I'm sure Lula is just tickled pink (pun) by all this attention from the two biggest losers in Latin America.
Anyone who believes this trio is a TRUE threat is a bit paranoid, IMHO. Lula i suspect just wishes these two clowns would just go away. They will ruin Lula's chances (if he had any) in Brazil...
Perhaps i'm an optimist but i think Chavez will be gone even before Saddam, and Castro will continue his slide into oblivion, accompanied by his ideological stablemate jimmuh the nobelpeaceprizeTM winner...