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| Venezuela to US: Send Haiti vaccines, not troops |
| 2010-01-25 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Sunday that American relief efforts in Haiti had fallen short and told U.S. President Barack Obama to "send vaccinations, kid," instead of armed soldiers. The left-wing foe of Washington has accused the United States of using the earthquake in Haiti as a pretext for an "imperial occupation" of the devastated Caribbean nation. "Obama, send vaccinations, kid, send vaccinations," Chavez said during his weekly broadcast. "Each soldier that you send there should carry a medical kit instead of hand grenades and machine guns." A contingent of 13,000 U.S. troops is helping relief efforts after the Jan. 12, magnitude-7 quake killed up to 200,000 people and left up to 3 million people hurt or homeless and clamoring for medical assistance, food and water. Venezuela, the fourth-largest exporter of oil to the United States, has sent shipments of fuel, 5,400 tons of food, 6 tons of medicine, and 19 doctors to help with the recovery efforts, state media reported last week. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #11 Send yer own goddam vaccines, assh*le. What, you don't have any? Then shaddup. Loser. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-01-25 22:24 |
| #10 Oogo is just pissin' into the wind. Most of the US "troops" are actually sailors, with 10,000 of the 13,000 military aboard ships offshore. The main purpose of soldiers on the ground is to maintain security of food and other aid sent to Port au Prince, and to help with opening up blocked roads. We have the means to get supplies into anywhere that needs them, unlike most other countries. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2010-01-25 17:33 |
| #9 JFM, maybe...but on this side of the pond it generally means "jackass". (Might have misspelled it, though. Some parts here use guebon...) |
| Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie 2010-01-25 14:14 |
| #8 I know I am wrong but I am rapidly reaching the point where I feel the US should just come home and let the french and cubans and italians and venezuelains take care of the Haitians. |
| Posted by: Kelly 2010-01-25 13:48 |
| #7 For reference, a new version of the famous Colonel Bogey March: Osama has only got one ball, Castro has two but very small, Kim Jong has no Long Dong, But poor Oogo has no balls at all. |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2010-01-25 12:51 |
| #6 US to Hugito: piss off. |
| Posted by: mojo 2010-01-25 12:35 |
| #5 don't refer to him as "kid", huevon I don't know in Venezuela but in Spain it suggests he has big balls. I doubt it. |
| Posted by: JFM 2010-01-25 12:07 |
| #4 Sure thing, Hugie baby, care to send some over? (BTW, even though I personally can't stand Obama, don't refer to him as "kid", huevon.) |
| Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie 2010-01-25 10:52 |
| #3 Who knew? A vaccine that cures chronic anti-US, nanny-state, voodoo tribalism? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-01-25 06:49 |
| #2 I hear there's a new high speed lead vaccination that cures communism. Perhaps we should send our friend Hugo a dose. Or twelve. |
| Posted by: AzCat 2010-01-25 01:56 |
| #1 US to Ugo: Meh! |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2010-01-25 01:07 |