[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I see this as almost benign, except that Chavez is a threat to his neighbors. To me, this is a cargo cult mentality. The S-300s will be parade ground props, for the most part.

[WellyP]

Unless those systems are kept in AirCon storage they tend to rot in the tropics after 24 to 36 months. Likewise with almost all Russian made military equipment.

[lentulusgracchus]

I see this as almost benign, except that Chavez is a threat to his neighbors.

One of his "neighbors" isn't a country: it's the Panama Canal.

Strategic threat to the U.S.