[Dog Gone]

What seems to have escaped notice is that Hugo Chavez's survival and the huge embarrassment it has caused the administration mark an important setback in this war, particularly to U.S. credibility in dividing the post-9/11 world into those who choose to be with us, and those who risk annihilation if they choose not to be.***

Oh, BS. The left is simultaneously criticizing us for being behind the coup, and for letting it be undone by the Chavez forces.

They want it both ways, when in fact we were not behind the coup, and the coup leaders were not the type of people we would support in any event.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

They want it both ways, when in fact we were not behind the coup, and the coup leaders were not the type of people we would support in any event.

But the Left will highlight the allegation we were. Nice Chavez has withdrawn the controverial board he'd put in at the oil compay and is working to install another controversial person to head it. But he's "sheathed his sword."