Ya know Hugo, now that you brought it up, that's not a half bad idea.
Posted on 09/16/2005 7:45:03 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON (AP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Friday he has documentary evidence that the United States plans to invade his country.
Chavez, interviewed on ABC's "Nightline," said the plan is called "Balboa" and involves aircraft carriers and planes. A transcript of the interview was made available by "Nightline."
He said U.S. soldiers recently went to Curacao, an island off Venezuela's northwest coast. He described as a "lie" the official U.S. explanation that they visited Curacao for rest and recreation.
"They were doing movements. They were doing maneuvers," Chavez said, speaking through a translator.
He added: "We are coming up with the counter-Balboa plan. That is to say if the government of the United States attempts to commit the foolhardy enterprise of attacking us, it would be embarked on a 100-year war. We are prepared."
Chavez has been attending the summit of world leaders at the United Nations in New York this week. On Thursday, he denounced the U.S.-led war in Iraq and told other leaders they should consider moving the U.N. headquarters out of the United States.
To prove U.S. intentions to invade Venezuela, Chavez offered to send "Nightline" host Ted Koppel maps and other documentation.
"What I can't tell you his how we got it, to protect the sources, how we got it through military intelligence," he said.
In the event of a U.S. invasion, Chavez said the United States can "just forget" about receiving any more oil from his country.
I have heard of this "Venezuela" place.
It's near Aruba.
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Actually, this poster wondered about that.
Good looking Americana...
Ya know Hugo, now that you brought it up, that's not a half bad idea.
Sure sign his natives are getting restless ... time to pull out the yankee boogy man.
I hope Chavez is wrong. The last thing we need is another country to rebuild.
Wasn't it ROCKY BALBOA..... !??
You need to understand - the New Orleans operation was a perfect way to train and to improve tactics....
Baghdad Bob have been giving Chavez lessons in outrageous.
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Hey, that's William Hartnell!
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Great vision! Move the UN to Tehran! Or Iraq! Or the Congo! No, wait- Give them the facility at Abu Ghraib!
that fat pig has been listening to Sheehan too much... See ya Hugo have a nice flight home.
No, they call it dysentery.
Invade Venezuela? Let's hope so.
Get rid of the beret Hugo, and just wear tinfoil.
On Thursday, he denounced the U.S.-led war in Iraq and told other leaders they should consider moving the U.N. headquarters out of the United States.
His best idea I have heard of yet!
Be my guest.....
Hugo is spoiling for a fight... his rhetoric has been stepping up in the past few months...he will learn the hard way what happens when you get on the bad side of the US.
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