Comments on: Dictators Unite! http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/11/07/dictators-unite/ Jeff Nolan's take on innovation, entrepreneurship, tech and stuff that interests me Thu, 17 May 2012 21:05:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jeff http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/11/07/dictators-unite/comment-page-1/#comment-185718 Jeff Thu, 08 Nov 2007 17:43:21 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/11/07/dictators-unite/#comment-185718 Venezuela is aligned with Iran, representing energy threat as well as nuclear. Georgia may be nuclear, USSR assets still unaccounted for. Venezuela is disrupting normally democratic countries in south america. Pakistan is a strong U.S. ally in the GWOT and Pres. Bush has supported Musharraf... maybe that's coloring the media coverage more than the story dimensions. Venezuela is aligned with Iran, representing energy threat as well as nuclear. Georgia may be nuclear, USSR assets still unaccounted for.

Venezuela is disrupting normally democratic countries in south america.

Pakistan is a strong U.S. ally in the GWOT and Pres. Bush has supported Musharraf… maybe that’s coloring the media coverage more than the story dimensions.

]]> By: Pravin Kumar http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/11/07/dictators-unite/comment-page-1/#comment-185707 Pravin Kumar Thu, 08 Nov 2007 17:23:53 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/11/07/dictators-unite/#comment-185707 Jeff, Fortunately, Venezuela is not a nuclear power and Pakistan is. Venezuela doesn't share borders with Iran, Afghanistan, India and China, Pakistan does. Venezuela is not in conflict with 2 of it's neighbors, Pakistan is. Venezuela is not in danger of breaking up and exploding into complete chaos, Pakistan is. I wouldn't blame the media for this. They are fundamentally different stories with different level of strategic importance. BTW, the BBC, NY Times, and the AP RSS feeds had the Venezuela situation as the top 5 stories this week. I am very concerned about Pakistan. I hope that they can lower the temperature and make the transition into a democratic society that the people of Pakistan deserve - not to mention that it will bring down tensions in a critical part of the world. Jeff,

Fortunately, Venezuela is not a nuclear power and Pakistan is. Venezuela doesn’t share borders with Iran, Afghanistan, India and China, Pakistan does. Venezuela is not in conflict with 2 of it’s neighbors, Pakistan is. Venezuela is not in danger of breaking up and exploding into complete chaos, Pakistan is. I wouldn’t blame the media for this. They are fundamentally different stories with different level of strategic importance. BTW, the BBC, NY Times, and the AP RSS feeds had the Venezuela situation as the top 5 stories this week.

I am very concerned about Pakistan. I hope that they can lower the temperature and make the transition into a democratic society that the people of Pakistan deserve – not to mention that it will bring down tensions in a critical part of the world.

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