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naaman fletcher

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16. I happend to agree with you about the US war on drugs,

Reply to Peace Patriot (Reply #1)

Mon Aug 13, 2012, 01:53 PM

Aug 2012

But why doest that mean that therefore there is no corruption in the Chavez regieme? The whole point is that the war on drugs produces the insane profits that then allows for the necessary bribes.

Why would the cartels move cocaine through Venezuela if the Chavez regieme was not on the take? They could always just move it through Colombia, Honduras, etc.

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Cocaine’s Flow Is Unchecked in Venezuela [View all] Bacchus4.0 Aug 2012 OP

And this means what? They need the DEA, the AFT, the FBI, the DIA, the CIA, the DOJ, the Pentagon Peace Patriot Aug 2012 #1

Venezuela is already in a blood bath. more violent than Mexico. where have you been? Bacchus4.0 Aug 2012 #2

Don't bother. With armchair analysts COLGATE4 Aug 2012 #3

Hard to do analysis without sitting in a chair (with arms or not). It takes... Peace Patriot Aug 2012 #5

an accurate two sentence statement is more informative than an interminable post Bacchus4.0 Aug 2012 #7

Yeah, and if the Chavez government banned guns, you would be the first to cry, "Dictator!" Peace Patriot Aug 2012 #6

Venezuela just banned gun ownership. You really need to keep up. Bacchus4.0 Aug 2012 #8

+1 flamingdem Aug 2012 #12

+1,000,000. !!! nt. polly7 Aug 2012 #11

I happend to agree with you about the US war on drugs, naaman fletcher Aug 2012 #16

Chavez has created "one of the preferred trafficking routes," Roverticus Aug 2012 #4

they have to do something. I always thought the mano dura was more along the lines Bacchus4.0 Aug 2012 #10

If never heard of "hard hand" meaning stop and frisk Roverticus Aug 2012 #13

interesting, I've seen latin american politicians refer to the mano dura in crime fighting Bacchus4.0 Aug 2012 #14

You are right Roverticus Aug 2012 #15

Yep, there is an election coming up soon. nt bemildred Aug 2012 #9