> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > They didn't say "Woo hoo! Chavez is gone!" as, well, a lot of people did. > Dan > Well, not that strong, but let me quote from the NY Times quoting the > administration: > > 'We know that the action encouraged by the Ch�vez government provoked this > crisis,' said Ari Fleischer, the White House spokesman. The Ch�vez > government, he added, suppressed a peaceful demonstration and fired on > unarmed protesters. >
Australian TV carried footage of Fleischer making that (or a similar) statement. His body language screamed "Woo-hoo!" That was one very smug spokesman I saw. Dan> > It may very well have been that the > military had to act to give the process time to stop Chavez from instituting > an autocratic rule, but the US should have been a lot clearer in its support > of the democratic process catching up with events instead of apparently > claiming that the action of the military was the democratic process at work. > Yep. Brett
