Bad Democracy

The Bush administration is apparently formulating plans to 'contain' the democratic government of Venezuela. Seems it’s not their kind of democracy: in taking decisions according to its own interests rather than those of a foreign government it's failed to understand what Democracy is about. Chavez is causing potential 'problems' - not for his own people, you understand, but for this foreign government, which is therefore trying to find ways to prevent the representatives of the Venezuelan people from carrying out their mandate. "Defying U.S., Venezuela's Chavez Embraces Socialism" a headline reads: naturally, the most important thing about a government proclaiming its political principles is not the repercussions of these principles for its own people, but the 'statement' it seemingly makes to the Superpower. Presumably any statement not affirming the principles of the Superpower is a 'defiance' of the Superpower. Anyway, the foreign power is monitoring Venezuelan democracy closely, in case it makes the wrong democratic decisions. If it does, and continues to pursue its own interests, who knows, it may have to be liberated.