Saturday, September 17, 2005

Seeing the Forest

"Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez called the United States a "terrorist state" and said the United Nations headquarters should be moved away from New York.

The outspoken Chavez littered his speech to the UN world summit with anti-US comments which were strongly applauded. The ally of Cuba's President Fidel Castro followed this up with a press conference at which he accused the US administration of supporting terrorism."

What I find interesting is not the anti-Merican rhetoric. But the fact that the rhetoric is getting strong applause by the International Community. That shows how far the US has been isolating itself vis a vis the world and that how much out of touch this Administration is with the realities of the International life and opinion. One thing the Bushies must remember, is that no one can live in a vacuum.

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