It is interesting that the only thing a leftist has to check to approve or disapprove of any foreign government, regardless of how free or authoritarian it is, is to ask if it's on the same side as the U.S.

I don't think any of us is laboring under the delusion that Pakistan is a democracy, or that the leader is a fine example of humanity, but at this point they are a critical ally against someone a lot worse.

Chavez is taking his country down the same old path to ruin, to the cheers of the usual boobs in the U.S. who have been cheering communists in Central and South America for years. It will just take a bit longer thanks to the oil money.