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2006-06-23 Caribbean-Latin America

Venezuela: Chavez Sponsors Growth Of Local Weapon Industry

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Posted by Fred 2006-06-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 self-destruction function

Why do I suddenly get the vision of these things randomly exploding their operators when least expected.

Posted by Silentbrick">Silentbrick 2006-06-23 00:51|| 2006-06-23 00:51|| Front Page Top

#2 So, is the rubber band in the rocket launcher locally produced, too?

Posted by Swamp Blondie (formerly) Desert Blondie 2006-06-23 03:36|| http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com]">[http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com] 2006-06-23 03:36|| Front Page Top

#3 They probably just back-engineered an RPG-7.

Posted by Mike 2006-06-23 08:34|| 2006-06-23 08:34|| Front Page Top

#4 Dennis Prager did a show a while back on Chavez, in which he speculates that most Americans (particularly the State Dept) underestimate the danger that Chavez poses. To give perspective, look at the seriousness with which we treat Cuba, comparatively much less able to harm the US than Venezuela. I worry that our fixation on the "long game" (e.g. in the Middle East and Central Asia) has blinded us to the threats in this hemisphere of Chavez and his bolivarian revolution.

Chavez has already signalled his intent to foment revolution throughout S and C America, and he has demonstrated his commitment by acquiring military equipment from Russia and Spain.

I realize there is a risk of validating Chavez's claims of a "US Plot" were we to take concrete action, but our absence of ANY response above and beyond polite tut-tutting is going to come back to bite us.

Posted by mjh 2006-06-23 09:04|| 2006-06-23 09:04|| Front Page Top

#5 I suppose I must correct myself in the above, as banning weapons sales is a concrete action.

But why we don't take further action related to CITGO, PDVSA, and the batty proposal in Massachusetts to purchase cheap fuel oil from Chavez is beyond me.

At the very least, I maintain that we should establish Rantburg Petroleum Services SA in the form of a Panamanian IBC and bankrupt his revolution by purchasing all of his oil below market and re-selling to the US petroleum reserve for a very small profit.

Posted by mjh 2006-06-23 09:09|| 2006-06-23 09:09|| Front Page Top

#6 Why? Hugo at his worst is a pale imitation of the beard. I think it's funny (from afar) to watch the collapse of a once thriving economy.

This is a problem for Hugo's neighbors. Time for everyone to grow up.

Posted by 6 2006-06-23 16:20|| 2006-06-23 16:20|| Front Page Top

#7 That last paragraph tho! Yes! Indeedy there's an idea.

Posted by 6 2006-06-23 16:21|| 2006-06-23 16:21|| Front Page Top

#8 I had an evil thought.
Hugo Chavez goes to Moscow, and they (Putin) keep him there, indefinitly. I wonder how much Putin would want for that.

Posted by wxjames 2006-06-23 18:16|| 2006-06-23 18:16|| Front Page Top

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