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I have a soft spot for Fidel Castro, so I am not going to touch that subject here.


But you are right on one count, George W. Bush is not a dictator, though I think it is worth noting how shady the last two presidential elections were.  But Chavez was not handed a "dictatorship", your statement defending bush on not being a dictator because we can hold this discussion then going straight into calling Chavez a dictator contradicts each other.  While I think there is something shady going on, especially with Chavez's recently gained ability to rule by decree for the next 18 months, all of it was done under constitutional and democratic measures, and freedom of speech is still allowed.  Essentially Chavez is in a position that Bush was prior to the last election, what Bush wanted he got, and that is going on with Chavez and his Bolivarian revolution right now as well.


And your statements about "no countries able to take down the U.S", I am going to go under the assumption that you speaking militarily.  Because economically speaking, there are a couple contenders out there that will eventually "take down the U.S", and as time progresses, military strength becomes useless because old fashioned imperialism is frowned upon.  It is now done through globalization and economics.  So speaking on those terms, the US will fall and is already in the process due to its self destructive trade policies.


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