Wednesday, April 27, 2005
Chavez and American Strategy
Their relations with Chavez would be so much better if they had not tried to overthrow him. The problem remains that he is democratically elected, by elections that have been considered free and fair. So by attacking Chavez, they are providing a test case for all the other countries that they are "democratizing." As usual it is not democracy but greed that wins.
Jax
[In] recent months, U.S. officials have found themselves facing an escalating confrontation with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, and have discovered that neighboring countries are largely unwilling to join efforts to isolate him.
U.S. officials believe the best way to deal with Chavez is the way they are trying to get North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il to give up his nuclear ambitions — by working with neighbors to apply collective pressure.
But neighbors, including the United States' close ally Colombia, are unwilling to press Chavez too hard because doing so might increase instability along expansive borders. Neighboring states also fear that siding with the U.S. against Chavez might alienate leftist groups at home. (Link)
Jax
[In] recent months, U.S. officials have found themselves facing an escalating confrontation with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, and have discovered that neighboring countries are largely unwilling to join efforts to isolate him.
U.S. officials believe the best way to deal with Chavez is the way they are trying to get North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il to give up his nuclear ambitions — by working with neighbors to apply collective pressure.
But neighbors, including the United States' close ally Colombia, are unwilling to press Chavez too hard because doing so might increase instability along expansive borders. Neighboring states also fear that siding with the U.S. against Chavez might alienate leftist groups at home. (Link)
