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Regardless of whether the Bush-men knew about or supported the coup, or didn't, they didn't condemn the coup. So, they were waiting to see who would win, which implies they would have accepted an unconstitutional outcome. True, there were reports that Chavez resigned, but this was definitely not a peaceful transfer of power - it was a coup. Bush should tell the world "Look, democracy is good, but only if property rights are respected." I don't think he (or anyone else) has the balls to do that.

True, there were reports that Chavez resigned, but this was definitely not a peaceful transfer of power - it was a coup. Bush should tell the world "Look, democracy is good, but only if property rights are respected." I don't think he (or anyone else) has the balls to do that.

Bush and his administration said that many times, publicly and from reports, privately. When they got word he'd resigned under pressure from his top military, who'd been ordered by Chavez to shoot opposition Venezuelans peacefully holding a march, it was obivious to anyone who believes in constitutional order, that Hugo Chavez had departed from democracy and Bush had "the balls" to say Chavez was the architect and instigator of his own downfall.