The Post finally weighed in on Ecuador's constitutional referendum today, and I must admit that I'm pleasantly surprised by their rational stance, respecting the choice of the Ecuadorian electorate and recognizing that sometimes in a democracy your side doesn't always--Christ I can't even type that with a straight face. No, of course it was some hoo-ha about spheres of influence and Russia and terrorism and nukes. Nukes. Such a drama queen, that Jackson Diehl.
And then it just gets stupid, like the part where they say "the new constitution repeals a limit on presidential terms that had stood since the country returned to democracy in 1979..." Um, yeah. Here they are referring to those new-fangled "four-year" terms, limited at two, just like in some other country you may have heard of.
And then it just gets sinister. They conclude noting that although the "power to punish already-impoverished countries should not be employed lightly," the Bush Administration should consider directly sabotaging the economies of Ecuador and Venezuela and Bolivia and Nicaragua until the people learn to "chose democracy," by, honestly, not voting the wrong way. Nice little country you got there. Would be a shame if anything were to happen to it.
