[shanec]

"...i trust W's latin american policy so far."

I can't help but think they could do much more as far as vocally awakening the world communty and the American people to the 'Clear and Present Danger' the Chavez regime represents.

The govt does not need to get involved on the ground there, but from here and via the media they could be laying out all he is doing, has been doing, and has said he wants to do, and that would then be plenty enough to have him seen as the terrorist supporter he is as well as the Castroette dictator of his own people that he wants to become.

-Shane

[xsmommy]

i agree with you, but how much of it is the media's refusal to cover it and how much a lack of interest on the part of the Bush administration ? The media is loathe to portray LA leftists as bad guys in any way shape or form. And Doggone is right, the American sheeple just don't give a crap about Latin America.

[Dog Gone]

But to what effect? It doesn't appear that Venezuelans need cheerleader support from America. The opposition is not waning. If anything, it is growing.

A vocal campaign by officials in America might be used by Chavez as a way to inspire nationalism in support of himself. He'd love to be the proud anti-American voice.

I did notice that we decided to close down a couple of sections in the embassy in Caracas today. That's a minor step which will be largely ignored, especially in America, but it is a movement in the diplomatic game of chess now being played.