And Jimmy Carter helpd him a lot.
But he maintained the election, despite the blatant fraud, 'met internatinoal standards'.
Now we have the intersection of natural resource wealth and castro-style tyranny. The mass of the people will still suffer, since no amount of wealth can prop up the corruption that is institutionalized by commie thugs. But the long term threat to the region is very high.
Frankly, Bush should have made sure that a coup succeeded.
We will regret having a well funded commie only four hours by air from the US.
Ed