Tuesday, July 03, 2007

Hugo and Mahmoud: Love is in the air

Two of my favorites, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, are touring Iran, holding each others hands (really) and egging each other on with anti-West rhetoric. Next thing you'll know, they'll be registering for gifts at Kalashnikov, FN, and Sukhoi.

Just how does one wrap an Su-30?

But I digress...

Chavez the Commie and Ahmadinejad the ultra-right religious hard-liner would seem to be at polar opposites. But they appear to be a match made in Heaven (or Hell, depending on your perspective), despite their politics.

This seems to me to be a testament to the power of hate. Neither of these clowns has much of anything to offer their populace other than disparaging of the West. Both are stewards of their respective nations' enormous deposits of oil, yet the economies of both countries are failing. Without their ability to rouse the rabble against the Great Satan, they've both got a whole lot of nothing in their respective bag.

I can only imagine how much fun their press conferences are. Bill Maher ought to tune in to steal some material. Who knows, with help from Ahmadinejad and Chavez, even he might be funny.

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