[Zhukov]

well I doubt if the US is going to try to STOP an asasination attempt, they'd just distance themselves.


[/i]I may be crazy, but I don't think the US is responsible for every bad thing that happens in this world. [/i]

Neither do I. But history has proved that when any threat to worldwide capitalism arises, the most powerful will always protect their intrests. Venezuela is dangerous not because they will pull cut out oil or something, but because it is an example for other Sth American nations, and for millions of left wing people around the world. The US won't invade, or drop bombs or something like that, but another coup or an attempt on Chavez's life can pretty much be guaranteed from the Venezuelan bourgeois, and it would most likely be backed by the US