Reply #3: So, you are saying... [View All]

[Clanfear]

That it is okay to use CIA tactics if it is done for the "good guys"?

"we can only chuckle that the Left in South America is finally getting some
smarts, and is peacefully using the tactics of the CIA and rightwing juntas,"

So even if the $800,000 from Chavez was used to unseat the "bad guys" or the claim was bogus, it's all good because we favor the new governments, correct? The ends justify the means.

"As one of the tenets of the Bolivarian revolution is regional cooperation, Venezuela is, of course, helping Bolivia"

Regional cooperation is vital because of the isolation from the market that the Bolivarian revolution dictates. Without regional cooperation a country would essentially die off from its resources flowing out of the country to profitable markets outside. With regional cooperation there is no other place to sell goods except in the country of origin. The question becomes with these price controls are the prices set too low as many of the poor farmers claim?