Once again, a U.S. Congressman shows up in South America giving strokes to an anti-American despot and inserting himself in international politics. On Friday, January 18th, the Massachusetts 10th Congressional District's own Bill Delahunt,(D-Caracas), was in Venezuela to huddle with Dictator/President Hugo Chavez, who seldom passes up a chance to take a cheap shot at the U.S. According to the AP report, Delahunt indicated during the meeting that the two countries needed a new relationship based on "mutual respect". A good first step in this process might be for Chavez to apologize for publically calling George Bush a devil.
The stated purpose of the meeting was in support of the release of a number of hostages being held prisoners by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of neighboring Colombia, aka, FARC. FARC is essentially a gang of left wing terrorists trying to overthrow the democratically elected government of President, Alvaro Uribe. Kidnapping, and then demanding ransom is, of course, a cottage industry in parts of South America. Chavez is a strong supporter of FARC.
The question is, why does a U.S. Congressman spend so much time supplicating governments like those in Venezuela and Cuba, often in direct conflict with the policies of the U.S. Government? Perhaps, he is positioning himself for a State Department Post should the Democrats successfully regain the White house this year. He had better hope that his candidate,Barack Obama is the victorious candidate because if Hillary wins, Delahunt will be lucky to get a seat at the State of the Union speech. In the meantime, who is minding the store for the tenth district?
For further analysis read the Editorial in today's Boston Herald.
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