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Caribbean-Latin America
If Venezuela Attacked, Chavez Warns Bush of a 'Wider War'
2005-03-06
President Hugo Chavez informed his United States counterpart, George W. Bush, that if he invaded Venezuela, "there would be wider war."
I don't have any plans to invade Venezuela. Do you have any plans to invade Venezuela?
Yes, yes I do. I confess! I dunnit! I've been scheming, planning, plotting deep plots, I ...*thwwwiff* ... *thoink* ... I'm, I'm getting very sleepy now I ... *thump*
He denounced what he called a new conspiracy against him, saying that "the United States thinks that the solution is to kill Chavez." He made the comments during a speech of almost three hours in Montevideo, Uruguay, DPA said. "Bush is a man without scruples, capable of anything", he said, and he quickly added, "He has no one but himself to blame if there is a mistake. We do not want a war, but if the U.S. launches an aggression against Venezuela, a 21st century revolutionary war will begin in the mountains and valleys of South America."
Whoopdy doo. A 21st century revolutionary war remarkably like a 20th century revolutionary war.
"It would not be a war of a day nor of a year, but of one hundred years," he said, and he promised that other pockets of resistance around the continent would emerge. He said that if the invasion took place, "they would also have to invade Cuba," just as if the U.S. commits an aggression against Cuba, "they will have to invade Venezuela."
Ahah. An axis of mini-evils. Shall we call it the Havana Pact? Or the Caracas Pact? Or the Pact Full of Nuts?
Montevideo's Municipal conference center was filled with representatives of local Uruguayan authorities and social organizations, with which the Venezuelan government promises to deepen relations.
Posted by:Fred

#13  It was war against the U.S. But nobody noticed their official declaration, and they invaded during a practice nuclear alert so nobody saw them, and then they captured the Bomb and the bomb's inventor. Chaos of course ensued. And everybody lived happily ever after... except the man detailed to guard the Bomb stored in the deepest cell in the castle dungeon. The End.
Posted by: trailing wife   2005-03-06 11:50:27 PM  

#12  The difference is that the Duchy of Grand Fenwick had some class.
Posted by: RWV   2005-03-06 7:05:52 PM  

#11  the mouse that roared
Posted by: Frank G   2005-03-06 2:17:35 PM  

#10  Doesn't all this crap from NK, Venezuela,Iran, etc. remind you a Peter Sellers movie? I have a very poor memory for that kind of stuff but if I remember right the idea was for a small irrelevant nation to declare war on Britian and lose to claim rebuilding aid. What the hell was that movie?
Posted by: Jack is Back!   2005-03-06 2:09:15 PM  

#9  As Fidel is getting old and feeble, someone else will have to step up to rant and rail against the Evil Yankee Imperialists. Hugo is looking like a first round choice.

Wouldn't surprise me if some Venezuelan shot him just to get him to shut up.
Posted by: SteveS   2005-03-06 12:58:17 PM  

#8  com, that turban looks like a really, really bad toupee.

Hey! Who stole my rug?
Posted by: William Shatner   2005-03-06 12:52:53 PM  

#7  hugo needs too lay the pipe down every once in awhile . I do believe he is becoming paranoid
Posted by: Thraing Hupoluper1864   2005-03-06 12:31:43 PM  

#6  .com, that turban looks like a really, really bad toupee.
Posted by: trailing wife   2005-03-06 11:43:44 AM  

#5  
Soon, soon Hugo.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2005-03-06 7:19:44 AM  

#4  President Hugo Chavez informed his United States counterpart, George W. Bush, that if he invaded Venezuela, "there would be wider war."

I don't think so, Sir.
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2005-03-06 4:12:38 AM  

#3  I think he will have to take a ticket and wait in line like all the other despots. He just isn't important enough to jump the queue. I'm sure he'll be notified when his ticket comes to the top.
Posted by: phil_b   2005-03-06 3:54:54 AM  

#2  .com---LOL! Hugo dusted off ye olde External conspiracy playbook.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2005-03-06 3:30:44 AM  

#1  He sounds more and more like a Black Hat every day... think he's taking "lessons" from them?
Posted by: .com   2005-03-06 3:05:01 AM  

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