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2006-05-18 Caribbean-Latin America

Militant Populists with ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder)

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Posted by Steve 2006-05-18 09:59|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Amen, Jim D. and the other StratPage folks, but during or shortly before the "self destruct" phase of the plan, the Usual Suspects will be clamoring for international aid and support for starving Venezuelans, the practical effect of which will be to prop up the regime for much longer than its sell by date.

The Castro model is a more likely one.

Posted by Carl in N.H.">Carl in N.H. 2006-05-18 11:31|| 2006-05-18 11:31|| Front Page Top

#2 Although the U.S. and many of its friends have come to view the advent of Hugo Chavez as President of Venezuela and Evo Morales as President of Bolivia, as something of a disaster, a lot of cultural and policy analysts have concluded that ignoring them is likely to be the best policy. Despite their often revolutionary rhetoric, neither has an attention-span sufficient to carry through any kind of serious program, much preferring to mug for the crowd, promising pie-in-the-sky but not investing much effort in delivering the goods.

Let's just ignore all the human misery their kind cause, and the endless opportunities for mischief they offer the more focused psychopaths.

Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford 2006-05-18 12:08|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2006-05-18 12:08|| Front Page Top

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