It's painful when reality breaks through our fantasy worlds. And the pain can only become more acute as the rot reveals itself.
I believe London was holding Venezuela's gold - and still is because we are refusing to release it to its rightful owners. If that is so, I imagine we may have already 'spent' it.
You sum it up accurately, as always. In the hypothetical negotiation for Venezuelan Oil, Maduro should also demand our withdrawal of recognition of the in-exile dolt we currently recognize as President. In reality, of course, we don’t negotiate. We threat and kill. And, by the way, I agree there’s little chance actual gold still sites in Fort Knox, nor little chance those nations who trusted us to hold their gold will ever see any of it. Your last two sentences say it all. “You have to be completely ignorant of history to take the stance that the US government has any right to chastise anyone over anything. Which I suppose most of the country is.”
It's painful when reality breaks through our fantasy worlds. And the pain can only become more acute as the rot reveals itself.
I believe London was holding Venezuela's gold - and still is because we are refusing to release it to its rightful owners. If that is so, I imagine we may have already 'spent' it.
You sum it up accurately, as always. In the hypothetical negotiation for Venezuelan Oil, Maduro should also demand our withdrawal of recognition of the in-exile dolt we currently recognize as President. In reality, of course, we don’t negotiate. We threat and kill. And, by the way, I agree there’s little chance actual gold still sites in Fort Knox, nor little chance those nations who trusted us to hold their gold will ever see any of it. Your last two sentences say it all. “You have to be completely ignorant of history to take the stance that the US government has any right to chastise anyone over anything. Which I suppose most of the country is.”
Doesn't Venezuela have the wrong kind of oil for USA refineries to process ?
Ask the US delegation that is going there.