Will we stand by, as we did in Hungary, or intervene if forces loyal to Maduro begin arresting and executing people en masse?
It’s not clear who’s going to emerge victorious in the battle for control of Venezuela. The man in the presidential palace, Nicolas Maduro, has most of the guns and most of the military on his side. All the interim President Juan Guaidó, whom the United States and more than 50 other countries recognize as the legitimate leader of what used to be Latin America’s most prosperous country, has, is the people.
The American political theater surrounding the unrest in Caracas is a distraction. Socialist planned economies don’t work: history has proven as much time and again yet every few decades or so the ideas underpinning them become fashionable. Remember, more people have been murdered by governments under the banner of Socialism and its offshoots than any other kind of regime.
In 1956, the Hungarians tried to do just that. Operating out of a desire to be free and in expectation that the West would come to their aid, many, many brave people found within themselves the wherewithal to fight for their freedom. Using whatever arms they could scrounge, they declared war on their Soviet-backed oppressors and fought for their liberty.
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