Sassy Sourstein - ‘Nobody Wants Venezuelan Oil’ Archived Message Posted by johnhol on February 16, 2019, 6:56 pm Begins: Just as people scoffed at the very idea of war for oil as Bush’s death machine revved to demolish Iraq, today the same conceit now rules in the discussion of Venezuela, where the United States is focusing its efforts on finally uprooting and death-squadding a genuine socialist movement. The US has absolutely no interest in securing democracy or freedom in Venezuela or anywhere else. This comically transparent lie is aimed at the armies of TV news-consuming mental defectives; barely anyone else could keep a straight face at the very idea. One only need take one minute to see that the likes of Elliott Abrams is in charge of “restoring democracy” — yes, the same one who oversaw the butchering of hundreds of thousands of peasants and revolutionaries across Central America, not to mention involvement in the short-lived 2002 coup against Hugo Chávez. If you’re reading this, you probably don’t require that much background, but just in case: In the aftermath of the inauguration of President Nicolás Maduro, certain US political figures began to ramp up the destabilization campaign against Venezuela. Led primarily by VP Mike Pence and Congressman Marco Rubio, the public effort included coercing Juan Guaidó, CIA-manufactured leader of the rival National Assembly, into proclaiming himself president in a speech he made on a highway overpass in Caracas. Dueling marches were held across the country but only the smaller, less frequent anti-Maduro protests were magnified in the imperial press. Several false news items surfaced to stoke global outrage at the chavista government, including a claim that the security services attempted to “kidnap” Guaidó and that Maduro barricaded an international highway from Colombia to prevent humanitarian food aid from reaching starving Venezuelans. This long con seems to have worked, in part: most Latin American and nearly all European governments have recognized Guaidó as president, along with US poodle Canada. Most Global North media consumers believe the sordid tales of Maduro’s mendacity. My goal in this and hopefully subsequent posts will be to tackle some of the more persistent lies and exaggerations used to derail Western lefts’ solidarity with anti-imperialist states and movements, using Venezuela as a lens. In a social media landscape riddled with cops and bots, it can be difficult to keep your head above the sewage. Continues: https://cienflamingos.wordpress.com/2019/02/11/nobody-wants-venezuelan-oil/ Message Thread: Sassy Sourstein - ‘Nobody Wants Venezuelan Oil’ - johnhol February 16, 2019, 6:56 pm Telly viewers aren't "mental defectives" - Keith-264 February 16, 2019, 7:38 pm Aha, Tarzie's back! (nm) - sashimi February 16, 2019, 7:41 pm Re: Aha, Tarzie's back! (nm) - johnhol February 16, 2019, 9:24 pm I know. I was riffing on Tarzie's "Sassy's Back" post (nm) - sashimi February 17, 2019, 6:51 am   Searching