Michael Rowan The Threat Closer to Home.flv

Michael Rowan over zijn boek The Treat Closer to Home.
Het gaat om H. Chavez en de dreiging die Chavez is voor Amerika.

Location: The Heritage Foundation's Lehrman Auditorium
Venezuela's caudillo [strongman] President Hugo Chávez has his sights set on an extended stay in executive office well beyond the possibilities of even a second Obama Administration. Like his hero Fidel Castro, Chávez aspires to remain a thorn in the side for multiple U.S. presidents. With his Bolivarian Revolution and "socialism for the 21st Century," Chávez has harnessed Venezuela's abundant oil wealth to pay for socialist experimentation at home and lavish subsidies for the like-minded in Cuba, Bolivia and Nicaragua. He advocates Latin America's independence from U.S. overseas influence and fosters establishment of a global, anti-American coalition with Iran, Russia and others. The Obama Administration has yet to speak on the topic, emitting before January 20 mixed signals ranging from hope of conciliation to tough talk about Chávez's authoritarian tendencies and dubious friends. Forging a realistic policy for managing the Chávez "threat" will be a fundamental challenge for the Obama foreign policy team.

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