why did you choose to interpret the tankie part as the pro-assassination part, and not the “paint him as a kind of Allende allegory”, which is clearly the aim with that statement.

It seems much more “our dictator wants to take the other dictator’s resources because we need more money to continue to fund whatever the fuck we want with no public oversight.”

bingo. completely with you there. Fuck whatever the CIA is doing and the blowing up of random boats. But, also fuck Maduro, not just because he sucks domestically for the Venezuelan people, but also, because he gives left wing policies a bad name internationally.

Documents reveal Gerald Ford’s effort to block CIA assassination plots

I misread the title as this and was pleasantly surprised for about 5 seconds.

drafting an opinion that could render any assassination of Maduro legally justifiable.

I can’t wait for the tankie idiots to paint Maduro as some kind of Allende allegory, when he’s more … IDK, less violent Kim Jong Un?

He literally pissed away any kind of progress Chavez (who was also controversial) made, so even if you wanted to be “fair” to the … regime in Venezuela, he’s still a fuckup.

Jokes on you, my Oma worked in Dos until her retirement.

I bet one of her previous titles was literally “computer”