Venezuela Now a Military Dictatorship

Venezuela’s Marxist President Nicolás Maduro (shown, left) closed the loop on Monday night, declaring under powers granted to himself by his “emergency decree” announced in January (later to be declared “constitutional” by his hand-picked Supreme Court) that his new Great Sovereign Supply Mission would be run by the country’s defense minister, Vladimir Padrino López (shown, right).
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BC: The Great Escape

THE BELMONT CLUB, 2/15/2010 by Richard Fernandez - As Evan Bayh and Phil Jones moved to put some distance between themselves and an enterprise on the rocks — President Obama’s “Change” agenda and Global Warming respectively, Hillary Clinton began to play down hopes for engagement with Iran by describing it as moving towards a “military dictatorship” which might have to be constrained by sanctions. The recurring theme of the last month was that nothing remained certain. John McCain who is facing a tough challenge for his Senate seat summarized the situation when he, “no incumbent is safe” as anger at Washington reached levels he has never seen before. All the old certainties seem shaky. And Fred Barnes at the Weekly Standard half-pityingly says that President Obama has “been reduced to stunts”. ∴ What is to be done when situation is undergoing an unpredictable transformation? One strategy is to wait the storm out. Read more at the Belmont Club... Read More......