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And if they have any more "shock and awe" to inflict, in what is, hopefully, their waning months as tyrants, instigating a fascist secessionist plot (a la Bolivia) in Zulia--Venezuela's biggest oil state, located on the Caribbean, adjacent to Colombia--and bringing the U.S. 4th Fleet into it, along with Colombia military/paramilitary forces, U.S. special forces, Blackwater and local fascist militias, could be their dreadful swansong.
It could also be a long term plan--a private corporate resource war, using the billions they have stolen from us, and mercenary armies they have created at our expense, to overthrow Zulia and split it off from Venezuela, and possibly trap Obama into supporting it (the way the CIA and the Miami mafia tried to trap JFK into the "Bay of Pigs" invasion of Cuba in his first months in office).
In the last election (06), Rosales, governor of Zulia, then opposition candidate for president against Chavez, was obliged to publicly disavow a fascist plot, hatched in the Colombian military, to assassinate Chavez and overthrow the Venezuelan government. This was the plot that got all of Latin America roused up to start resisting U.S. interference in their countries. Its exposure put Rosales on the spot, and he had to distance himself from it. But that doesn't mean he isn't deeply involved in fascist plotting, on an on-going basis, and in the current situation (USAID 'trained' rightwing student thugs trying to destabilize Zulia).
It's also interesting that Rosales and the right is polling poorly (as to the upcoming by-elections). They are known to be allied with the Bushwhacks, whose insane looting has now caused a global crash, and very likely Great Depression II. Venezuela is doing very well, in this financial meltdown, due to the policies and forethought of the Chavez government, which protected Venezuela's financial institutions and economy, and has big cash reserves. In fact, Venezuela could be one of the few countries that lands on its feet. Being associated with Bushwhacks, these days, is political poison. Venezuela has also helped other South American countries to get out from under World Bank/IMF and G-7 control, with the creation of institutions like the Bank of the South, and pay-off's of debt. Argentina, Bolivia and others are in much better shape because of this. Brazil--whose president is a friend and ally of Chavez--is also doing well. The South American "Common Market" that they've formed (UNASUR) could end up a world economic/political powerhouse, after all is said and done, in the Bushwhacks' final looting and induced Depression.
And how totally ironic--and how sweet--that will be! The Corpo/fascists wanted to "drown government in the bathtub," in order to have a worldwide sharkfest of the rich eating the poor--but the upshot may be the opposite: the triumph of socialism, or, rather, the triumph of mixed economies and good government, with strong democratic control over "organized money" (as FDR called it).
Anyway, among the bloody fiascos that the Bushwhacks may still have in mind, grabbing Zulia and its oil, and trying to create a leftist-free zone in the Caribbean/Central America, could well be the second "October Surprise."
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