Why is it that the bad guys have an affinity for each other but Obama stiffs our friends and conciliates our enemies? Perhaps "his" and "our" differ.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,511815,00.html
http://tinyurl.com/c73gqu

Chavez Seeks Arab Support for Oil-Backed Currency to Challenge U.S. Dollar

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

DOHA, Qatar — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez sought Arab support Tuesday for a proposed oil-backed currency to challenge the U.S. dollar...

China has struck deals — most recently this week with Argentina — to conduct trade in currencies other than the dollar. Iran has proposed replacing the dollar...

the summit kicks off another high-profile foreign trip for Chavez in his efforts to build economic and diplomatic links to confront the United States.

"...There is a world crisis of capitalism, it's shaking the planet," Chavez told ... ***Sounds like D.C. and socialists everywhere: replace the fluctuations of capitalism with a reliable low standard of living and inefficiency. Allocate resources based on "pull" rather than markets. Throw the Nomenklatura rascals in! ****

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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva told the gathering that the economic crisis...offers an opportunity "to correct the financial system..." ****More shades of Rahm Emanuel:Use a crisis to pursue your own agenda. ****

...In November, Chavez was hosted by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Tehran and said the two nations were "united like a single fist."...

He is wildly popular among ordinary Arabs for his public support for Palestinians, including cutting diplomatic relations with Israel in response to the offensive into Gaza...But his close rapport with Ahmadinejad is viewed with suspicion by governments in many Arab capitals.

...Chavez also backed the Arab League's declaration Monday to reject the International Criminal Court charges against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir for alleged war crimes in Darfur. ****"He may be a bad guy but he's OUR bad guy."****

"Why don't they order the capture of (former President George W.) Bush? Or the president of Israel?" Chavez said on Venezuelan state television. "It's a monstrosity of justice and a disrespect to the people of the Third World."...