"What is your take on the "bless the CIA" angle?"
It's the old American ego in action, the idea that nothing happens in thois world that we didn't have a hand in.
This was the people of Venezuela simply saying "enough"!
189 posted on 4/11/02 9:06 PM Pacific by Luis Gonzalez
I see that the stupid little leftist myth has taken hold in conservative circles. Yeah, the same CIA which help this country avert a disaster on September 11. "The Soviet Union is in great shape" - CIA in 1990. CIA my athlete's foot!
The CIA which defeated the Red Army in Afghanistan. When Democrats run the CIA from the White House or Congress, diaster ensues. Right now, they don't have that power. And Bush, according to Woodward, signed a secret EO after 9/11 unleashing the agency. You can bet there is decades of frustration waiting to express itself. I believe we have only seen the beginning with Chavez.
Aside from that, just having the good guys in office encourages freedom fighters. The people who kicked out Chavez knew they would not get a warm reception under Clinton or Gore. With Clinton taking bribes from the PRC and PLA and the ChiComs active in Venezuela nobody was about to risk a coup.