DEPAVER
31st January 2005, 12:04
Chavez had better watch himself....
http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=24874
Arthur Shaw
Is the Bush regime planning to "Special Op" Venezuela?
VHeadline.com guest commentarist Arthur Shaw writes: What, in the
world, has US imperialism been up to after its big defeat in the
August 15 recall election in Venezuela?
Below is a list of seven items setting forth the principal utterances
and actions of the United States, either directly or through its
surrogates after August 15.
Perhaps a close look at the list will disclose or, at least, help us
to speculate reasonably about what George W Bush, the American
dictator who steals oil and rigs his own elections, has in mind in
2005 for Venezuela.
During the last seven or so months, Mr. Bush or his surrogates are
responsible for:
1. Shipping William Brownfield to Caracas as the new US ambassador to
sweet talk and to tell soothing lies to Venezuela.
2. Murdering a state prosecutor who was in charge of the
investigation of pro-imperialist Venezuelan traitors
3. Plotting with Alvaro Uribe who presides over the death
squad "democracy" in Colombia to excite and intensify tensions
between Venezuela and Colombia
4. Lobbying the countries in the region to denounce Venezuela's
political and economic policies.
5. Hiring mercenaries and bribing Venezuelan cops to abduct a
Colombian revolutionary on Venezuelan soil
6. Sniveling inconsolably over the enactment or enforcement of very
moderate measures regarding land reform, the media, and the judiciary
7. Jawboning of Venezuela by the new US Secretary of State.
Except for the item dealing with Ambassador Brownfield, all of the
signals from Washington D.C. are full of hatred and savage hostility
toward the Venezuela.
Since the apparent amicability of Ambassador Brownfield is only a
pretense, we can safely infer that the Bush regime is uniformly
hostile toward Venezuelans and their process ... there is no rift
within the imperialist regime in Washington as far as US policy on
Venezuela is concerned.
Until recently, some observers believed they saw in US Secretary of
State Colin Powell (and a sector of the CIA) a dissenter from the oil-
stealing, big lie-telling (WMDs) and aggressive United States foreign
policy.
Next, the list of items above suggests that the current Bush "game-
plan" for Venezuela is a combination of propaganda (Items 1, 6 and 7)
and operations (Items 2, 3, 4 and 5).
As for the propaganda side of the implied imperialist policy, we have
Ambassador Brownfield in Caracas babbling about the need for civility
and greater understanding between the two countries ... while his
superiors in Washington pounce on everything and anything (like a
Florida alligator), that can, in any way or to the slightest degree,
discredit Venezuela and its process.
It's not hard to figure out what Bush is up to with this bifurcated
propaganda.
Bush hopes to split Venezuelan leaders into at least two camps ...
one falling for Ambassador Brownfield's lies and charm ... and the
other rejecting the Brownfield's lies, contending that the comments
of Brownfield's superiors in Washington D.C. exclusively reflect the
true policy of the Bush regime.
The Bush regime is very good and very experienced at identifying,
recruiting, and nurturing (with generous bribes) potential renegades
in foreign governments for seditious purposes.
This trick is another version of the good cop-bad cop routine;
except, in this case, the good cop, Ambassador Brownfield, isn't very
good.
As for the operational side of the implied imperialist policy, US
imperialism seems to have lost a great deal of confidence in the
competence of its Venezuelan surrogates or, in other words, the
stupid, squabbling, and greedy "opposition" in Venezuela.
Except for murder of Danilo Anderson (Item 2 above) and the bribe-
taking cops in the Rodrigo Granda abduction (Item 5), the involvement
of Venezuelan renegades is inconspicuous.
The Bush regime itself has assumed the main and public operational
responsibility (Item 4) for the overthrow of Venezuelan democracy.
It's most important surrogates in this operation appear to be the
officials of the death squad "democracy" under Alvaro Uribe in
Colombia, mercenaries (who prefer to be called "private security
contractors"), last and least, bloodthirsty or bribe-loving
Venezuelan renegades.
The apparent goal behind the lobbying by the Bush regime of other
Latin American countries to denounce Venezuela is to find out exactly
where these governments stand on the overthrow of Venezuelan
democracy.
How many can be counted on by Bush either to support the overthrown
or to play dumb and turn a blind eye?
