¡Viva el Presidente!
Being a fan of anyone who dares to point out the emperor is naked, I really have to appreciate the candor of the Venezuelan government of Hugo Chávez.
On the CNN program "Late Edition" on Oct. 9, Mr. Robertson was back on the attack, citing unidentified sources who accused Mr. Chávez of sending "either $1 million or $1.2 million in cash" to Osama bin Laden after the Sept. 11 attacks and asserting that Venezuela was trying to acquire a nuclear weapons capacity. The Venezuelan vice president, José Vicente Rangel, dismissed Mr. Robertson's remarks, saying, "He's crazy, at the very least."
And you just have to love their sense of humor. For one, they refer to Dubya as "Mr. Danger." For another, Venezuelan state television broadcasts clips of American officials criticizing Chávez, with the Darth Vader theme playing in the background.
Of course, the merriment in all this is sobered by the fact that the level of threat is much more grave. While it would defy logic for the Bush administration to try to depose Chávez, it's certainly not beyond the pale. Even if they claim otherwise.
"The U.S. has not planned, is not planning, will not plan and cannot plan to assassinate Hugo Chávez," the American ambassador to Venezuela, William Brownfield, said in Caracas. "It would be a violation of both U.S. law and policy."
Right, because the administration has so often opted against military action where it would be in violation of U.S. law. That's reassuring.
On the CNN program "Late Edition" on Oct. 9, Mr. Robertson was back on the attack, citing unidentified sources who accused Mr. Chávez of sending "either $1 million or $1.2 million in cash" to Osama bin Laden after the Sept. 11 attacks and asserting that Venezuela was trying to acquire a nuclear weapons capacity. The Venezuelan vice president, José Vicente Rangel, dismissed Mr. Robertson's remarks, saying, "He's crazy, at the very least."
And you just have to love their sense of humor. For one, they refer to Dubya as "Mr. Danger." For another, Venezuelan state television broadcasts clips of American officials criticizing Chávez, with the Darth Vader theme playing in the background.
Of course, the merriment in all this is sobered by the fact that the level of threat is much more grave. While it would defy logic for the Bush administration to try to depose Chávez, it's certainly not beyond the pale. Even if they claim otherwise.
"The U.S. has not planned, is not planning, will not plan and cannot plan to assassinate Hugo Chávez," the American ambassador to Venezuela, William Brownfield, said in Caracas. "It would be a violation of both U.S. law and policy."
Right, because the administration has so often opted against military action where it would be in violation of U.S. law. That's reassuring.
posted by Alexander Dubcek | 19:52
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