Recently, Hugo Chavez, who champions himself as an anti-American lynchpin in South America, has warned that the US is planning to invade Iran. Though Chavez’s argument has little in common with the truth, such as warning is not ludicrous in concept. Iran is a dangerous enemy with an unrivaled nuclear ambition and a determination to lead an Islamic war against the west. 40 years of radical Islam teaches us that this is a very real reality. Regardless of Chavez’s new leap from fantasy to reality, he has made such claims before. The Tin pan tyrant has frequently argued that a US invasion of Venezuela was imminent, after repeated the claim on and off for a number of years, even Chavez realized that continuing the farce would no longer fool his sheep like supporters.

Harry Belafonte and Julian Bond aren’t the only leftists out there who like to play fast and loose with the Hitler references (or the truth for that matter). Hugo Chavez, on several recent occasions, remarked that President Bush was worse than Hitler. A comparison, which is laughable to say the least. Such a comparison doesn’t warrant refuting. Anyone foolish enough to even remotely entertain such an argument is too far gone to be saved without extraordinary means.

It is important, however, to understand why people like Bush and leftist activist in the US make such comparisons. There goal is not to win converts to their side. Their goal is not to engage their political, ideological and economic rivals in a spirited debate. To do so would reveal the left’s one strategic weakness: a propensity for ignoring fact in pursuit of an argument. Leftists like Chavez are Mussolini-esque in their need to distract their intended audience. For Chavez, he must constantly beat the drum of anti-Americanism as an ever present distraction to the fact that he, NOT Bush bares the striking similarity to Hitler in his opposition to democratic freedom, his suppression of freedom of the press and his crushing of representative democracy in Venezuela. Chavez, must also distract from the fact that his 7 years in power has seen a string of failed promises as the disparity between rich and poor has increased, job creation has floundered and the economy as a whole remains stagnant.

The Mussolini of Latin America, in his crafty art of distraction is not unlike the tired old leftist of North America. Men like Belafonte and Bond, who’s brand of racial division feeds off of their need to vilify certain people, namely Bush as they seek out a position of relevance in a world where the battle for civil rights has been largely won.
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