Third World United States Gets Aid

[yesdachi]

I’m not a fan of his but I’ll give him credit for digging on Bush. Although I am not sure why he wants to increase the tension between us?!?!

[QwertyMIDX]

Because he's a smart politican and he realizes that attacking the US is a good way to keep his leftist supports in line.

[Grey_Fox]

A foreign government is doing more for Americans than their own governent. A brilliant move.

Oh yeah, LMAO

[Tricon]

He's wily. I'll give him that.

Humanitarian aid.... that's one of the best one liners this years. Thanks for shaming us. We need it now and then.

[Red Harvest]

I’m not a fan of his but I’ll give him credit for digging on Bush. Although I am not sure why he wants to increase the tension between us?!?!

Externalization. Typical method for strongmen and totalitarians. If you can keep the focus on some external problem, your people will be less inclined to focus on *your* problems at home. Bush does it too and succeeded for awhile, but Chavez is better at it. Chavez understands something that Bush does not: as we say in chess, "it is the threat that counts." When you actually carry out the threat in the form of an attack you risk failure. If you fail, you are weaker for it. So maintaining a threat can be more effective, and certainly maintain favorable tension longer. Knowing when and how to act is the difference between a master and a patzer.