> Gel wrote: > A country which has had democratic elections, and a democratic > Referendum that was declared Fair by International Monitors is a > communist country? > > Could you explain? >
In a previous thread I gave plenty of examples of how Chavez has used the military and intelligence services to intimidate and bully opposition and, of course, Castro is his model. What you don't seem to be able to come to grips with is that there's a rich history of dictators starting exactly as Chavez has - via controversial elections. Then they attempt to hold on to power via constitution changes and thuggery, and then outright destruction of any type of democratic process. And then there's the take over of the oil company and shakey economic policies. On both accounts you can make a small case for good and big case for bad. The reason it happens this way is because these types of people aren't evil - they become evil. They rise to power in an attempt to do good by saying, "if I just had more power, then I could do more good." I think it was Malcolm X that said something like, "the ends justify the means, but if the means are nefarious then so shall be the ends." I've read enough history and enough of Chavez to be 90% sure he's one of these people. I could be wrong, but I'm probably not. Time will tell. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:198396 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
