[Cincinatus' Wife]

'New populists' vs. the West - Iran and Venezuela forge a political counterweight to US power***WASHINGTON – Some might call it the axle of anti-American populism.

With linchpins in Tehran on one end and Caracas on the other, a new brand of international populism is rising by fanning flames of division between Western powers and the "powerless" of the developing world.

Leaders, from Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez, are winning points at home by striking a nationalist and anti-American pose. Their method: Use the international stage to rail against what they see as a disconnect between the values espoused by the world's sole superpower and its actions. .............................***

[Beckwith]

I didn't know Venezuela had uranium. That fact makes this picture really scary.

[EBH]

Ah yes, and isn't Hamas scheduled to visit next week?

[sgtbono2002]

Number 3, nice picture of Larry Moe and Curly Joe.