[maquiladora]

For just a moment, imagine 10 battalions of the mexican military sent to our border. How would that strike you?

For a start we don't even know that they have 10 tank battalions. We do know they have about 80 Main Battle Tanks and about 150 Light Tanks which put together couldn't make up 10 tank battalions. And at the moment Chavez has only said on his TV show to the domestic audience that he was sending tanks to the border, there hasn't been any reports which have shown any actually military movement taking place. We've just got to remember that Chavez is a loudmouthed bully that likes making outlandish remarks.

[Arkinsaw]

For a start we don't even know that they have 10 tank battalions. We do know they have about 80 Main Battle Tanks and about 150 Light Tanks which put together couldn't make up 10 tank battalions. And at the moment Chavez has only said on his TV show to the domestic audience that he was sending tanks to the border, there hasn't been any reports which have shown any actually military movement taking place. We've just got to remember that Chavez is a loudmouthed bully that likes making outlandish remarks.

The A-10's of the Arkansas National Guard alone can reduce his 230 tanks to about 10 in a day or two at worst. He is not crossing that border unless he really is insane. Because I can guarantee you we will intervene in Colombia's favor no matter how distracted we are elsewhere or how many other wars we have going on.

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I said 10 battalions. Period.

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Is there still a problem with FR?

I had to open on 'my comments' to see my response to you posted.

Refreshing the page didn't help.

[Tallguy]

I rather doubt that Chavez has the ability to send a good chunk of his mobile troops to the border & keep them there, supplied. Still, initiating hostilities would increase the supply requirements several fold. So what could be up?

Consider that Chavez is very afraid of a coup. He puts the troops on the border to keep them outta Dodge.

[Fox_Mulder77]

“We’ve just got to remember that Chavez is a loudmouthed bully that likes making outlandish remarks.”

You may be right. It would be a mistake to create policy based on that thought, though.

[bert]

Then there is the question of terrain. Is the border terrain actually suitable for tanks?

What can they do when they get there?