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Zorra

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20. If you feel Obama was responsible for the entire NSA spying debacle, then I suppose we could blame

Thu Mar 13, 2014, 10:36 PM

Mar 2014

could blame him for the pending coup attempt (not necessarily a military coup attempt) as well, but I don't think either would be accurate.

I'm in for October 9th. Pick a date anytime between today and a year from now to enter the pool, but my advice is to give them at least 6 months to set up the coup.

Odds of winning are 1 in 53,468.

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Leftist Declared Winner in Salvador’s Election [View all] Warren Stupidity Mar 2014 OP

Excellent, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2014 #1

good, though it is amazing that ARENA can show their face in public, let alone geek tragedy Mar 2014 #2

They are working on a destabilization program. Warren Stupidity Mar 2014 #3

so, you're condemning people at DU for imaginary support of a theoretical US government response geek tragedy Mar 2014 #4

I am predicting what will happen Warren Stupidity Mar 2014 #5

"destabilization" is an awfully vague term. geek tragedy Mar 2014 #6

Oh, by the way, Obama hates the left in El Salvador so much that geek tragedy Mar 2014 #26

I've got information concerning El Salvador when Pres. Mauricio Funes' brother fought Judi Lynn Mar 2014 #29

Believe it or not, a lot can change in 30 years. geek tragedy Mar 2014 #30

We know that's right! Just like Honduras. You called it, we know it. n/t Judi Lynn Mar 2014 #7

We should start a pool as to the exact date the US sponsored RW coup publicly manifests. Zorra Mar 2014 #8

more preemptive outrage. will you be disappointed if there is no coup? geek tragedy Mar 2014 #9

You're right, it's a completely unfounded comment. ForgoTheConsequence Mar 2014 #10

If this were 30 years ago, you'd have a rock solid argument. geek tragedy Mar 2014 #11

Honduras, 2009, Paraguay, 2012, not to mention the other Latin American countries. Judi Lynn Mar 2014 #12

Lumping in Paraguay 2012 with Nicaragua 1984 is wildly inaccurate. geek tragedy Mar 2014 #13

when exactly did our policy of open hostility to leftist governments in the americas stop? Warren Stupidity Mar 2014 #14

I dunno. geek tragedy Mar 2014 #15

Well, darn, that's irrefutable proof of non interference by the US if I ever saw it. Zorra Mar 2014 #16

Tell you what, you prove that there's been a military coup in El Salvador that took geek tragedy Mar 2014 #17

I suspect Obama has little clue about what the CIA, NSA, etc does Zorra Mar 2014 #18

so you're blaming the 2014 military coup in El Salvador on the CIA/NSA geek tragedy Mar 2014 #19

If you feel Obama was responsible for the entire NSA spying debacle, then I suppose we could blame Zorra Mar 2014 #20

Beyond self- parody. geek tragedy Mar 2014 #21

That's quite a sretch. But as we have all come to learn with some folks, Zorra Mar 2014 #22

No, it 'a about reflexive anti-Americanism geek tragedy Mar 2014 #25

You should be shot out of a cannon for slandering DU'ers as "anti-American." Judi Lynn Mar 2014 #27

Shot out of a cannon? Your violent fantasy will not be realized. geek tragedy Mar 2014 #32

Actually, human cannonballs live to do it over and over. Judi Lynn Mar 2014 #40

Doesn't look like punishment in those pics. nt geek tragedy Mar 2014 #41

Wasn't mentioned as punishment. n/t Judi Lynn Mar 2014 #42

well, I know who to blame for me getting shot out of that cannon nt geek tragedy Mar 2014 #43

"reflexive anti-Americanism" ForgoTheConsequence Mar 2014 #31

Say, are you all going to blame the us government geek tragedy Mar 2014 #33

Sorry. ForgoTheConsequence Mar 2014 #38

That bashing the US for something that is a figment of people's imagination geek tragedy Mar 2014 #39

DU people of conscience have known the truth from the first. Judi Lynn Mar 2014 #23

The people who removed him were elected by 100% geek tragedy Mar 2014 #24

Every time said candidates win, I hope it works out. joshcryer Mar 2014 #28

It worked out for Funes. geek tragedy Mar 2014 #34

We'll see how Sanchez fares. joshcryer Mar 2014 #35

So he's referred to as Sanchez instead of Ceren? geek tragedy Mar 2014 #36

Yeah, 2nd name used is what most Latin Americans go by. joshcryer Mar 2014 #37