George H.W. Bush: “No, not worried at all.”

We do not need someone in the Oval Office who mirrors and inflames our anger and frustration.

More than 220 years later, Washington's warning feels strikingly relevant.

American officials must heed the lessons of the short-lived coup in 2002, when Bush Administration support for Chavez's ouster undermined America's standing in the region and damaged our credibility as a defender of democracy.

The detention facility had become a propaganda tool for our enemies and a distraction for our allies.