Iran, which had built up friendly ties with deposed Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, said Saturday the fiery populist's ouster by the military was in part hatched by the United States. State television said Washington was concerned that Venezuela -- the world's No 4 oil exporter and a leading supplier of petroleum products to the U.S. -- would heed a call by Iran to cut oil supplies for one month to countries that support Israel. Noting that Chavez's foreign policies "were contrary to American interests in Latin America" it said the flamboyant ex-paratrooper's fall "reminds one of the American-backed coup by General Augusto Pinochet in Chile in 1973."
Hell, yeah. Shoulda thought of that. It didn't matter than no one in Venezuela could stand him, it hadda be the Great Satan. If the ayatollahs keep dwelling on that idea, then it stands to reason that they'll remain in power indefinitely because they've taken every precaution against American plots. It's a very tuneful whistle in the darkness... |