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| Chavez' feelings hurt that anyone would celebrate Mono Jojoy's death |
| 2010-09-27 |
| Venezuela President Hugo Chavez, commenting for the first time on this week's killing of a commander in Colombia's main Marxist rebel group, criticized those who are "joyful" over his death. "One shouldn't be joyful of the death of anyone," Chavez said Friday night at an event broadcast on state television. You can just feel the hurt in his words. Make no mistake, Chavez shed tears on hearing that a major terrorist had been killed by the legitimate government, I guarantee it. It put a serious dent in his ambitions to rule beyond his borders. I'm sure that's what he means by this, almost-crying tone. He's sad for himself most of all. Chavez said he hopes that Colombia continues to work toward a peace deal with the rebels and hopes "they don't continue killing here and there." So, in other words, you just hope that what's happening stops happening. Typical wishful thinking...it's so stereotypically leftist that it hurts to type this. The comments by Chavez on the killing of Mono Jojoy were rather subdued compared to his response in 2008 to the slaying of another FARC leader, Raul Reyes, in a cross-border raid into Ecuador by Colombian troops. This is the one that they identified by your satellite phone calls to him, Senor President-for-Life. Chavez called Reyes' killing a "coldly calculated murder" and criticized Colombia for wanting to "show off the trophy." During a speech shortly after Reyes' death, he held a moment of silence for the outlaw, a move roundly criticized by the Bogota government. But roundly praised by the usual suspects, who of course are not mentioned. |
| Posted by:gromky |
| #8 tu3031 wins the thread! :-D |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-09-27 19:51 |
| #7 But there is no joy in Caracas Mono Jojoy has checked out |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-09-27 19:25 |
| #6 "One shouldn't be joyful of the death of anyone," Chavez said Not true, assh*le - many people would be joyful at your death. Guess that's what's keeping you up nights, eh? |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-09-27 18:43 |
| #5 #3 Yes and now; http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010%5C09%5C28%5Cstory_28-9-2010_pg4_1 Lost 1/3 of control in election. Now he is going to look over his shoulder. |
| Posted by: Dale 2010-09-27 18:34 |
| #4 I guess I shouldn't have been ululating then ... |
| Posted by: Steve White 2010-09-27 12:40 |
| #3 Hugo getting that Mussolini chill down his back? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2010-09-27 11:08 |
| #2 Yeah. That's kind of the point of the article. He just saw his last, best hope go up in smoke, so he's sorry for himself. He expresses this in an odd way because he can't come out and say "I love FARC" in front of the TV cameras. |
| Posted by: gromky 2010-09-27 10:40 |
| #1 Doesent he fund/train the Farc? |
| Posted by: Paul2 2010-09-27 09:51 |