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2005-11-05 Caribbean-Latin America

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Posted by Fred 2005-11-05 00:50|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "President Hugo Chavez threatened this week to provide Venezuela's F-16s to Cuba or China..."

Lol, and what would third-worlder Fidel do with unflyable F-16's, Hugo? Just cuz they can keep some '57 Chebbys running isn't quite the same thing, drooler. And the Chinese would have to call in the Russkies to help - and neither would be able to maintain them worth shit, lol.

Everything that comes out of this moron's mouth sets a new standard for inanity.

Posted by .com 2005-11-05 05:23|| 2005-11-05 05:23|| Front Page Top

#2 He sounds like an bratty adolescent with a trust fund and demonstrates the behavior of one. "Ain't I cool." No, Hugo, you playing a very dangerous game that is going to get people killed all for your ego.

Posted by Ulomolet Slitch1727 2005-11-05 08:16|| 2005-11-05 08:16|| Front Page Top

#3 With his dough, please don't tell me he can't find spares. Poor bugger just has a case of the ass because he's got no one bright enough to fly the damn things. Blister his fat ass with a hickory switch and send him to bed without his supper

Posted by Besoeker 2005-11-05 09:59|| 2005-11-05 09:59|| Front Page Top

#4 No, Hugo, you playing a very dangerous game that is going to get people killed all for your ego.

He already did that once with his coup attempt against the civilian government in the early 90's. One of the F-16's in particular shot down the little rinky-dink bomber and its fascist pilot as it was on its way to bomb government buildings in Caracas. One minute he was large and in charge, the next he was Sidewinder flambe'.

Things finally went South enough that Hugo hopped on a plane and left a bunch of people behind at the airbase to die so he could make his getaway and survive to feed his ego.

With his dough, please don't tell me he can't find spares. Poor bugger just has a case of the ass because he's got no one bright enough to fly the damn things. Blister his fat ass with a hickory switch and send him to bed without his supper

The Venezuelan military is historically reportedly good, although I don't know if he's managed to purge anyone who knows how to do basic addition the way he did with PDVSA. I do know one of the reasons he's trying to build up his "Bolivarian Circles" is because he doesn't trust the regular military there.

Posted by Abdominal Snowman 2005-11-05 12:52|| 2005-11-05 12:52|| Front Page Top

#5 A possibility occured to me: could it be that he doesn't want the F-16's anymore because if he buys some Su-30's they come with rent-a-pilots from somewhere else whose loyalty can be assured?

Posted by Abdominal Snowman 2005-11-05 13:17|| 2005-11-05 13:17|| Front Page Top

#6 Could be -- and if he gets rid of the F-16s, the existing military pilots can't use them against him.

Posted by lotp 2005-11-05 22:16|| 2005-11-05 22:16|| Front Page Top

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