Now, some years later, my predictions have proven quite true. But what most of us seem to miss is the problem it creates for us, here in the USA. Among other despots and communist/socialists, Chavez has aligned himself with Islamic oil producing countries and their leaders, including Iraq.
This creates a huge threat to our own economic stability. Much of our oil comes from Venezuela and the countries Chavez has aligned himself with. If they jointly cut off our supply, we are left with only a fraction of the imported oil we need to sustain our economy. The United States would do well to heed the danger posed by Chavez and his associates.
Thank you for your post. When I first started seeing what he was doing it made the hair on the back of my neck stand up. It's as plain as day what he's up to.
You're right about it not receiving much attention, even here on FR. The reponse I commonly get (Now there are many who do know where he wants to take Venezuela and I'm not speaking about them.) is that he wanted to do wonderful things for Venezuela and that he was better than what they had. Then I'm told how unequal it is between the rich and the poor and that governments run by dictators in this region have more success and are more stable.
Then when his actions made it clearer and clearer how he was taking undemocratic control of the country, they grew silent and didn't want to talk about it. I believe there is a lot of "stick it to the man" mentality lurking around on FR.