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2006-08-04 Caribbean-Latin America

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Posted by Anonymoose 2006-08-04 09:58|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Flush with booming oil profits, Chavez has been spending heavily on Venezuela's military while warning the country must be prepared in case U.S. troops one day attempt an invasion.

Make him spend every dime of those booming oil profits. Make him so paranoid, that he thinks Delta Force is under his bed at night.

Posted by tu3031 2006-08-04 10:08|| 2006-08-04 10:08|| Front Page Top

#2 "Make him so paranoid, that he thinks Delta Force is under his bed at night."--tu

Kinda makes one wish that his paranoid delusions will come true, i.e., that Delta's got a bead on this pig.

Posted by Lancasters Over Dresden 2006-08-04 10:25|| http://www.michaelcalderonscall.com/HomePage.asp]">[http://www.michaelcalderonscall.com/HomePage.asp] 2006-08-04 10:25|| Front Page Top

#3 I'll see your SAM system and raise you a B-2 and an F-117.

Posted by Mike 2006-08-04 10:35|| 2006-08-04 10:35|| Front Page Top

#4 Hey Hugo, ever heard of a HARM missle?

Posted by texhooey">texhooey 2006-08-04 10:45|| 2006-08-04 10:45|| Front Page Top

#5 I saw his convoy, in Panama, about 6 or 7 weeks ago. There was one shitty looking helicopter flying over all the rooftops, checking for snipers, two tiny coast guard vessels patrolling the Pacific coast, and about a dozen or so police cars. The entire convoy got stuck in a traffic jam on Via Israel Ave, for like 2 minutes. There he was sitting in his limo, ripe for the plucking.

I figured after the 2000 Castro assasination attempt, in Panama, he would have more security, but that didn't appear to be the case at all. If someone wants to kill this guy, I don't think it will be too difficult to get to him.

Posted by Destro in Indiana 2006-08-04 11:04|| 2006-08-04 11:04|| Front Page Top

#6 "We're going to armor Venezuela."

About time! They've been the victim of so many attacks and invasions over the past 100 years.

Posted by Besoeker 2006-08-04 11:46|| 2006-08-04 11:46|| Front Page Top

#7 Using govt funds to buy useless military stuff rather than helping out consumers is going to come back to bite Chavez one of these days.

Posted by mhw 2006-08-04 11:55|| http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/]">[http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/] 2006-08-04 11:55|| Front Page Top

#8 He thinks heat-seeking AA missiles are "high tech and cutting edge" (especially from Russia, Belarus and Iran)? Pshaw. This could be easier than previously thought if we REALLY wanted to take him out.

Posted by BA 2006-08-04 12:36|| 2006-08-04 12:36|| Front Page Top

#9 Shorter Chavez: "We have always been at war with Oceania."

Posted by eLarson 2006-08-04 14:15|| http://larsonian.blogspot.com]">[http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2006-08-04 14:15|| Front Page Top

#10 All those SAMs won't stop a Tomahawk, won't shoot down an F-117, and won't stop some angry peon from plunking your idiot head with an AK-47 YOU supplied him, or someone slipping poison in your food, hugo. They're just fun toys that dictators love because it makes them feel big, instead of the tiny little weasels they are. Even Paraguay can whip your wimpy little a$$. What a waste of protoplasm.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2006-08-04 15:29|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2006-08-04 15:29|| Front Page Top

#11 Sounds like Hugo is talking about shoulder fired SAMs. I don't think he has really figured out how high the US Air Force flies.
P.S. Build the B-747 with a 100 ton bomb load.

Posted by ed 2006-08-04 17:36|| 2006-08-04 17:36|| Front Page Top

#12 Hugo, helpful hint make sure you tell the russkis you want SURFACE TO AIRCRAFT missles, not their standard SURFACE TO AIR missiles.

Posted by bruce 2006-08-04 17:59|| 2006-08-04 17:59|| Front Page Top

#13 Actually, US SF is much closer than Hugo realizes and has been since '03

Posted by Captain America 2006-08-04 20:34|| 2006-08-04 20:34|| Front Page Top

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