In case anyone's interested, Venezuela is waging war on its students...

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CHRISISALL

Sunday, February 16, 2014 10:15 PM

More cowards with guns clinging to power.

1KIKI

Sunday, February 16, 2014 10:24 PM

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-26212813

BBC has a more complete report.

as does Reuters

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/15/us-venezuela-protests-idUSBR
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CHRISISALL

Sunday, February 16, 2014 10:25 PM

Just in case anyone here is like me & finds it difficult to put a video on here, you have to use the 'share' code- I just discovered this.

AURAPTOR

Sunday, February 16, 2014 10:36 PM

Yeah, I've pointed out a couple of times that the 'share' link tends to work better for posting .

Oppressive govt in S. America. Yeah. Sounds bad.

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

I'm just a red pill guy in a room full of blue pill addicts.

" AU, that was great, LOL!! " - Chrisisall

6IXSTRINGJACK

Sunday, February 16, 2014 10:46 PM

Basically free Petrol comes at a price.

Never even hear people here talking about Kent State.

At least they died "for Venezuela's Freedom". Whatever kids our government mowed down without mercy have only lived for whatever BS scraps we're fighting for in the dying throws of America....

AURAPTOR

Sunday, February 16, 2014 10:52 PM

Venezuela sure does have a lot of " students " .

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

I'm just a red pill guy in a room full of blue pill addicts.

" AU, that was great, LOL!! " - Chrisisall

BYTEMITE

Sunday, February 16, 2014 11:09 PM

Hope it goes better for them than L'ABC and Tiannamen Square and the Arab Spring.

SIGNYM

Monday, February 17, 2014 12:38 AM

CHRIS- Be careful on one-sided reporting. I'm old enough to recall how we celebrated the successes of those brave anti-Soviet freedom-fighters, the Afghan mujahideen jihadists.

More recently-

During the whole Libyan fustercluck, all you heard from was the freedom-loving rebels who were fighting the tyrannical Muammar Qaddafi. Reporters... even very liberal reporters ... spoke breathlessly from the front rebellion lines. Not a word from the people fighting on the OTHER side, nor a peep about the Al Qaida arms and implants on the rebels' side.

South Sudan... long story. It's not about the beleaguered black southern Xtians fighting for freedom from their northern Arab Muslim overlords, it's all about southern oil. Not surprisingly, the much-vaunted new government of South Sudan fell apart in an internal squabble over.... oil.

Ukraine- I think I've posted about this, but there is a significant (35%) pro-Russian minority, and MOST Ukrainians at this point are against the the rioters.

Realize there is always at least one other side, and often more players than are spoken of.

CHRISISALL

Monday, February 17, 2014 1:04 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Realize there is always at least one other side, and often more players than are spoken of.

Of course, but when I see unarmed civies willing to confront tear gas & guns, I figure it's not over some petty policy disagreement...

1KIKI

Monday, February 17, 2014 1:16 AM

I'd have to look into it more, but the two reports I saw reported thousands, not millions. They also reported an equal number of counter-demonstrators. So it's possible it's about a specific thing affecting a specific group. But as I said, I'd have to look unto it more.

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