand. lol

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Venezuela's Chavez welcomes ally Ahmadinejad [View all] Little Tich Jan 2012 OP

only the worst people in the world do business with Iran Enrique Jan 2012 #1

Yes vminfla Jan 2012 #55

Good. David__77 Jan 2012 #2

Yes, hopefully South America can lead the way. sabrina 1 Jan 2012 #3

+1 nt ooglymoogly Jan 2012 #18

Kind of hard... CJvR Jan 2012 #13

The Iranian president is subordinate to the Supreme Leader on issues of foreign policy. n/t ronnie624 Jan 2012 #22

& CJvR Jan 2012 #67

We do business with Saudi Arabia. They aren't much better.n/t Cleita Jan 2012 #4

It's a bit more personal with Iran DissedByBush Jan 2012 #23

I remember, but it wasn't just a planeload of Americans who suffered then. Thousands of Iranians Cleita Jan 2012 #25

"a while back" is right. Prometheus Bound Jan 2012 #30

and we "accidentally" shot down one of their airliners with 290 people Blue_Tires Jan 2012 #41

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

Was he spying? DissedByBush Jan 2012 #60

I see you've already convicted him. He says he was visiting his grandmother. NT MADem Jan 2012 #63

Actually, they've already convicted him DissedByBush Jan 2012 #69

From what I have read of this kid, I don't think he's spy material. MADem Jan 2012 #71

Sounds like a perfect spy DissedByBush Jan 2012 #75

More like a courier, not a spy, though. MADem Jan 2012 #77

It's still espionage DissedByBush Jan 2012 #78

I am not going to buy that quite yet. MADem Jan 2012 #79

The Saudis aren't much BETTER? JackRiddler Jan 2012 #80

Really. Cleita Jan 2012 #82

Yes of course, I agree with that. JackRiddler Jan 2012 #83

Just a figure of speech. n/t Cleita Jan 2012 #87

Chavez isn't a leftist progressive... MellowDem Jan 2012 #5

Riiiight. Arctic Dave Jan 2012 #10

Yes of course you have it right.... ooglymoogly Jan 2012 #26

Yes, I do have it right.... MellowDem Jan 2012 #53

Well said. MADem Jan 2012 #62

Remember the quote, "We don't have any gays in Iran" DissedByBush Jan 2012 #58

And as heinous as that is, it isn't the reason for U.S. intervention in the ME. ronnie624 Jan 2012 #65

Don't even go there DissedByBush Jan 2012 #70

Excellent rebuttal. nt MADem Jan 2012 #72

You rationalized U.S. intervention in the Middle East ronnie624 Jan 2012 #73

I'm not the one who tied the two together DissedByBush Jan 2012 #76

Not if "collateral" casualties are predictable on a mass scale. JackRiddler Jan 2012 #81

This is a bad argument... MellowDem Jan 2012 #92

There wasn't much of an argument. ronnie624 Jan 2012 #93

Well, I was the one making the claim, not the US government... MellowDem Jan 2012 #94

The article is about the foreign policies of Iran, Venezuela and the U.S. ronnie624 Jan 2012 #96

how arrogant and presumptuous of us.... unkachuck Jan 2012 #6

I just met a refugee family from Chavez' Venezuela who fled to US for asylum wordpix Jan 2012 #9

Oh really. Arctic Dave Jan 2012 #11

So either wordpix is a liar... Bicoastal Jan 2012 #16

Or maybe the poster is a skeptic, who prefers evidence over anecdote. n/t ronnie624 Jan 2012 #24

sorry but I'm not naming names--prefer to protect this family wordpix Jan 2012 #84

here's a link re: 80,000 TONS of rotting meat in Chavez' well run country, food shortages wordpix Jan 2012 #85

wait a minute bitchkitty Jan 2012 #95

"uh huh," that's the way you treat sensitive information wordpix Jan 2012 #97

Hey, far be it from me to deny you your intrigue. bitchkitty Jan 2012 #98

I didn't get either truth or lies... LanternWaste Jan 2012 #37

Odd how Chavez supporters are also the ultimate arbiters of truth. Dreamer Tatum Jan 2012 #20

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

Is the hot chick with the sling a "freedom fighter"? vminfla Jan 2012 #48

hey, Judi L, "refugee" is what the Venezuelan called herself and family wordpix Jan 2012 #86

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

The enemy of my enemy is my friend... jimlup Jan 2012 #7

Oy. This isn't good news. Call Sean Penn! SleeplessinSoCal Jan 2012 #8

Is it me, or are people here at DU jonesing for war with Iran MMJjestic Jan 2012 #12

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

Everyone should be defending Iran... David__77 Jan 2012 #27

"Sanctions" is an act of aggression? Since when? nyy1998 Jan 2012 #54

No one here 'embraces' a theocratic dictatorship. ronnie624 Jan 2012 #29

+1 nt ooglymoogly Jan 2012 #17

It's just you leftynyc Jan 2012 #35

Schmuck. nt onehandle Jan 2012 #19

Chavez is an asshole with brutal dictator buddies. Archae Jan 2012 #32

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

We're the evil empire? leftynyc Jan 2012 #36

Vida is right, of course. Did you check how many people US drones killed on the same day? EFerrari Jan 2012 #38

Small farmers are put of business by GMOs vminfla Jan 2012 #42

GMOs have been so bad for small farmers EFerrari Jan 2012 #43

Confusing Effect with Cause vminfla Jan 2012 #45

Nope and in fact, GMOs do not have a greater yield. EFerrari Jan 2012 #49

For one , The UCS Study acknowledges Bt GE crops have higher yields vminfla Jan 2012 #52

I'm very well aware leftynyc Jan 2012 #46

I have given several reasons why I agree with Vida. You have posted insults. I think we're done. EFerrari Jan 2012 #50

Sadly, I agree. We will go to war with Iran so that BP can steal their oil. n/t Scuba Jan 2012 #61

Seems to me some Mugabe supporters have morphed into Broderick Jan 2012 #39

I noticed the same thing vminfla Jan 2012 #47

How you can compare Chavez, who has been praised by the UN EFerrari Jan 2012 #51

In some cases, attempting rational discussion is utterly futile. n/t ronnie624 Jan 2012 #66

Why do you exclude Europe from the "hemisphere"? ChangoLoa Jan 2012 #68

It only came at the cost of 100 thousand people ruthlessly murdered. joshcryer Jan 2012 #74

R#5 (for visibility) & K for, Huguito's daily breath is predictable, not news & not breaking n/t UTUSN Jan 2012 #44

Bad move Hugo. You've now put yourself in company ... Scuba Jan 2012 #59

Iran asks Venezuela to repay debts exceeding USD 290 million Bacchus4.0 Jan 2012 #88

Best Friends Forever! Lol. Little Tich Jan 2012 #89

Come on DUers! You are supposed to Knee-jerk React to this news fascisthunter Jan 2012 #91