actually nearer to 2 million civilians died in iraq since the beginning of that slaughter over wmds that never existed..
just look at how many us military bases are occupying other people's countries.. i dont know if americans know vaguely what that feels like..
to compare the us foreign policy with chavez is an insult.. mountain vs a mole hill..
and i dont know where to start with what bombadil said so i wont... good job your in amurica huh? the land of the free ..
lol..now its 2 million....
ok..your both wrong..
its 567 zillion dead iraqi cilvilians...cause we just had to get that oil...thats why gas prices are so high..
Are you sure you are not a 16 year old girl?
Chavez took the land off the few rich and distrubuted it to the the state so the state could own the means of production, and the workers could literally work for food.
I agree with that.
World leaders that do not recognize democracy are no friend of mine and are not going to be popular with those that do enjoy democracy. A single man that can say at any time that someone can live or die is part of an evil empire that should not exist. A single man that can pull the assets from anyone at any time is part of an evil empire that should not exit. I imagine that is where a lot of your "Rot in Hell" sediments come from. The old hippie in me is non judgmental, which is basically a weakness to not always be the one to call a spade a spade. Saddam, Adolf, Stalin, and Hugo are in the same playground now, where ever that is. There are more to follow. The old hippie in me still refuses to say RIP this time, but will only think Rot in Hell in my mind. Blessed are the poor peasants abused by people like him.
you should switch out chavez with bush in your post
US foreign policy/involvement in Central/South America is shameful and appalling. I harbor no love for Hugo Chavez, but I can most certainly understand his disdain for the US and our Imperialist agenda. From the CIA driven coup in Guatemala in the 50's to Operation Condor where we provided technical, financial, and military assistance to corrupt regimes in South America that were responsible for 60-80,000 "dissidents" murdered.
I have no feelings toward Chavez one way or the other, but I am ashamed at my governments involvement in the affairs of sovereign nations...and it never surprises me when a leader arises that calls the US "Imperialistic"...Are we so arrogant (or stupid) as to think we can meddle in their affairs without any type of blowback or reprisal?
As a foreigner in your and I can stand tall and say I never voted for ANY of them.
However, I did study on a graduate level in a major American university.
I can say that Bush (nor any of the others) could just point his finger at a man and say you are dead. It is not allowed in the US Constitution. Due Process and he is not even a processor.
I can say that Bush (nor any of the others) could just point his finger at a man and say he is taking your assets. It is not allowed in the US Constitution. Due Process and he is not even a processor.
Even if the US Government went through due process to try to take someone's assets, it would never be the property of any US president.
All the people I mention had that power. Stalin would shoot a man sitting at the table with him in front of 20 people, no one would say a world. It is absolute concentrated power in one location. Hugo had that power, as well has Hitler, and Saddam. No US president in the history of the US has ever had anything like that.
It is okay to hate a republican or a democrat, but if you say something so stupid you should at least back it up with a factual event or precedence.
Chavez was as much of an Imperialist as any other president, whether American or not.
Chavez and his government funds governments so they do his communist bidding. He also funds terrorists organizations like Hezbollah, which btw sent a message of thanks for the support Chavez had given them (Russian guns mainly) and to pay their condolences.
Chavez supports Islamic States, which openly declare that their goal with the world is to turn it all into Islam and rule it with Sharia Law. Ironically, they are always whining about imperialists this, imperialists that, but all they need to do is take a look in the mirror to see yet another imperialist
check this Ross Kemp's Extreme World in Venezuela:
http://www.dailymotion.com/en/relevance/search/extreme+world+venezuela/1#video=xtjiwd
Imperialist? Support for the terrorist organization Hezbollah? That very well may be, but I tend to "distill" issues down to a fundamental level as I often ask "why"? For example, it's easy to believe that Hezbollah is a terrorist organization, right? First of all, it's what we're told to believe...but "why" did they come about? And why did the US remove their status as a "terrorist" organization for a brief period of time following 9/11?
The US has been DIRECTLY involved in meddling into the affairs of sovereign nations for quite sometime now. If Iran is part of the "Axis of Evil" it's only because we created that monster by overthrowing a democratically elected leader back in the 50's that was going to nationalize Iran's oil reserves that were being plundered by the West.
That's all I'm going to say as nothing I say will ever change your viewpoint and you most certainly are entitled to it. There was a time when I though Iraq, Iran, Venezuela, Hezbollah et al were all evil and the US was righteous until I began digging...what I dug up (about the US) stunk to high heaven.
Chalmers Johnson is a start.