There we go again. This type of stupidy is almost as incredible as the first one, and it makes a good sequel. This is like those loose movie (often) trilogies: same idea, different characters.
This time I find it necessary to talk about Venezuela, Iran, and their unlikely friendship. First of all, I need to make it clear that I have nothing against Venezuelans or Iranians. I knew a girl from Venezuela some years ago. She was very smart, but strayed from the ‘right path’, into the world of drugs, sex and rock and roll (but mainly drugs). I also knew some Iranians, the three of them were very different, one was intelligent and normal, another one was crazy and the third one was indoctrinated by propaganda. But I have nothing but good memories of these individuals.
Now, I’m not talking that the Venezuelan girl would whore herself out to the three Iranian boys, what concerns me is the obvious flirting between Mr Chavez and Mr Ahmadinejad. Now, if we take a quick look, their mutual attraction seems to have an obvious source. Both leaders are in their fifties, both hate the USA (for being the devid, the im perialist, the Jew, the baby seal-killer, etc), they both have quite some oil and natural gas which they use to gain the upper hand. I suppose two things Mr Chavez lacks is a nuclear program and the ability to be taken seriously. Not that Mr Ahmadinejad is so perfect. Mr Chavez belongs to a large group of neo-communists/socialist/liars of South America which are less likely to seriously upset the rest of the world powers than Iran.
So, really, these two man are the ideal partners on the International political scene. I suppose there is one thing that prevents their “marriage”, which is the trivial matter of religion. Mr Ahmadinejad is obviously a muslim, while Mr Chavez, if he were to adhere to his communist ideals, should be an atheist, because, as Marx said: ‘faith is the opiate of masses’ (so is Mr Chavez populism, Marx didn’t see that one coming though).
Why do two leaders, one from a theocracy and one from a neo-communist country co-operate together so closely? I suppose we’ve talked about their similarities, but these are on a superficial level. On the most basic level, one of the Mr Chavez suggests that bringing material wealth to the masses (disregarding the methods) will improve the quality of life, when Mr Ahmadinejad strives keep the masses spiritually rich in order to avoid materialism. These two philosophies, are in my eyes, rather incompatable. Therefore, I believe their friendship is based on the superficial connections, rather than deeper shared values. I mean, I would not become friends with somone who dresses like me, has a similar upbringing and methods of working, if that person shares differebt values. We could argue with the cliched phrase ‘oppsoites attract’, but the International political scene cannot be compared to emotional life of deranged teenagers.
And building a friendship on superficial similarities, with deeper incompatibilities underneath is stupid. Incredibly so.
Peter
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