By Micah Halpern
I've Been Thinking:

It should come as no surprise that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, no matter what, continues to support and side with Colonel Muammar Ghaddafi.

Chavez said that Venezuela will not recognize the National Transitional Council in Libya. During a cabinet meeting that was broadcasted on Venezuelan television Chavez said boldly and clearly that ousting Ghadaffi was wrong.

He said: "This is kicking, spitting ... on the most basic elements of international law."

He said: "Where are the international rights? This is like the caveman era."

Chavez saw the intervention of NATO as an example of how the West is trying to unseat and exploit the non-Western world.

His good friend Ghadaffi would agree. With friends like these ...

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