Russ
In article <kvnu8.185$Bc.9470@news.get2net.dk>, "Raven" <jonlennart.beck@get2net.dk>writes:

Raven
"Russ" <mcresq@aol.com>skrev i en meddelelse news:20020414172054.01774.00001298@mb-cg.aol.com...

In article <a9crft$20te0$1@ID-121201.news.dfncis.de>, "David Flood" <NOSPAMmaoltuile@utvinternet.ie>writes:

I was *quite* startled to see the warm support the military coup in that country has received from Bush's White House, I thought you had worked that kind of thing out of US foreign policy during the Clinton years.

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Although what I can say is that the massive popular demonstrations against the govenments appeared to indicate it was the people that didn't like the government, not the CIA. So, I think this is typical Irish conspiracy theories. Rather, from all appearances it appears what happened in Venezuela was brought about by Venezuelans.

You're both behind the times. Hugo Chavez is back in his palacio, because of other crowds demonstrating for him, and the bulk of the army didn't agree with their generals.

Russ
Yeah, I saw that. I did admit up front my knowledge of the situation was

Contrast that with Mr. Flood who implied the CIA was behind it. <g>