Posted by
Scatbug on Thursday, August 14, 2008 2:17:29 PM
Quick! Name the Latin American president famed for his tirades against the hegemonic bullying of the Yankee Devil.
Oh, right...Let me narrow that down a bit.
He's the one who goes on and on about assassination plots and pending invasions of his country by the American Empire.
Crap...Okay, who's the knucklehead South American despot who at times fancies himself a pirate on the Spanish Main?
Name this man...
Correct! That's Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela. Good work!
For some odd reason I got to thinking about Hugo this morning while reading the latest developments on the Soviet Bolshevik Red Army Russian invasion of Georgia. "I wonder", I wondered, "How would Hugo Chavez view this situation? I mean jeepers. Here's a behemoth nation stomping around its backyard, getting its weakling neighbors in line by force of arms, and all in a decidedly unilateral fashion. If that ain't hegemonic..."
Anyway, that internal conversation went on for another 10 minutes or so, until they came 'round with the medication. But the bottom line question was this: "What would Hugo do if he were Georgia's leader?" Interestingly, we have the answer from a couple of weeks ago:
(Newser) – Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez is on a two-day trip to Moscow seeking closer military and economic ties —and raising the possibility that Russian troops may be stationed in Venezuela. Chavez and Russian president Dmitry Medvedev have already agreed to extend an energy partnership and are negotiating an arms deal and military co-operation, reports the BBC.
"If Russia's armed forces want to be present in Venezuela, they will be given a warm welcome," Chavez told a news conference after the meeting. Venezuela will continue to pursue closer military ties with Russia "because the North American empire has plans to invade Venezuela, to disarm Venezuela," he said.