Evidently, the Bush regime has not forgotten that it was Brazil that
blocked the sending of US military forces into Venezuela after the
April 2002 overthrow of Venezuelan democracy collapsed. At the time,
Brazil lobbied Latin American governments to oppose the US proposal
to send in a so-called "OAS Democracy Mission" or ... in other
words ... US military forces, to prevent the return of President
Chavez to power (according to CIA documents released in October
2004).
It appears that the US lobbying of Latin American countries under the
auspices of Condoleezza (or, more aptly, "Condolence") Rice isn't
going very well ... considering the barely concealed disgust of the
Bush regime for all three candidates vying for the OAS general
secretary job and the election of Cuba this week its Latin American
peers to serve on the UN Commission on Human Rights notwithstanding
strong US opposition to their choice.
But what can we reasonably infer about the nature of
imperialist "game-plan" itself from the list?
I believe the implications of the murder of State Prosecutor Danilo
Anderson and the abduction of Rodrigo Granda answer this question.
In April 2002, the imperialist game-plan was apparently to arrest and
to obtain the resignation of President Chavez, a similar exercise
later worked like a charm in Haiti.
In 2005, the imperialist game-plan appears to be the abduction and
murder of Pres. Chavez, to be accomplished by US
military/intelligence agents, Colombian genocidists, highly-
compensated mercenaries, and traitors in the Venezuelan
military/intelligence/police apparatus.
The Granda operation, at least, demonstrates the venality of a
certain element within the Venezuelan security forces.
The Anderson and the Granda operations ... like brief April 2002
overthrow of Venezuelan democracy ... demonstrate limitations of the
counterintelligence capabilities of the loyal Venezuelan security
forces.
US imperialism is an old hand at murdering, as well as attempting to
murder heads of state (including its own country -- JFK) who
displease it.
So, the Anderson and the Granda operations are merely rehearsals for
something bigger, indeed, something huge.
Whether you like it or not, the process in Venezuela is an
insurrection against US imperialism more than against the Venezuelan
elite.
Engels, a noted writer, in his book "Revolution and Counter-
Revolution in Germany" had this, among other things, to say about
insurrection: "Firstly, never play with insurrection ... the forces
opposed to you have all the advantage of organization, discipline and
habitual authority... Secondly, the insurrectionary career once
entered upon, act with the greatest determination, and on the
offensive."
[B]
http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=24874
Arthur Shaw
Is the Bush regime planning to "Special Op" Venezuela?
VHeadline.com guest commentarist Arthur Shaw writes: What, in the
world, has US imperialism been up to after its big defeat in the
August 15 recall election in Venezuela?
Below is a list of seven items setting forth the principal utterances
and actions of the United States, either directly or through its
surrogates after August 15.
Perhaps a close look at the list will disclose or, at least, help us
to speculate reasonably about what George W Bush, the American
dictator who steals oil and rigs his own elections, has in mind in
2005 for Venezuela.
During the last seven or so months, Mr. Bush or his surrogates are
responsible for:
1. Shipping William Brownfield to Caracas as the new US ambassador to
sweet talk and to tell soothing lies to Venezuela.
2. Murdering a state prosecutor who was in charge of the
investigation of pro-imperialist Venezuelan traitors
3. Plotting with Alvaro Uribe who presides over the death
squad "democracy" in Colombia to excite and intensify tensions
between Venezuela and Colombia
4. Lobbying the countries in the region to denounce Venezuela's
political and economic policies.
5. Hiring mercenaries and bribing Venezuelan cops to abduct a
Colombian revolutionary on Venezuelan soil
6. Sniveling inconsolably over the enactment or enforcement of very
moderate measures regarding land reform, the media, and the judiciary
7. Jawboning of Venezuela by the new US Secretary of State.
Except for the item dealing with Ambassador Brownfield, all of the
signals from Washington D.C. are full of hatred and savage hostility
toward the Venezuela.
Since the apparent amicability of Ambassador Brownfield is only a
pretense, we can safely infer that the Bush regime is uniformly
hostile toward Venezuelans and their process ... there is no rift
within the imperialist regime in Washington as far as US policy on
Venezuela is concerned.
Until recently, some observers believed they saw in US Secretary of
State Colin Powell (and a sector of the CIA) a dissenter from the oil-
stealing, big lie-telling (WMDs) and aggressive United States foreign
policy.
Next, the list of items above suggests that the current Bush "game-
plan" for Venezuela is a combination of propaganda (Items 1, 6 and 7)
and operations (Items 2, 3, 4 and 5).
