[livius]

There was a great article by Mary Anastasia O 'Grady in today's Wall Street Journal, discussing Allende (after Powell's stupid remark) and drawing the comparison between Allende and Chavez.

Allende was also a very unpopular elected left-wing president who immediately took steps to undo the democratic process and destroy the economy. There was enormous popular resentment against him and a strong movement to remove him. The rebellion of the military against Allende was widely supported by Chileans. All of this has conveniently been forgotten by the liberal media and, apparently, our State Department.

The advantage the Chilean people had was that the military still remained as a separate force. Chavez, on the other hand, has effectively taken over the military, and has now removed any power the police may have had. So this leaves civil war and street fighting as the only option for Venezuelans.

Something has got to be done about this soon.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Thank you for relating the Wall Street article.

The State Dept. doesn't appear to be doing much about the Latin American mess.