For what it is worth I think we should stay out of Venezuela. We should not even think of sending any kind of military presence even if we call it “advisors”.
My reasoning? I think there is truth in the saying “people get the government they deserve”. By that I don’t say that the people of Venezuela don’t deserve better. What I mean in this case is that they need to step up to the plate and make it happen themselves. They need to take the risks, become martyrs if necessary and shed their own blood. That is the only way it will be meaningful. It is like welfare. Outside help is a very warm and fuzzy idea but the destruction of doing people’s job for them is tragic. In America we have destroyed the black community with welfare. The liberals and Rino elites are working hard to do the same for the Latino community and are making progress among whites. In a world connected by the internet there is no excuse for pockets of poverty based on location. If the government would stop blocking real progress with food stamps, subsidized housing, minimum wage laws, regulations and all the other barriers to free enterprise then some entrepreneur would start up a business in the back woods of West Virginia and put people to work developing the skills to get ahead in the world.
How does that relate to Venezuela? Could American troops defeat the local troops? I have no doubt they could but in the process we would be forced to set up an American stooge to lead. He would not be accepted and you would have some left wing wacko gather support and we are back to square one. If the people of a country do not have the intestinal fortitude to hammer out their own freedoms they will not be able to keep them. Picture an industry where the government subsidizes the jobs. When reality hits the company goes out of business and everyone is back on the street. Venezuela has gone back on the street.
Venezuela might want to be free. They might also only want a painless form of socialism. By that I mean they want security and peace with a freezer full of ready meals and a cooler full of beer. To which I am reminded of a quote attributed to Benjamin Franklin about how some people will give up their liberty for security and end up with neither.
Good luck to Venezuela. There may be some ways we can help but the job of liberty is for them to apply for with their own blood, sweat and tears.
homo unius libri
Amen.
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DeleteTo solve the problem in Venezuela, you need to take out the Castro regime in Cuba as they are the ones controlling the imbecile puppet Maduro. Why? you ask. Because Barky Obumer our own imbecile despot wannabee here gave brothers Fidel and Raul the go-ahead. Previous to that we exercised some pressure on them so they did not make too much of a mess out of our back yard. So we do bear some responsibility.
ReplyDeleteFrom Democratic Socialism to Total Destruction in Venezuela
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I don't disagree with the problem of Cuba but my point is the same for them. If they don't care enough to bring reform we need to make sure we don't do it for them with military intervention.
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