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At the risk of having several more dolts take the time out of their lives of satisfying excitement and personal fulfillment, here's a link to an article by Joe Conason on the failed Venezuelan coup:
http://www.observer.com/pages/story.asp?ID=5746
And a few choice 'graphs:
"There was something surreal about the official U.S. response to this chaotic situation, coming as it did from an administration that had actually lost the popular vote in the last election here and only attained power by judicial intervention. Of course, no one is supposed to dwell on the 2000 election and its disputed aftermath anymore, irresistible as such comparisons may be.
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"Once again, the supposed masters of foreign policy serving Mr. Bush have displayed their own arrogance and incompetence. In this episode, they proved that they believe in multilateral diplomacy only when it serves the interests of the United States, and that they honor constitutional processes only so long as those processes produce the desired result. A single day’s duplicity has revived every ugly memory of the U.S. role in Latin America during the Cold War."
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And THAT, boys and girls, is one reason why it's not a good idea to go screwing around with the process in other countries. Now, if only the U.S. electorate could learn the lesson so nicely taught us by Venezuela about what to do when some tin-plated tyrant tries to illegally seize power.
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