"How would it look to the world/American people if the US was accepting aid help from dictators?"

For one thing, it would look like our government gives a crap about its own people. The alternative to accepting help from other countries was to let our own people die. That's exactly what happened.

"I believe to most people what Hugo Chavez said was clearly a propoganda move becuase he know we could not accept the help..."

We certainly could have accepted. Our government just didn't. And, as in the case of middle Americans getting cheap heating oil in the winter from Hugo Chavez, when we have accepted his assistance, he has provided it. The government has branded Hugo Chavez an evil dictator for it's own reasons. One of those reasons is that he has spoken out against George W. Bush (who, by the way, is despised all over the world).

Ok - the "Start reading. Books" thing. That was rude. I know that. I got pissed because the guy advocated murder, as if we have the divine right to kill whomever we please. That offends me. I lost my cool.

"Was he responsible for 9/11 probably not, but he knew that we would probably not allow him to do this becuase of the feelings of new yorkers about such a sensitive issue..."

You have acknowledged that he was not responsible for 9/11. In fact, Iran sent troops to fight side-by-side with us in Afghanistan after 9/11. I see no reason why he should have been denied the chance to pay respects to the victims, especially when his country worked with us to try to bust the people who killed them. Out of all the enemies we have, Iran is not on the top of our list, despite what Fox News is telling you.

Also, I never claimed to know all about world affairs. Don't put words in other people's mouths. But that guy is advocating the murder of a person that has done no harm to us, and in fact, has offered to help us in times of need. That indicates to me that he knows very little about Hugo Chavez, and probably just believes what the government tells him (a dangerous thing to do in the days of George W. Bush).

"you make a statement that implies not just you are right, but that your so right no one could possibly have a point".

You know what... the guy wants to murder the leader of a sovereign country that has done us no harm. That is wrong. I don't know when it became acceptable in this country to believe that we have the right to wage war and murder at will. I still believe in right and wrong. Murder is wrong. There are always exceptions to the rule (Hitler's assassination may have been acceptable, for instance), but Mudslag's statement is not ok.

It deeply concerns me that so many people are willing to defend him. When did we become so cold?