By SJ
Otto
One
of the few people to stand up against the conservative tirades against
President Nicolás Maduro, of Venezuela
The
heat has been stiff and at times ridiculous, with her being accused of being
anti-American just for opposing US
President
Donald Trump and all the scum that follow him, such as Vice President Mike
Pence and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, have all labelled the
situation in Venezuela as freedom vs. socialism.
“Vice President Mike Pence responded to Omar's comments Thursday
morning by accusing her of choosing socialism over freedom.”[1]
As a
socialist I find that argument extremely insulting. Trump’s policies and those
of the Republican Party and many people in the Democratic Party are disgusting
to me. I guess to believe in freedom, I should worship $millionaires and
$billionaires and favour letting them take the best of our economy for
themselves. Then we must be greedy, self absorbed and we must be OK with
letting millions of people fail in this society, not even having their basic
needs met. If that is what US
Omar his fought back. From National Review:
Omar his fought back. From National Review:
Representative Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) blamed the U.S. on Wednesday for the “devastation” in Venezuela and accused America
Asked by Democracy Now! about the “U.S.-supported coup
attempt against President Maduro,” Omar said that America ’s
push for regime change in Venezuela
“A lot of the policies that we have put in place has [sic]
kind of helped lead [to] the devastation in Venezuela
“This particular bullying and the use of sanctions to eventually
intervene and make regime change really does not help the people of countries
like Venezuela, and it certainly does not help and is not in the interest of
the United States,” she added.
Although
she is nearly alone in the US House, on this policy, there are people all
across this nation that agree with her. According to some at Fox and Republicans and some Democrats,
people who oppose removing Maduro forcefully are anti-American. And there are a
lot of people who oppose that policy, which means there are a lot of Americans
as I and we are all anti-American.
Typical
of comments about Omar include:
“I think what’s particularly disturbing about Omar’s position on
the Maduro regime, which she has maintained since her first month in
office, is how it contrasts with her position on Israel Venezuela to
force Maduro out, but she does support the
anti-Semitic Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement against Israel
Would now be a good time to remind everyone that in spite of
Omar’s repeated use of
anti-Semitic tropes, her anti-America blame games, and her defenses of
oppressive dictators like Maduro, she is still on the House Foreign Affairs
Committee?
Just something to remember as the situation in Venezuela
— Stacey Matthews, Legal
Insurrection.
Commentators
like to remind people that Omar is critical of Israel Venezuela
there are many people who oppose Israel US
“The reaction to the tense exchange was interestingly divided.
Many observers on the left — including me — celebrated Omar’s
interrogation of Abrams as a rare example of a US
But this was more than just standard partisan uproar. It was a
revelatory incident, one that showed how the insurgent left flank of the
Democratic Party is raising questions about premises that the Washington
These questions have significance not only for the issue of how
America sees its past role on the world stage — as an imperialist power, a
beneficent liberator, or something in between — but also for how it behaves in
future crises like the one in Venezuela.
It was, in short, one of the most interesting little moments in
American foreign policy I’ve seen in quite some time.”
The
so called “Squad” is way over due in this country. Conservatives seem almost
dumb-founded that anyone elected to office would dare to question US
It is about time for us to finally question some of these policies.
It is about time for us to finally question some of these policies.
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