"The Capitalists will sell us the rope by which we will hang them."

Not a single day passes by without the usual verbal sparring between the the US and Chavez. Diplomatic relations are at an all time low. Chavez recently expelled from Venezuela an American Naval Attaché and threatened the US with withholding oil shipments if invaded or attacked in any way. Nevertheless, it is business as usual for Washington. Because of high oil prices, tight supplies, and the Looney Tunes in Tehran, the US chooses to ignore Chavez' insults and erratic behavior, and keeps on buying his oil, even though he uses his Petro-dollars to wage a propaganda war on the US through the entire Continent. When will Washington's patience run out? I cannot help but feel sorry for the Americans' conundrum.