TheBigShort
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I believe globalresearch.ca is run by a nutcase, an extreme left wing conspiracy theorist.
I believe globalresearch.ca is run by a nutcase, an extreme left wing conspiracy theorist. About as useful as the link to that Marxist economist you referenced on Russia Today on another thread. Just my opinion, of course, but people can do their own research and check other people's opinions online.
Hi BS
Having travelled in that part of the world, I think what has happened in Venezuela since 1999 is desperately sad.
Given its massive oil resources and proximity to major markets, Venezuela should have a standard of living in line with Norway. Instead, it is teetering on the brink of total economic collapse with the majority of its population living in desperate, grinding poverty.
Posting links to the rantings of your fellow conspiracy theorists and ideologues won't change that reality.
Having travelled in that part of the world, I think what has happened in Venezuela since 1999 is desperately sad.
Given its massive oil resources and proximity to major markets, Venezuela should have a standard of living in line with Norway. Instead, it is teetering on the brink of total economic collapse with the majority of its population living in desperate, grinding poverty.
Of course, that's the whole point, research.
The common narrative is that Venezuela is caught up in a socialist nightmare.
The reality is, the people have expressed a democratic will to live in a socialist economy and the US, not accepting that freedom of expression, is attempting to overthrow the democratic will of the people.
The US will not tolerate democratic outcomes in countries where there are large oil reserves, where the outcome is not to the advantage of corporate America.
It's the same the world over. Saudi Arabia is ok for its repressive regime, but democracy cannot be tolerated in Venezuela.
Nothing to do with socialism or capitalism or authoritarianism or democracies or theocracies.
It is to do with a centralised command trickle-up banking cartel economy.
Is the US the only outlet for oil in the world???
France, Saudi Arabia, Canada, Singapore, Australia... these are all very different socieities and all are allies of the US. If the US is trying to impose its way on the world it is not doing a good job. If Venezuela thinks it has it bad tell them to phone some Ukrainians.
Iran is also an oil provider and is consistently on the radar of the US because it doesn't play to the US tune. But Iran has allies with China and Russia. Russia is, you will hardly believe this, also in diplomatic dispute with the US.
Ukraine has a US friendly government in place and has been making moves for EU membership. In doing so, the possibility of NATO bases in Crimea was a real possibility on the border of Russia.
Crimea has an overwhelming Russian population and also a strategic naval base. That's why Russia made its move after the referendum.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century
You would hardly believe it when Russia invades another sovereign state to annex a portion of it, and in the process violates a treaty it signed with the US less than 25 years ago that the US would be in diplomatic dispute with it.
So what??? It's almost as if you can be an oil provider and be an ally of the US, a friend of the US, neutral to the US, an antagonist to t
Given its massive oil resources and proximity to major markets, Venezuela should have a standard of living in line with Norway.
Oil is only bought and sold in US dollars. Iraq under Saddam tried to start trading in euros in 2001.
He was subsequently blamed for funding Al'Qaeda and accused of WMD. We know the outcome of that.
Gaddaffi was chair of an African Union Congress that sought to bring about a new currency (like the Euro) backed by gold and used to trade oil. We know what happened to him.
Iran is also an oil provider and is consistently on the radar of the US because it doesn't play to the US tune. But Iran has allies with China and Russia. Russia is, you will hardly believe this, also in diplomatic dispute with the US.
Ukraine has a US friendly government in place and has been making moves for EU membership. In doing so, the possibility of NATO bases in Crimea was a real possibility on the border of Russia.
Crimea has an overwhelming Russian population and also a strategic naval base. That's why Russia made its move after the referendum.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century
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