In a move that one could liken to having a German judge at the Nuremberg trials, there is a strong possibility that Venezuela may gain a seat on the UN Security Council. The reputation of the UN has been consistently tarnished by mismanagement, corruption and the coddling of tyrannical regimes like Iran, but if Venezuela gains a seat on this UN body, there can be no question that the UN system is a joke.

Under UN rules, the nations of Latin America are entitled to choose a nation to sit on the council. This nation would also hold the presidency of the council at some point during its 2 year term. If Hugo Chavez and company gain a seat on the council, there can be no doubt that Latin America’s answer to Mussolini will use the post as a soap box for anti-American rhetoric, making exchanges like the ones between Adlai Stevenson and V. A. Zorin seem like a lovers spat.

The US is quietly (and no so quietly) lobbying to get the nations of Latin America to nix Chavez’s bid to join the council. But this may backfire. The situation is also complicated by the fact that Venezuela has used its vast oil wealth to buy fast friends in the region, particularly in the Caribbean, selling petroleum at below market price has a way of garnering support during inflationary times.

If the nations of Latin America can’t decide, the matter will be decided by the General assembly, which will surely choose Venezuela, given the dominance of 3rd world hacks in that body. The crux of the issue could pivot on the decision by Chile, which has been lobbied heavily by the US. Chile is a leftist nation like Venezuela, but is also a strong US ally and trading partner. Chile has a penchant for plotting its own course, which makes the outcome of this decision unknown.

There is also the possibility of a third option, perhaps the nations of Latin America could agree on another country, a compromise candidate, one that would be acceptable to the US and its allies and Chavez and his. An excellent candidate would be Chile itself or Brazil, both countries are led by socialists, but both also have a strong support for the free market and have pragmatic leaders who are governed less by mindless ideology and more so by reason.

One thing is for certain, if the Venezuela gains the post, the United States should strongly re-evaluate its membership in the largely dysfunctional, left leaning, dictator coddling, organization that is the United Nations.
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