But sadly, it seems that Chavez will be the one doing the stealing in Venezuela. Not from the multi-nationals, from the Venezuelan people. He'll do it in their name, to be sure, but somehow loads of money will end up in numbered accounts in Switzerland that he controls. Just wait and see.
In terms of what to do about the contracts, if there really was corruption and it can be proved, there should be prosecutions, the companies should be fined, and perhaps they should be made to sell off their interests to the government, or to some third party that the government designates. But such action could too easliy become a disguise for theft. There might have been corruption in picking vendors, but the honest truth is that there are only a handful of enterprises on the planet that have the technical knowledge and the resources to extract Venezuela's oil and gas. On 4/24/06, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes, you are saying that you would break the law and steal a country's > resources if you were put in the same situation. > > In other words, despite what you may think, you actually are in no > position to determine the validity or correctness of Chavez's national > policies. > > On 4/24/06, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > "Steal" is such a nasty word. Besides, it's not stealing if i'm just > undoing > > what an evil, corrupt previous regime did, right? Plus we can stick it > to > > the Americans...which is the ultimate justification for any means. > > > > Actually no, because I clearly stated I have no idea what Chavez would > do. > > He's quite possibly heroically immune the character flaws that afflict > me > > personally. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:205327 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
