Tuesday, January 17, 2006
Here is a not to be missed article in yesterday's OpinionJournal: The Tehran-Caracas Axis - Hugo Chávez and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are more than just pen pals.
The warmth and moral support between Ahmadinejad and Chávez is very public. The two tyrants are a lot more than just pen pals. Venezuela has made it clear that it backs Iran's nuclear ambitions and embraces the mullahs' hateful anti-Semitism. What remains more speculative is just how far along Iran is in putting down roots in Venezuela.
In September, when the International Atomic Energy Agency offered a resolution condemning Iran for its "many failures and breaches of its obligations to comply" with its treaty commitments, Venezuela was the only country that voted "no." Ahmadinejad congratulated the Venezuelan government, calling the vote "brave and judicious."...
The issues brought up in the entry below, Chavez and Liberation Theology, are relevant again as you'll see when you read.
Always interesting to see how dictatorship is always destructive. Venezuela is swimming in oil, yet its infrastructure is literally crumbling and they feel themselves drawn to common cause with some of the world's worst regimes.
(H/T: isirota1965)