Hmm, interesting how you decided to snip this part from my post:
So, there are funds for weapons but not for health programs that are in critical conditions...
I guess you have nothing to say about that since you're probably on the same wavelength as Maduro and his gang thinking that weapons and military uniform are far more important than providing funds to health programs and the national electrical system which is a complete disaster.
I snipped because I only wanted to comment about a leader trusting his citizens with weaponry. It's very rare, and it is almost always a good sign. It is, of course, anathema to the Talmudics (except for a small class of rabid Zionists in the criminal state of Israel) since it will be a lot harder to control a people without having a monopoly on the use of force.
Maduro has to keep his country independent from the international bankers as a top priority. To the extent that the population is suffering, and the design of international sanctions is to starve out the people, it's a balancing act and not one which Maduro or the people of Venezuela wish to be playing. It's a Zio-con game that they are forced to play.
All the boo-hoo'ing about 'providing health care' from the very same people who are trying their best to starve the Venezuelan people out is a laughable charade to anyone paying any attention at all. Really it is. You should be embarrassed.
Unfortunately for the Zio-cons, the people of Venezuela remember life while the international corporations were running the show and stealing all the resources from the nation. It was hardly peaches and cream at that point either except for a few 'elite'. When Chavez started using some of the country's oil wealth for health care, housing, etc, life got a lot better for a lot of the population. I suspect that they remember that well, and I suspect it is why you guys are failing so hard.
Unfortunately its not like that. Those weapons are not given to normal civilians, and even Maduro's militia don't get to own them, just basic training to use them at most. The weapons are always under custody. They are supposedly to be given to the militia only in case of emergency (ie. evil us invasion).
This is meant to be a deterrent of sorts against a "foreign military intervention", or so their theory goes. At the same time, Maduro doesn't trust the people, he knows very well the moment the people gets arms, they will use them against him. Let me remind you, the license permit to bear arms was abolished under his term. Only authorities can legally own any firearms. (Of course common criminals own plenty).
