I hadn't seen the news Maduro has been captured. Analogous to the seizure of Noriega in 1989. Whether you think Maduro's election was fair or fraudulent (and there's certainly evidence… (View Post)

I was idly wondering if Maduro and his wife might end up as the Ceaucescus de nos jours but I suspect not. The Venezulean VP seems to be quite rightly seeking assurances Maduro and his wife haven… (View Post)

Depends what happens - if this is just a one off series of strikes, probably not but if it is a prelude to an actual invasion with ground troops moving into Caracas, there will be plenty of anger ove… (View Post)

Evening all :) Back to my experience in the deepest recesses of the Process State (apparently). We were running a lot of projects of various shapes, sizes and costs and employed a number of qualified… (View Post)

Indeed but the other side of that is both the USSR and USA only joined the war when directly attacked by Germany and Japan respectively and then Hitler declared war on the USA which legitimised Roose… (View Post)