As for the propaganda side of the implied imperialist policy, we have
Ambassador Brownfield in Caracas babbling about the need for civility
and greater understanding between the two countries ... while his
superiors in Washington pounce on everything and anything (like a
Florida alligator), that can, in any way or to the slightest degree,
discredit Venezuela and its process.
It's not hard to figure out what Bush is up to with this bifurcated
propaganda.
Bush hopes to split Venezuelan leaders into at least two camps ...
one falling for Ambassador Brownfield's lies and charm ... and the
other rejecting the Brownfield's lies, contending that the comments
of Brownfield's superiors in Washington D.C. exclusively reflect the
true policy of the Bush regime.
The Bush regime is very good and very experienced at identifying,
recruiting, and nurturing (with generous bribes) potential renegades
in foreign governments for seditious purposes.
This trick is another version of the good cop-bad cop routine;
except, in this case, the good cop, Ambassador Brownfield, isn't very
good.
As for the operational side of the implied imperialist policy, US
imperialism seems to have lost a great deal of confidence in the
competence of its Venezuelan surrogates or, in other words, the
stupid, squabbling, and greedy "opposition" in Venezuela.
Except for murder of Danilo Anderson (Item 2 above) and the bribe-
taking cops in the Rodrigo Granda abduction (Item 5), the involvement
of Venezuelan renegades is inconspicuous.
The Bush regime itself has assumed the main and public operational
responsibility (Item 4) for the overthrow of Venezuelan democracy.
It's most important surrogates in this operation appear to be the
officials of the death squad "democracy" under Alvaro Uribe in
Colombia, mercenaries (who prefer to be called "private security
contractors"), last and least, bloodthirsty or bribe-loving
Venezuelan renegades.
The apparent goal behind the lobbying by the Bush regime of other
Latin American countries to denounce Venezuela is to find out exactly
where these governments stand on the overthrow of Venezuelan
democracy.
How many can be counted on by Bush either to support the overthrown
or to play dumb and turn a blind eye?
Evidently, the Bush regime has not forgotten that it was Brazil that
blocked the sending of US military forces into Venezuela after the
April 2002 overthrow of Venezuelan democracy collapsed. At the time,
Brazil lobbied Latin American governments to oppose the US proposal
to send in a so-called "OAS Democracy Mission" or ... in other
words ... US military forces, to prevent the return of President
Chavez to power (according to CIA documents released in October
2004).
It appears that the US lobbying of Latin American countries under the
auspices of Condoleezza (or, more aptly, "Condolence") Rice isn't
going very well ... considering the barely concealed disgust of the
Bush regime for all three candidates vying for the OAS general
secretary job and the election of Cuba this week its Latin American
peers to serve on the UN Commission on Human Rights notwithstanding
strong US opposition to their choice.
But what can we reasonably infer about the nature of
imperialist "game-plan" itself from the list?
I believe the implications of the murder of State Prosecutor Danilo
Anderson and the abduction of Rodrigo Granda answer this question.
In April 2002, the imperialist game-plan was apparently to arrest and
to obtain the resignation of President Chavez, a similar exercise
later worked like a charm in Haiti.
In 2005, the imperialist game-plan appears to be the abduction and
murder of Pres. Chavez, to be accomplished by US
military/intelligence agents, Colombian genocidists, highly-
compensated mercenaries, and traitors in the Venezuelan
military/intelligence/police apparatus.
The Granda operation, at least, demonstrates the venality of a
certain element within the Venezuelan security forces.
The Anderson and the Granda operations ... like brief April 2002
overthrow of Venezuelan democracy ... demonstrate limitations of the
counterintelligence capabilities of the loyal Venezuelan security
forces.
US imperialism is an old hand at murdering, as well as attempting to
murder heads of state (including its own country -- JFK) who
displease it.
So, the Anderson and the Granda operations are merely rehearsals for
something bigger, indeed, something huge.
Whether you like it or not, the process in Venezuela is an
insurrection against US imperialism more than against the Venezuelan
elite.
Engels, a noted writer, in his book "Revolution and Counter-
Revolution in Germany" had this, among other things, to say about
insurrection: "Firstly, never play with insurrection ... the forces
opposed to you have all the advantage of organization, discipline and
habitual authority... Secondly, the insurrectionary career once
entered upon, act with the greatest determination, and on the
offensive."
[B]