Brett Coster wrote:
>
> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > It says that they made it
> > clear that they supported democracy, but didn't explicitly say don't
> > overthrow Chavez. They probably should have, but that's vastly different
> > from what you were accusing them of. Should they have told the
> officials -
> > not under any circumstances? No, actually they shouldn't, because there
> > are circumstances in which one would have been justified, and Chavez was
> > treading fairly close to that line.
>
> How can you champion democracy and then say or imply or whatever that there
> is a case of any sort for a non democratic transfer of power? Is that like
> being a little bit pregnant?
>
> Again, democracy means that it is the right of the voters to make whatever
> bloody choice of government they want to make.
>
> Are we talking at cross purposes here? I just do not get how you can think
> that any US government can "suggest" a non democratic method of changing
> government while still claiming to be the bastion of democracy it does. If
> you think otherwise then we just have to agree to disagree.
>
> It is one thing to voice your disapproval publicly, it is a conspiracy to
> voice it privately with people who later undertake such a coup. It is
> political stupidity to get yourself into the position where you are
> perceived to have given any sort of encouragement, rather than outright
> disapproval, of any form of non democratic transfer of power.
Well, the attitude of folks in the White House aside, how do we know how
the private conversations went down? I mean, if the folks that the
White House was talking to brought up the possibility of a coup first
and the White House response was, "You'd better not," that's different
than if someone in the White House mentioned the possibility of a coup
first.
I've probably stated that very badly. Can someone read my mind and do a
better job of saying what I wanted to say? :)
Julia
close to going insane (Sam has more energy than anyone ought to right
now, in his tired mother's opinion), and obligated to leave the computer
for the evening Very Soon (because his grandfather will be here Any
Minute Now)
