Originally posted by AKIron
I mean a president that is about to declare himself president of Venezuela for life. The same one who seems to eager to establish a communist state against the will of his people. That one.
Not a nice thing to do. I wish Venezuela had an impeachment process.
But it's not all that different from a Spanish general who, with the assistance of Hitler's military might, successfully took control from the legal Republic of Spain in a military coup and established a Fascist state .... against the will of "his people" (hell, he wasn't even elected) but later on switched alliances and enjoyed the recognition and support of the U.S. and other allied nations .... for life.
Just an inconvenient example from history. Doesn't defend .... just establishes trend.
(Bodhi, you let me know in time and I'll edit to sprinkle a condenscending word or two to help you make others consider the source more.
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