But signifying nothing


Noise from Venezuela
I have been watching Venezuela since the elections years ago, and I get the distinct impression that while the Bush Administration is concerned, Hugo Chavez doesn't rate as a major problem.

Of course, Mr. Chavez would like to be a major problem for the U.S.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez launched a new verbal attack against US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, bluntly warning her "don't mess with me, girl."

Responding to remarks before the US Congress last week in which Rice called Chavez a "challenge to democracy" in Latin America, Chavez warned the top US diplomat to back off.

"She messed with me again," he said in his weekly "Hello President" television show, deliberately mangling her name as "Condolences." "Don't mess with me, girl."

Last week, after her US Congress testimony, Chavez dismissed Rice as "the imperial lady."

He vowed Sunday that Washington would fail in its bid to arouse international opinion against Caracas, and accused the George W. Bush administration of fomenting transit strikes and other unrest to destabilize his country.

Two observations here. First, the Bush Administration is not particularly subtle in it's foreign policy, if the decision had been made to make things difficult for Mr. Chavez, he would have many more problems than what he is facing now. As far as I can tell, everything that he complained about the U.S. doing inside Venezuela is because of the citizens.

Second, it must be galling for someone of Mr. Chavez's demonstrated personality traits to be reduced to calling someone by names. And a woman, well, THAT must really bother him.

And yes, I am laughing. I've known and admired strong women for years. And this is just so priceless. Just by being herself and speaking her mind, Secretary Rice is teaching the misogynists of the world a few things.

— NeoWayland

Posted: Mon - February 20, 2006 at 09:33 PM  Tag


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