[PAR35]

Since you apparently don’t keep up with Latin America, I’ll supply a very brief history lesson. Chavez was deposed in a coup by pro-western military officers. Washington (ok, let’s name names, the Bush/Rice team denounced the coup, and withheld support, enabling Chavez to regain power.

So, all the Bush team would have had to do was keep their mouth shut, and the Venezuelan oil would have been controlled by and American ally.

[1rudeboy]

ROTFLMAO. And where did you get your "expertise," by collecting and sending in breakfast cereal coupons, or while employed in Chris Dodd's office?

Anti-Chavez coup fails.
Bush's Fault™.
Bush Derangement Syndrome.
Quod erat demonstrandum.

Just so you don't think I am unwilling to throw you a lifeline--even if you can successfully argue that the Bush Administration's reaction to the coup attempt was flawed, you'd still have to demonstrate that the flawed reaction was a failure of policy.

And I need to warn you in advance, if you plan on citing to communist sources, our conversation is over.