Monday, May 28, 2007

"Dems' bizarre assault on Hugo Chavez"

 

Posted by Guest Blogger at 7:17 AM on May 28, 2007.

Robert Naiman: A simple question: would it be an issue if the U.S. did it?

This post, by Robert Naiman, originally appeared on the Blog for a Just Foreign Policy.

While many people were gnashing their teeth over the Congressional decision to fund the escalation of the war in Iraq without any meaningful restriction, the Senate, led by Senators Dodd, Clinton, and Obama, did something very bizarre. It passed a resolution introduced by Dodd and Lugar denouncing Venezuela for not renewing the license of a TV station that actively supported the 2002 military coup against the democratically elected government.

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Source: AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Dems' bizarre assault on Hugo Chavez

 

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