Hugo and Mahmoud

What do Ahmadinejad and Chris Dodd have in common?
OpinionJournal

"We've known for some time that Hugo Chávez is a menace to the economic well-being of his own people. But the question that seems increasingly urgent is whether he's becoming a threat to U.S. security interests--both in the Western Hemisphere and beyond.

Specifically, we'd like to know what Senator Chris Dodd and Congressman Bill Delahunt make of Mr. Chávez's weekend summit with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The Iranian President stopped by Caracas on Saturday as part of a four-day engagement with Latin America's new leftist governments. On Sunday, the Iranian communed with Nicaragua's new boss, Daniel Ortega, and then on Monday he hit the inauguration of Ecuador's new pro-Chávez President Rafael Correa.

The Caracas visit was Mr. Ahmadinejad's second in four months. 'This is just a prelude of what we will do,' declared Mr. Chávez, in a televised speech announcing the creation of a joint $2 billion fund to finance development and other projects. 'This large and strategic fund, brother, is going to be converted into a mechanism of liberation,' he added, saying their goal is to build 'a network of alliances.' " Read on.