Re: Chinks in Chavez's Armor

The Devil's Advocate wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 19:52:10 -0400, kafouREMOVE@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> >Do you think Mr and Mrs American Average are aware of the plight of
> >the rest of the world? I remember a populist a` la Hugo Chavez, he
> >didn't have a happy ending. His name was Salvador Allende.
>
> Allende was a goner, CIA or not. His socialist policies were ruining
> the country, just as it has in Cuba.

You still have trouble separating fact from propaganda... Chile was a
prosperous democracy with a Socialist government. The country was not
being ruined - but sure, he was shifting wealth from the rich to the
poor, so wealthy Chileans didn't like him one bit.

Pre-9/11 (9/11/73 that is) Chile was held up as the model democracy in
Latin America. As ever, the CIA only likes democracies that uphold
"free market" policies (such as cutting welfare to the poor so the rich
pay less tax).

BTW - Cuba's only real problem is the regime of American sanctions. It
has the best healthcare, education and life expectancy in the
Caribbean. If you want to compare socialism in action to capitalism in
action, compare Cuba with Haiti.

> To this day, Chileans are deeply
> divided on the Pinochet/Allende issue, many see Pinochet as the man
> that rescued their country from becoming another Cuba.

"Many" meaning Chile's wealthy class. Just like wealthy Cubans hated
Castro from confiscating their (often ill-gotten) wealth and
redistributing it.

> Pinochet was a
> *** but face it, if it weren't for him, Chile wouldn't be the most
> prosperous Latin American nation.

Is it? Can you cite? Pinochet reduced many Chileans to poverty and
increased the wealth of the few; he introduced Reaganomics pre-Reagan.

> Venezuela would also be another Cuba
> if it didn't luck out by sitting on an oil reserve. But oil is a
> finite resource and when it's gone as it will be in before my
> lifetime, Venezuela and middle east countries will be in deep *** if
> they have not found a way to diversify their economies.

Ha ha - as the oil price rises, America will suffer tenfold what any
other country does. Look DA - do you believe in democracy or not? How
can you claim to support this principle, while justifying only
upholding democracy when you agree with the electorate? That's not
democracy!

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