U-Hugo Chávez uqokwe njengoMongameli waseVenezuela amahlandla amane kusukela ngo-1998 kuya ku-2012 futhi wayethakaselwa futhi esekelwa iningi lezakhamizi zalelo zwe, ikakhulukazi ngenxa yakhe. Izinqubomgomo ukuthi wasiza abampofu. Inkosi u-Abdullah kwaba umashiqela nomashiqela owagijima omunye we imibuso eminingi yengcindezelo emhlabeni.

The indumiso ephuphile ukunqwabelana ku-depot yaseSaudi enonya western abezindaba futhi ezombusazwe izibalo bekungasho lutho ngaphandle kokucanuzela kwenhliziyo; uHulumeni wase-UK, ozivusa nsuku zonke ngokukhipha izinkulumo ezikhulumayo emhlabeni wonke mayelana nentando yeningi, empeleni odwe ngaphambilini amafulegi andiza usuku lonke endaweni ephakathi ukuhlonipha le nkosi enengeka. Eyami Ngenisa Uzakwabo uMurtaza Hussain unendatshana enhle kakhulu ngalo mbukiso wonke, kanye nesibikezelo sangempela, lapha.

Ngifuna nje ukugxila esicini esisodwa: ukuqhathanisa izitatimende uMongameli Obama azikhipha mayelana nokushona kukaMongameli uChávez ngo-2013 kanye nalesi asikhiphile namuhla mayelana nombusi waseSaudi. Nansi sonke isitatimende sika-Obama mayelana noChávez (h/t Sami Khan):
Manje nansi enye namuhla mayelana no-Abdullah:
Umehluko owodwa osobala phakathi kwalaba baholi ababili ukuthi uChávez wakhethwa kanti u-Abdullah akakhethwanga. Okunye ukuthi uChávez wasebenzisa imithombo kawoyela yesizwe ukuze zama ukuthuthukisa izimpilo zesizwe ezithuthuke kakhulu ngenkathi u-Abdullah esebenzisa eyakhe ukuze athuthukise ama-oligarchs aseSaudi kanye nama-elite asentshonalanga. Okunye ukuthi ukuqina kokuhlukunyezwa kwamalungelo abantu kuka-Abdullah kanye nempi kwenza uChávez abukeke uma eqhathaniswa noGandhi.

Kepha uma kukhulunywa ngezingxoxo zezepolitiki nabezindaba zasentshonalanga, i umehluko kuphela obalulekile ukuthi u-Chávez wayeyisitha sase-US kuyilapho u-Abdullah engumfelandawonye othembekile wase-US - okwathi, ngokwawo ngezinjongo zemithombo yezindaba yase-US naseBrithani, eguqule eyangaphambili ibe isilwane esibi esibi futhi lesi sakamuva sibe uphawu oluthandekayo lokuthula, izinguquko kanye nenqubekelaphambili. Njengesinye sezibonelo ezingenakubalwa: ngonyaka odlule, uNdunankulu waseBrithani uDavid Cameron - ngokwezwi nezwi umngane omkhulu nonokwethenjelwa kakhulu kumashiqela omhlaba ngemuva kukaTony Blair – wema ePhalamende ngemuva kokuphenywa imibuzo yiLungu lePhalamende laseBrithani uGeorge Galloway wathi: “kunento eyodwa eqinisekile: nomaphi lapho kukhona umashiqela ononya wama-Arab emhlabeni, uyosekelwa [uGalloway] ”; izolo ebusuku, yena kanye uDavid Cameron wazibiza "idabuke kakhulu" futhi yathi iNkosi yaseSaudi izokhunjulwa "ngokuzibophezela kwayo ekuthuleni nasekuqiniseni ukuqonda phakathi kwezinkolo."

Kungakho kungekho muntu ongaphandle kwezindaba zekhebula laseMelika, amathangi engqondo e-DC, kanye neqembu elizithandayo i-Oxbridge eLondon elenza noma yini ngaphandle kokuklolodela nokuzijabulisa okumnyama lapho i-US ne-UK. zulazula njengabavikeli benkululeko nentando yeningi. Kuphela kuleyo mibuthano yobuhlanga, i-jingoism kanye nenkulumo-ze lapho i-tripe enjalo ithathwa ngokungathí sina.