He's a supporter of Ahmadinejad, is constantly kissing up to former Cuban dictator Fidel and now is threatening war against Colombia. Yeah, I'd say the arogant little bastard has worked his way up to the level of real threat from irritating menace:
The reaction of presidents Hugo Chavez of Venezuela and Rafael Correa of Ecuador to the killing of FARC commander Raul Reyes is now threatening to plunge South America into a disastrous conflict.Chavez was openly supporting the terrorist group FARC and his words cannot be brushed aside. That said, the Russian planes are not of the quality of American planes and I would suspect that Venezuelan pilots are not of the highest caliber either.
"This could be the start of a war in South America," Chavez said. He warned Colombian president Alvaro Uribe: "If it occurs to you to do this in Venezuela, President Uribe, I'll send some Sukhois" _ Russian warplanes recently bought by Venezuela.
This is no small threat. In the past several years Chavez has spent , according to the Defense Intelligence Agency, $4.3 billion in weapons in 2005-2006, more even than China. This includes a Kalashnikov assault rifle (AK-47) factory licensed from Russia. For a nation not at war, this is hardly an auspicious sign.
This is the alliance many of us have warned of for some time. Chavez, Correa, Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua and Evo Morales in Bolivia have been trying for some time now to form an anti-American bloc in Latin America but have no coherent ideology to counter the changes in the world.
A few questions: how much backing does the US give to Colombia? Will it be covert or overt? Will this foment a complete conflagration on a continent in our hemisphere?
This bears watching.
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That red shirt bully,reminds more and more of the rattle machete bully,panamanian dictator Noriega, he also wore red , but were his underwear ,he could do lo forthe Venezuelan people, but no ,he wants to spend all his national money buying rusian armament, I dont believe that the Venezuelan army can attain the proffessionalism and discipline that the Colombian Army has, Hugo you like to get your ass dusted it will happens if you mess with Colombia.
Do we have a liberal idiot on your staff that thinks that Chavez is not a bully, would I say that he is a also a democrat suporting the Clintos and Obama, lets dont forget 2001.
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