Quote Originally Posted by Tuuvi View Post
And yet somehow Maduro is evil and bad for not wanting to accept US "aid", and ordinary Venezuelans are just begging for US troops to invade their country and restore democracy, like the Iraqis were back in 2003.
The petro-socialism of Chavez and Maduro has been only modestly better for the people of Venezuela than the preceding Kleptocracy.


They need a mixed economy and a middle class that is somewhat accessible and not closeted off in walled communities looking down over the fields of cardboard and tin homes.


They need a government that encourages foreign investment -- and I mean investment to build, not investments that are vampiric -- along with genuine efforts provide a business framework that encourages their 1% to invest in Venezuela rather than US stock portfolios and Cayman Island money markets.


They need a military that plays by "posse comitatus" rules and which does not intervene in internal politics.


The old government was horrid, the current regime is pretty bad, and their economy is tanking.

On the other hand, I am not seeing anything in the opposition that makes me think they'll stabilize as a moderate republic and successfully tackle their problems....pity.