Posted on 08/28/2019 6:06:19 PM PDT by dynachrome
A top American diplomat said the United States would not prosecute or otherwise seek to punish President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela if he voluntarily left power, despite bringing his country to the verge of economic collapse and humanitarian disaster.
Elliott Abrams, the State Department’s special envoy for Venezuela, said he had seen no indication that Mr. Maduro was willing to step down. But his offer of amnesty was a message to Mr. Maduro after both countries’ leaders described high-level talks that Mr. Abrams unequivocally said did not happen.
“This is not a persecution,” Mr. Abrams said of Mr. Maduro on Tuesday evening in an interview. “We’re not after him. We want him to have a dignified exit and go.”
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Really?? Elliott Abrams? Isn’t that like Shrillery with Doubled up Depends?
Send him to Cuba.
Heads would explode.
One good bullet, and not one man of integrity in the entire military. What a shame.
” special envoy for Venezuela,’
I don’t know why he is still in gov’t. Blackmail?
The commie pillaged a country.
He should rot in a small cell forever.
Jeffrey Epstein says “hi.”
Giving the thugs a break is bad policy, because it only encourages future dictators - they’ll figure that if they hold on long enough, they’ll get a pass for their monstrous behavior.
The Nazis never got any breaks. And the way they destroyed a prosperous country, let Maduro and his band of thugs get treated just the same.
He never harmed an American like the guy who killed Leon Klnghoffer. That fella mysteriously died in US custody. Maduro was ELECTED by Bernie lovers in his own country. Just don’t bring him here.
Saddam got what he deserved. So should Manuro.
If this is accurate, it would be a brilliant strategy by President Trump.
Look for the State Department to be shopping for a Miami home for Mr. Maduro.
Oh yeah, just like Julian Assange could leave the embassy. Rule of law is dead in the United States. On our way home, a president might change his mind, a special prosecutor could be appointed, a new Administration comes in.
No, the exact opposite is true. Our dogged insistence on Prosecuting them and locking them in a jail cell, or half the time killing them. That means they know they have exactly one choice. And that is to dig in their heels, and prepare to fight it out to The Bitter End. Tens of thousands of lives have been lost over this idiotic policy of Prosecuting them. All that does is ensure that they will never voluntarily leave a place of safety
“Nazis never got any breaks”
That wasn’t hitler and elvis double teaming Amelia Earhart in that video?
Excuse me, I meant to say Maduro’s predecessor Hugo Chavez, who started the
dictatorship / oppression of the people / friendship with Russia and Cuba
But Maduro is still a thug and should be held accountable, either with with a trial or a bullet
Ping
Time for a Hitler finds out Trump is offering amnesty parody!
What makes this guy worse than the rulers of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Turkey or half the countries of Africa?
Why is it our business to intervene and regime-change in Venezuela?
What happened to fix America First? We still haven’t seen the infrastructure renewal that Trump promised, let alone new wall across the border.
I DONT CARE ABOUT VENEZUELA! I care about keeping our own borders secure, and fixing America’s problems.
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