Posted on 12/29/2010 7:51:04 AM PST by La Lydia
President Hugo Chavez on Tuesday dared the U.S. government to expel his ambassador from Washington in response to Venezuela's rejection of the White House's choice for ambassador in Caracas. Chavez reiterated that he will not allow the U.S. diplomat Larry Palmer to be ambassador, and said "if the government is going to expel our ambassador there, let them do it!" He added: "if they're going to cut diplomatic relations, let them do it!"
The U.S. State Department has said it stands behind its nomination of Palmer, who is awaiting Senate confirmation. Palmer angered Chavez by suggesting during the confirmation process that morale is low in Venezuela's military and that he is concerned Colombian rebels are finding refuge in Venezuela.
State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said last week that Venezuela's decision not to accept Palmer -- after initially giving its approval -- will have consequences on relations with Venezuela, and that the U.S. government will evaluate what to do. The State Department has also been strongly critical of decree powers granted to Chavez by his congressional allies this month, a maneuver Crowley described as one more way for the leftist president to "justify autocratic powers."
"Now the U.S. government is threatening us that they're going to take reprisals. Well, let them do whatever they want, but that man will not come," Chavez said in a televised speech...
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I smell sulfur...
I’m sure Barry and Broom Hilda are arguing right now over who should be first to give Chavez a BJ.
Barry’s gonna win. He is, after all, the president, and he is, after all, the only one of the two who enjoys sex with men.
Now, will he do what's needed? Remember, this is a resource rich nation that has stuff we need. Just ONE NEUTRON BOMB and that'd get rid of all the people, and the dictator, and leave behind the oil safe in the ground.
I don't think most folks would miss Venezuela or its people but our needs remain paramount (at least to us)
I think the U.S. should offer the Ambassador asylum.
...i.e., a really, really, really strongly worded letter of concern (through the UN).
If BO expels their Ambassador, Chavez will find yet another US company there and seize it. And BO, as always will do nothing. Hire ther mossad to take out the bugger.
The mighty 0bama Regime lets loose with its war cry.
Jimmy Carter stopped the development of our neutron bomb.
Peoples of the world are being led by buffoons. Its surreal.
Time to ramp that sucker up. There are times like this when it’s going to be needed. We want to minimize fallout.
We need to give Chavez the same treatment ol’ Pineapple Face got
Chavez is asinine.
You forgot to put the ‘/sarcasm off’ at the end of your post.
Oh, yeah, about Obama. I’m sure he still looks up to Chavez.
Lets get out of Iraq and get in Venezuela,bring that fat buffoon and put him in the can here in America with some of the boys.
No, my ‘/sarcasm off’ comment was about the neutron bomb. People reading these posts might get the impression that you are advocating the killing of millions of Venezuelans so that we can have ready access to their resources.
> Jimmy Carter stopped the development of our neutron bomb.
Maybe we can borrow one from the French. IIRC, they completed their development and actually have them deployed.
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