Thursday, September 21, 2006
"It still smells of sulphur..."
After calling George Bush "El Diablo", Hugo Chavez added that remark about an
odor in the room as he
addressed the UN yesterday. IMO, the only stench in the room was that of
the bullshit he spewed out. I watched the latter half of the speech. I haven't
seen a display like that Kruschev threatened to bury the West during the height
of the Cold War. The assembly didn't seem to mind as he got quite a round of
applause after his "speech."
Chavez still holds a
grudge for the brief coup in 2002 that stripped him of power. It doesn't matter
that he failed to pull off one of his own in 1992. Of course he blames the Bush
administration, but hasn't provided any proof of its involvement. The US was
aware of it however and the US ambassador to Venezuela warned him of it.
Wikipedia does a very
good bio of him with lots of footnotes to sources.
Chavez loves Castro so much that he wants to be the next Castro. In fact,
he wants to go one step better. All this posturing in the media and at the UN
and rubbing shoulders with the likes of Iran is an attempt to gather broad
support for the next elections for the UN Security Council. He's even promising
China to supply 20% of its oil needs if they vote for Venezuela.
The Security Council has its permanent members (US, Britain, China, Russia,
France) and temporary members who rotate in for two year stints. Throwing
Venezuela into the mix would surely stymie any US led initiatives. While Chavez
decalared the veto to be an undemocratic tool, I don't believe for a second that
he would hesitate to use it if Venezuela gets UNSC seat.
Anyone who reads this blog knows that I despise Bush. But, he's not the Devil.
Chavez accused Bush of being a hypocrite in that he supports terrorists that are
allied with him (Israel and anyone who took part in a coup against him). Odd
that there was nothing mentioned about Hezbollah, Hamas, or Islamic Jihad. His
buddies in Iran might frown on that.
Chavez remarks about him don't endear him to me. There's nothing Chavez can say
that will dissuade me of the opinion that he's just a Marxist thug looking to
make a power grab. In fact, BBC News has stated that he wants to amend
Venezuela's constitution to do away with term limits. Presidente for life!
Nor do Chavez' remarks instill any sympathy in me for W. If it weren't for his
bungled neocon crusade, pissant little dictators like Chavez wouldn't be
strutting around on the world stage. And if we had a national energy policy that
put Americans on an oil diet, we wouldn't have to import so much of the stuff.
Our oil dependency gives these princes and presidents their voice and
strengthens their stranglehold on power.
The one thing that I agree with Chavez on, amazingly enough, is that the UN
"doesn't work." Of course not, Hugo, if it did, tin pot dictators like you
wouldn't exist. The Darfur Holocaust and its predecessor in Rwanda wouldn't have
happened. Nations with long lists of human rights abuses (as per Amnesty
International) wouldn't be permitted to sit on the Human Rights Committee.
Israel, while condemned repeatedly by the UN, would see its enemies condemned as
well. Funny how Hezbollah never seems to go away.
Towards the end of Chavez' rant, he suggested that the UN be moved out of its
present location to somewhere in the South, perhaps even Venezuela (not making
this up). Be my guest Hugo. Take it. And good riddance.
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DED
1 Comment:
 Alan P. said...
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I agree, let them take their act on the road. I am tired of being repaid for
hospitality by having to endure endless insults too. I am glad that he (Chavez)
got to shoot his mouth off, a flamboyant windbag to be sure. No fan of Bushco
here either but I expect the rest of the world to be more diplomatic in a formal
setting. If we could get some real leadership in this country on energy and
spending we could tell the rest of the world to ki$$ our a$$. Until then we will
be forced to watch our country's name and reputation being dragged down the
sewer hole. I wonder what the world would look like if we gained energy
independence and pulled all our military forces back into the U.S.? Maybe some
of them would come back, begging for help, maybe they would all hate us, but at
least we could hold our heads up when the flag was hoisted once more.
- 9/21/2006 9:35 PM
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