{"id":2348,"date":"2013-03-06T11:03:41","date_gmt":"2013-03-06T16:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/nocrossnocrescent\/?p=2348"},"modified":"2013-03-06T11:03:41","modified_gmt":"2013-03-06T16:03:41","slug":"my-sincerest-condolences-to-worlds-mass-murderers-and-terrorists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/nocrossnocrescent\/2013\/03\/06\/my-sincerest-condolences-to-worlds-mass-murderers-and-terrorists\/","title":{"rendered":"My sincerest condolences to world’s mass murderers and terrorists"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The “Jackal”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Yesterday, the world lost a coup-plotter-turned-president-for-life. The Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez,\u00a0 having been receiving treament for cancer for over a year, finally croacked.<\/p>\n

The story of Chavez coming to power was summarized in an August 1999 piece by literature Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa: the Suicide of a Nation<\/a>. Vargas Llosa chronicles what is a common pattern in Latin America (and dare I say, much of the world): disillusioned with democracy, people turn to a “powerful man” figure. Chavez, who staged a failed coup in 1992, was imprisoned, but later pardoned, ran for president and was elected. He then changed the laws allowing himself to stay in office with no term limits.<\/p>\n

And as president, Mr Chavez showed an uncanny love for some very nasty characters<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Carlos, whose real name is Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, gained international notoriety in the 1970s as a mastermind of deadly bombings, assassinations and hostage-takings.<\/p>\n

He was captured in Sudan in 1994 and handed over to France, where he was jailed for killing two French intelligence officers and an alleged informer in 1975.<\/p>\n

In his speech late on Friday in Caracas, Mr Chavez said: “I defend him. It doesn’t matter to me what they say tomorrow in Europe.”<\/p>\n

He said he believed Carlos had been unfairly convicted, and called him “one of the great fighters of the Palestine Liberation Organisation”.<\/p>\n

The Venezuelan leader has previously called Carlos a friend, and is reported to have exchanged letters with him in the past.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(“Carlos the Jacakal<\/a>” brings a less than pleasant memory to the minds of those old enought remember the 1970s and 1980s.)<\/p>\n

And:<\/p>\n

In his speech, Mr Chavez also described Presidents Mugabe and Ahmadinejad – who like Mr Chavez are strong critics of the US – as brothers.<\/p>\n

About former Ugandan President Idi Amin, Mr Chavez said: “We thought he was a cannibal… I don’t know, maybe he was a great nationalist, a patriot.”<\/p>\n

Idi Amin seized power in 1971. About 300,000 people were killed during his eight-year rule.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Vargas Llosa had a point when called the the election of Chavez “the suicide of a nation”.<\/p>\n

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