At the same time, the US Congress has indirectly funded anti-Chavez pro-democracy groups.
'It's a bizarre working at cross- purposes,' says Adam Isacson, who follows Venezuela for the left-leaning Center for International Policy in Washington. 'You have bad relations with this government, and you're selling them the means to put down opposition protests.'"
Yeah, good plan, sell weapons to both sides. What are we doing?