If we had left him here, right now we would be burying a pile of people.” As for the raft of U.S. Republicans backing the coup (and refusing to call it a coup), their fear is something else: socialism. "This is about trying to stymie the Obama administration's efforts in Latin America and the Republicans’ obsession with Hugo Chavez and their concern about his expanding influence in the region" Dan Erikson, a senior associate at the nonpartisan Inter-American Dialogue think tank in Washington, told the Associated Press. Full Article at Counterpunch