Was Maduro a good ruler for his country?

[Zebra]

No better or worse than any other national leader.

There are good and bad ones

 

[Woodznutz]

No better or worse than any other national leader.

Carrying a gun got Pretti killed.

 

[SaxonJackson]

There are good and bad ones

I can't currently think of any "good ones" but I can think of a bunch of bad ones.

 

[SaxonJackson]

Carrying a gun got Pretti killed.

I doubt I would like Pretti on a personal basis but he was exercising his Constitutional right to carry. The fact that he was killed for exercising his 2A right is evidence that current, American leadership falls on the "bad" side of the political coin.

 

[Woodznutz]

I doubt I would like Pretti on a personal basis but he was exercising his Constitutional right to carry. The fact that he was killed for exercising his 2A right is evidence that current, American leadership falls on the "bad" side of the political coin.

He was a nutcase with a death wish. ICE granted his wish.

 

[SaxonJackson]

He was a nutcase with a death wish. ICE granted his wish.

Obstructing doesn't warrant the death penalty. Especially without due process. The nutcase agent who overreacted played judge, jury, and executioner.

 

[JoeB131]

She's actually trying, which might put a target on her back from Maduro's remaining loyalists.

Well, selling out to Trump isn't the way to win her people over. And if the economy doesn't get better, she's probably toast.

 

[Woodznutz]

Obstructing doesn't warrant the death penalty. Especially without due process. The nutcase agent who overreacted played judge, jury, and executioner.

It appears that way.

 

[BackAgain]

I dont think so.
Do you?

He wasn’t a true ruler at all.

 

[Woodznutz]

Well, selling out to Trump isn't the way to win her people over. And if the economy doesn't get better, she's probably toast.

Having freed the protestors, I think the people will grant her some space. She needs to attract the brain trust that fled the country to return.

 

[Deadstick]

Um yeah, actually they did.

They had elections. Chavez and then Maduro won them.

That's a problem for the US Empire the wrong people keep winning elections.

 

[Captain Caveman]

That's a problem for the US Empire the wrong people keep winning elections.

The US does not meet the qualification of an empire as it does not directly rule foreign populations.

 

[Deadstick]

The US does not meet the qualification of an empire as it does not directly rule foreign populations.

Yeah right ! semantics dear boy.

“We’re an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you’re studying that reality — judiciously, as you will — we’ll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that’s how things will sort out. We’re history’s actors . . . and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do.”​

― Karl Rove

 

[Meathead]

That's a problem for the US Empire the wrong people keep winning elections.

I guess we're the only empire in history to give tribute instead of getting it.

 

[Captain Caveman]

Yeah right ! semantics dear boy.

“We’re an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you’re studying that reality — judiciously, as you will — we’ll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that’s how things will sort out. We’re history’s actors . . . and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do.”​

― Karl Rove

America is not an empire.

 

[Deadstick]

America is not an empire.

Keep telling yourself that you may even believe it in the end.

 

[Captain Caveman]

Keep telling yourself that you may even believe it in the end.

Which foreign populations do they rule? Both braincells please.

 

[Deadstick]

Which foreign populations do they rule? Both braincells please.

If it isn't an Empire what is it? rule control intimidate bully threaten, same result what's the difference?

 

[Captain Caveman]

If it isn't an Empire what is it? rule control intimidate bully threaten, same result what's the difference?

The US is a country with influence. A country that's an empire is where it rules another foreign country.

Being called an 'empire' sounds fantastic, so some Yanks cling onto to that aspiration.