Obama’s Test From Chávez
cool, intelligent black replacement. In such circumstances, he may fabricate a crisis so he can declare martial law and wage war against the U.S. as Fidel Castro did in Cuba 50 years ago. Expect Iran, Russia and maybe China to be denying involvement in it.
To counter Chávez, Obama should eliminate U.S. dependence on Venezuela’s oil and thus stop subsidizing Chávez’s state sponsorship of terrorism. This is not as difficult a task as Bush thought, because Venezuela’s fuels are not needed in a recession. But without U.S. revenues to subsidize his megalomaniacal fanaticism, Chávez will face new enemies among the military closest to him, including thousands of Cubans loyal to Chávez’s money not his dreams of grandeur. By protecting America, Obama could really help the suppressed democracy of Venezuela.
©2008 Michael Rowan
Michael Rowan, a political consultant and writer, lived in Caracas from 1993 to 2006. He was the strategist for Governor Manuel Rosales in the 2006 presidential race and is the co- author with Douglas Schoen of The Threat Closer to Home: Hugo Chávez and the War Against America (Free Press, January 6, 2009 publication; 978-1-4165-9477-2).
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