A Latin Qaddafi

There is a state to the south of the United States of America that meets many of the same criteria for intervention that Barack Hussein Obama mentioned in his Presidential address to the nation last night (which incidentally seemed somewhat hollow and less than heartfelt as if Obama was simply going through the motions without conviction in what he was saying or enthusiasm that he was called on to explain his Libya action to the American people). The South American leader that resembles Muammar Qaddafi is of course the clownish but menacing Hugo Chavez. Have dissidents in Venezuela who oppose the Chavez tyranny been murdered just as opponents of Qaddafi have been killed? Yes, and has Chavez posed a danger to neighboring states as Qaddafi or at least refugees from Libya pose to Tunisia and Egypt? Just ask Colombia where the government contends that Hugo Chavez has been aiding FARC and giving sanctuary to its terrorists. And has Chavez not prided himself in being a thorn in the side of America just as Qaddafi has for years? Both Libya and Venezuela are oil producers, but while Obama exceeded his constitutional authority and will go out of his way to protect French and British interests there, he will not protect American interests much closer to home in Venezuela.