Russian Navy's Visit to Venezuela Filled With Mishaps

humanevents.com ^ | 12/18/2008 | Gustavo Coronel

[DonaldC]

I guess we don’t have to worry much about Russia yet. hehe

[reagan_fanatic]

The Venezuelan participation in the exercises was finally reduced to two frigates, F21 and F24, and the transport ship T81, since the other units were not seaworthy

LOL!!!

[AU72]

Mikalevitch’s Navy.

[mylife]

Chavez tried to visit the ship “Admiral Chabanenko,” his bodyguards were not allowed to go aboard. A fistfight broke between the Russian sailors and the bodyguards

Ha Ha Ha!

[LiberConservative]

The access of Chavez to the flagship Russian “Peter the Great” was not allowed. In retaliation, Chavez refused to receive Russian President Medvedev at his arrival ...

That went well. LOL!!

[TheWasteLand]

Highly amusing. Thanks.

[mylife]

Chavez knows jack about military protocol.

I am still laughing

[happinesswithoutpeace]

MERRY CHRISTMAS IVAN.

[Travis T. OJustice]

Charlie Foxtrot.

[Tarpon]

Well if this isn’t an episode for keystone cops, then I guess they could always rerun the great Venezuelan socialist society story.

In Valenzuela, inflation is running at about 50%, the oil company is passing out weekly milk rations of two quarts — Venezuela if you recall is where all the US Socialist Democrats went on their Hugo boot-licking trips in the last few years. Venezuela is the Democrats template for success.

[pctech]

Sounds like McHale’s Navy!

[MahatmaGandu]

I guess we don’t have to worry much about Russia yet. hehe

You're right! A squiddy friend of mine tells me "we had firing solutions on the Russians from the time they cleared the bar at Murmansk until they were alongside or anchored at Caracas."

He also said the Russians were only escorted by two attack boats which was unusual because back in the day that kind of task force would have had layers of nuc boats running ahead of the fleet to clear the seas for them.

[denydenydeny]

The most unsurprising story of the year.

[mylife]

This is the best news I have heard all year.

Makes me hopeful that Chingalera head wont get ICBM’s

Stoopid pompous bastard

[null and void]

So let me see if I’ve got this straight...

Russian would not let Cuban translators on the ship in Venezuela.

The next stop is a courtesy visit to Havana.

Ya don’t suppose their trying to pull a fast one on both countries do you?

Naaaaaah!

[Tribune7]

I would not laugh too hard considering we are starting the Obama years.

[Tribune7]

Mikalevitch’s Navy.

OK, I'm laughing hard :-)

[unkus]

“Chinga’d’era”

[mylife]

pardin my spanglish