Chávez arming to fight attack by U.S.

The Miami Herald ^ | Feb. 12, 2005 | Phil Gunson and Steven Dudley

[bvw]

No. That's a cover. He's arming to take over more land. Colombia, etc. IMO.

[rollo tomasi]

"Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has long been known for his harsh anti-Bush rhetoric. But now he's stepping up military plans and weapons purchases to match his combative tone, and he is worrying U.S. policymakers."

Jimmy Carter is probably waving his pom-poms with glee.

[BlackElk]

Assuming (a very dubious assumption) that UGO THE MAGNIFICENT was actually elected even once, Venezuela is an ongoing story of why freedom is far more important than mere democracy and must take precedence.

We ought not to tolerate his continued wasting of oxygen.

For Venezuelans, slavery is when UGO takes control of your country; hope is when the US takes note of what this communist punk is up to; and freedom is when he is thoroughly ventilated along with his top commissars and hanged by the ankles in the public square of Caracas for an appropriate outraging of the corpses. The sooner the better.

[JCEccles]

Isn't this same fella that Jimmy Carter embraced his election and had a lovefest with?

It would have to be. Carter has a perfect record of supporting losers at the world leader level who systematically and thoroughly abuse their people whether intentionally and negligently.

Carter is the master of economic and social malaise. The one thing he cannot and will not tolerate is a cheerful, optimistic, prosperous, and self-reliant people.

[Migraine]

Right -- the Somoza regime was no picnic. It was said that, in essence, five bigshot families controlled or owned most of the country and decided its fortunes. So, out of the frying pan (which was fairly local and contained), into the fire (which made it instantly a threat of the first magnitude, the international communist conspiracy -- a direct threat to the US -- that is, until that scheme came apart at the seams in 1989-90).

[conservativecorner]

Another Castro. Perfect! END SARCASM!

[Kurt_D]

My guess: He wants to attack Colombia and/or Guyana because Venezuela has territorial disputes with both countries. Chavez is a rabid nationalist and populist. That's quite a brutal combination.

[kingsurfer]

I hear they are relatively stable now with a semi-functioning democracy. Do you know it is or not?
I certainly hope so. If countries in Latin America can show that democracy means you can prosper then it would a great example.

[RFEngineer]

Brilliant implementation of the highly acclaimed North Korean model of governance.

[Clara Lou]

Once again, let us give thanks we live in the USA.
Amen. I've told my own children this a thousand times, and I tell my students that as well.

[kingsurfer]

I think the same goes for most people living in the Western world. I mnea there are literally billions of people leaving in poverty or under dictatorship. We are all lucky to have the benefit of living in a free, prosperous, democratic society.

[jocon307]

"I've told my own children this a thousand times, and I tell my students that as well."

good on ya Clara Lou! keep telling them the TRUTH! It's amazing how many people won't.

[BobS]

What do people in nordeste Brasil think about this cabron?

[dufekin]

And it's time for us to ratchet up the old Cold War. Ronald Reagan won the battle and instigated the demise of the Evil Empire, but will Jimmy Carter, Fidel Castro, Robert Mugabe, and Hugo Chavez win the war?

[Mr. C]

There's only one way to deal with an idiot like this one, and that is to cut him off at his knees. Blockade all oil exports coming out of his country, I know it would probably hurt us in the short term but the long term benefits would be tremendous. His whole house of cards would collapse overnight and he'd be just another self-deluded Socialist fool dumped upon the ashe heap of history.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

...but Chávez has won two democratic elections and fended off a recall referendum just last year.

Those elections were as democratic as Saddam's. As Stalin said, "It doesn't matter who votes. What matters is who counts the votes." When Carter blessed them we should have known this would be coming.

[Oatka]

". . . the Somoza regime was no picnic. It was said that, in essence, five bigshot families controlled or owned most of the country and decided its fortunes."

Sounds like a more violent version of Mexico.

[CaptRon]

He later added that any attack on Cuba or Venezuela ``would be an attack on both.''

The Moonbat Doctrine

[kingsurfer]

I found this good link about the last century over there. Makes a good paraphrased read.

http://www.moreorless.au.com/killers/somoza.htm

[Migraine]

I hear they are relatively stable now with a semi-functioning democracy. Do you know it is or not? I certainly hope so. If countries in Latin America can show that democracy means you can prosper then it would a great example. They are relatively stable, having had three elections in which the Sandinistas were rebuffed every time. However, bear in mind that everything communism touches turns to fecal matter (and it doesn't take long). With that in mind, Nicaragua's meager progress economically is to be compared with that of, say, Albania, or maybe Bulgaria. They need to overcome two persistent mentalities among the populace: peasant and socialist. That is, they need a middle class. For that, massive education is the key. That, and time. They are still very poor and have the unseemly gaps between rich and poor that communism so often successfully exploits. I hope they make it. Unfortunately, just as progress seemed most promising, hurricane Mitch hammered them back into the dark ages in 1998.