Friday, October 21, 2005

Hugo Chavez, A New October Crisis?

There's an interesting article in the daily Standard regarding the relationship between Iran and Venezuela. If Iran is allowed to complete its nuclear plans and, in turn, attempts to partner with Venezuela in spreading that technology to the anti-American government of Chavez then perhaps Hugo truly has reason to fear an American invasion.

A nuclear presence in the hands of an unfriendly nation in our hemisphere is no more acceptable now than it was back in 1962. In fact, tomorrow is the anniversary of JFK informing the world that the Soviet Union was building secret missile bases in Cuba, only 90 miles off the shores of Florida.

Kennedy ordered a naval blockade of Cuba to prevent Russian ships from bringing additional missiles to the island. Khrushchev authorized his Soviet field commanders in Cuba to launch tactical nuclear weapons if invaded by U.S. forces. The two leaders stared each other down for seven days and then Khrushchev blinked. The whole period is remembered as "The Cuban Missle Crisis".

Meanwhile, back in the present, when the IAEA passed a resolution calling on Iran "to observe fully its commitments and to return to the negotiating process that has made good progress in the last two years", the only no vote was from Venezuela.

Chavez is already making noise about the pursuit of peaceful nuclear energy and close collaboration between Venezuela and Iran.

Hugo is trying to pick up where Fidel left off. The question is do we have someone to pick up where JFK left off?

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