[lbo-talk] Tariq Ali on Venezuela

Luke Weiger lweiger at umich.edu
Mon Aug 16 23:48:44 PDT 2004


----- Original Message ----- From: "Carrol Cox" <cbcox at ilstu.edu>


> We can only hope that Chavez's sticking to the constitution will not
> eventually provide yet another exemplification of Juan Bosch's law.
> (Leaders who trust the U.S. end up dead or in exile.)
>
> Carrol

Leaders who don't stick to their nation's constitutions often enough exemplify another law: governments that don't respect (to cut short idiotic debates before they begin, respect admits of degree) their constitutions create slaughterhouses alongside dead end roads.

-- Luke



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