Der er et eller andet helt forrygende idiotisk morsomt ved Venezuelas præsident Hugo Chavez. I dag har han offentligt i FN kaldt George Bush for Djævelen.
“The devil came here yesterday,” Chavez said, referring to Bush, who addressed the world body during its annual meeting Tuesday. “And it smells of sulfur still today.”
Bagefter fremviste han beviset på, hvorfor Bush er Satan, nemlig en bog af Noam Chomsky:
Chavez held up a book by Noam Chomsky on imperialism and said it encapsulated his arguments: “The American empire is doing all it can to consolidate its hegemonistic system of domination, and we cannot allow him to do that. We cannot allow world dictatorship to be consolidated.”
Senere erklærede han så, at nu skal Venezuela også have bomben, eller rettere, kun til fredelige formål, ligesom Iran (som Chavez jo er allieret med, ja, han har sågar fået en fin medalje):
The day after Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad defiantly expressed to the General Assembly his country’s determination to pursue nuclear technology, Chavez told reporters he, too, would like to explore nuclear energy.
All countries should dispose of their nuclear bombs, he said, but he would like to tap the technology for energy purposes because Venezuela’s oil reserves are nonrenewable and finite. He ended the news conference by saying, “I have a meeting with the axis of evil somewhere around here, so I have to go.”
Den går lige i Sheriffen på alle de venstreoritenterede globaliseringskritikere. Chavez, Chomsky og Ahmejinedad, together at last. Det ville være vanvittigt morsomt, hvis det ikke var så sindssygt tragisk. Især hvis man er fra Venezuela.
Update, 22. september: Det bliver sjovere endnu: Chavez plug for Chomsky’s book boosts sales. Hvis man som forfatter kan få Chavez’ anbefaling, så er man på den gyldne gren!