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.
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez gestures during his press conference at the 2005 World Summit at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Thursday Sept. 15, 2005. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Jesse bin talkin agin....
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez addresses delegates at the 2005 World Summit and 60th General Assembly of the United Nations in New York September 15, 2005. World leaders are exploring ways to revitalize the United Nations at a summit on Wednesday but their blueprint falls short of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's vision of freedom from want, persecution and war. REUTERS/Ray Stubblebine
We barely were able to invade New Orleans, Chavez is a joke.
hand this man a tin foil hat...
Doesn;t asppear to be the brightest bulb in the room...but a dangerous man in any case.
He is likely to become a major thorn in our side. Bastard son of Castro and cozing up real close to the ChiComms. We'd best watch him real close. If things go down elsewhere, I would not be surprised to see this guy make some moves of his own.
Slugo has his head inserted in his nether regions and seems to be suffering from oxygen deprivation.
Inhale... exhale...
100 year war? 100 minutes. If we use a low-tier National Guard logistics unit instead of a combat unit.
OK , this part I'll take.
When I grow up I want to be a cross between a tin horn despot like my buddy Fidel Castro, and a raving lunatic in a nice suit like Louis Farrakhan.
Hey Hugo...don't flatter yourself.
Hey Hugo...don't flatter yourself.
Hey Hugo...don't flatter yourself.
Sorry.
It's not the oil, but the 'Miss Venezuela's'.
Not true, but the Evil Genius Karl Rove is right this minute working on a Category 5 Hurricane to send Hugo's way.
Or as we say in America..."Chavez" cakes
He's not like Castro. He dresses better.
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