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COLGATE4

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20. If you truly believe that arming pro-government irregulars

Reply to sabrina 1 (Reply #16)

Sun Mar 25, 2012, 05:34 PM

Mar 2012

is 'defending Venezuela against the US', then I can't help you. As to defending against attempted coups, these are not a novelty in Venezuela, starting with the failed coup led by Fearless Leader some years ago. As Pogo said, "we have met the enemy and he is us".

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Chile y Venezuela lead imports arms to South America (Spanish) [View all] Bacchus4.0 Mar 2012 OP

Well, after all COLGATE4 Mar 2012 #1

Isn't it? ocpagu Mar 2012 #2

the US built 8 bases in Colombia??? where are those?? n/t Bacchus4.0 Mar 2012 #3

Sorry. Seven bases. ocpagu Mar 2012 #4

nope, wrong. the US isn't building bases in Colombia Bacchus4.0 Mar 2012 #5

If you actually believe what you're saying COLGATE4 Mar 2012 #6

It's not a question of believing. ocpagu Mar 2012 #7

Take a look at the two posts in COLGATE4 Mar 2012 #8

It's not "my theory". ocpagu Mar 2012 #9

the fact that the US has NOT built the bases is not secondary to your claims on the OP Bacchus4.0 Mar 2012 #10

It can be justified by the attempted coup of a democratically elected president. No further sabrina 1 Mar 2012 #17

well, if there is going to be a military coup then you are simply giving the military more weapons Bacchus4.0 Mar 2012 #26

I was talking about a repeat of the US-backed coup. The military supported Chavez and sabrina 1 Mar 2012 #27

doesn't seem the country is very safe now given the enormous murder rate Bacchus4.0 Mar 2012 #29

If he lived for a thousand years and wasted all the money he could on his military, he still sabrina 1 Mar 2012 #30

The notion that the US has territorial plans on COLGATE4 Mar 2012 #11

The US CIA removed Hugo Chavez from office ten years ago Kolesar Mar 2012 #12

Even assuming that what you say is true COLGATE4 Mar 2012 #13

hauahuahaua ocpagu Mar 2012 #14

Yep. That's the reason in a downturning economy with COLGATE4 Mar 2012 #15

if the US were really going to invade Ven, the importation of the arms would be no deterrent Bacchus4.0 Mar 2012 #25

The US has the same plans for Venezuela as it had for all S. American countries in the past. Their sabrina 1 Mar 2012 #18

I lived and worked in Latin America for almost 20 years COLGATE4 Mar 2012 #19

It's a foolish idea, but they did apparently intend to build them there, but were refused permission sabrina 1 Mar 2012 #21

There's a whole lot of difference between building COLGATE4 Mar 2012 #24

What are we doing there at all? It is not our country. We have enough problems here that need sabrina 1 Mar 2012 #28

Considering the US was behind the coup to remove him, a democratically elected president of a sabrina 1 Mar 2012 #16

If you truly believe that arming pro-government irregulars COLGATE4 Mar 2012 #20

Well, if it were up to me, I'd like it if no one needed to be armed. But when so many of these sabrina 1 Mar 2012 #22

On that you and I are in complete agreement. nt COLGATE4 Mar 2012 #23