The Enemy Of My Enemy Is My Friend
Greenfield: Many have reported on Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s comment that referred to President Bush as the devil. Some have reported on Chavez’s recently declared intention to pursue nuclear technology. Few, however, have made explicit the newly formed alliance between Chavez and another news-making opponent to the United States, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Aljazeera‘s Latin […]
Greenfield: Many have reported on Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s comment that referred to President Bush as the devil. Some have reported on Chavez’s recently declared intention to pursue nuclear technology. Few, however, have made explicit the newly formed alliance between Chavez and another news-making opponent to the United States, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Aljazeera‘s Latin America correspondent Dima Khatib has the story — a classic example of “the enemy of my enemy is my friend.”