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#1 ·
i didn't know where else to post this, and it's not really CCW related. however, it does trouble me and could prove a veritable thorn in our collective side in the near future.

Chavez Warns of Resistance War With U.S.
Jun 25 01:47 AM US/Eastern
By CHRISTOPHER TOOTHAKER
Associated Press Writer

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - President Hugo Chavez urged soldiers on Sunday to prepare for a guerrilla-style war against the United States, saying that Washington is using psychological and economic warfare as part of an unconventional campaign aimed at derailing his government.

Dressed in olive green fatigues and a red beret, Chavez spoke inside Tiuna Fort—Venezuela's military nerve-center—before hundreds of uniformed soldiers standing alongside armored vehicles and tanks decorated with banners reading: "Fatherland, Socialism, or Death! We will triumph!"

"We must continue developing the resistance war, that's the anti- imperialist weapon. We must think and prepare for the resistance war everyday," said Chavez, who has repeatedly warned that American soldiers could invade Venezuela to seize control of the South American nation's immense oil reserves.

U.S. officials reject claims that Washington is considering a military attack. But the U.S. government has expressed concern over what it perceives as a significant arms build-up here.

Chavez—a close ally of Cuban leader Fidel Castro—told soldiers the Washington was trying to weaken and divide Venezuelan society, including the armed forces, without resorting to combat.

"It's not just armed warfare," said Chavez, a former army officer who is leading what he calls the "Bolivarian Revolution," a socialist movement named after 19th-century independence hero Simon Bolivar. "I'm also referring to psychological warfare, media warfare, political warfare, economic warfare."

Under Chavez, Venezuela has recently purchased some $3 billion worth of arms from Russia, including 53 military helicopters, 100,000 Kalashnikov rifles, 24 SU-30 Sukhoi fighter jets.

Last week, Chavez said he is considering arms purchases, including submarines and a missile-equipped air defense system, as he prepares for a tour of Russia, Belarus and Iran.

"We are strengthening Venezuela's military power precisely to avoid imperial aggressions and assure peace, not to attack anybody," he said Sunday.

Opposition leader Julio Borges condemned the president's interest in acquiring weapons, saying the government should focus on reducing violent crime in Venezuela, which has one of the highest homicide rates in Latin America.

"This isn't resolved with military purchases and foreign tours," Borges said. "This is resolved with the determination of having a country with justice."

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#3 ·
"Fatherland, Socialism, or Death!"

Yeah, it really doesn't have the ring of "Give me Liberty or give me death," does it?

Chavez is a rabble-rouser only concerned with his own political power (I know, what a novel characteristic for a socialist/communist leader, right?) who must keep "upping the ante" in anti-American rhetoric in order to justify his domestic tyranny. He is not well-liked here in Brazil, or in most of South America – despite his oil-money largesse. His continuing crack downs on basic freedoms such as an independent press are earning him more and more cold shoulders, even from other, more progressive, socialists in the region. All this while still selling most of his oil to the Great Satan itself, the good old USA. Seems politics end where greenbacks begin, as usual…

I hope he reaches the limits of his bluster soon, before he causes some real problems…
 
#4 ·
Me thinks we need to invade California , Illinois , and a large part of the eastern seaboard first. Once we have freed Americans from socialist Utopian states we can worry about other countrys LOL .
 
#5 ·
He's trying to put the blame for his country's lousy state on the 'evil Americans'. That way he doesn't have to take as much heat for their bad economy & high crime rate.

He has nationalized telephone, utilities & now has taken control of the oil companies assets in the country. So it won't be long until oil production drops & with it, his cash flow.
 
#6 ·
He's trying to put the blame for his country's lousy state on the 'evil Americans'. That way he doesn't have to take as much heat for their bad economy & high crime rate.
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No, he's actually helping La Raza, and a few of the other political groups. He takes his racist socialism very seriously, and MS-13 is happy to take the $$ to bring about the Reconquista.:ticking:
 
#7 ·
The Big Lie, famous fascict and socialist technique, deomnize a particular group, and blame them for everything - Hitler with theJews, for example.
Let him barricade himself in his own country, no loss. If he shuts off the oil, he'll hurt himself more than us.
 
#8 ·
If he shuts off the oil, he'll hurt himself more than us.
Yes, which is why he has actually increased his sale of oil to the Great Satan during his tenure. Venezuelan crude is heavy and difficult to refine - the US is the only country with the refining capacity to buy much of his stuff. He will continue to bark and shout out of one side of his mouth, while eating up US dollars with the other...

As a side note, he ticked off Brazil a few weeks ago by coming down against bio-fuels (ethanol, specifically), which is a big no-no here in the Land of Sugar Cane.
 
#10 ·
Isn't this the same turd who went into Spanish Harlem last yeah and announced he would be slicing the cost of oil to pass the savings onto the Americans. He went on to blither about how if it didn't go through, it was because George Bush blocked it?

This guys got a scary arsenal. But I think he's more of a threat to himself and his neighbors than to us.
 
#12 ·
Under Chavez, Venezuela has recently purchased some $3 billion worth of arms from Russia, including 53 military helicopters, 100,000 Kalashnikov rifles, 24 SU-30 Sukhoi fighter jets.
Sounds like he should have done some comparison shopping, I would have thought $3 billion would have gone farther.

53 military helicopters and 30 24 SU-30 Sukhoi fighter jets...I'm sure military planners everywhere are quaking in thier boots.....

Sorry, I couldn't help it
 
#15 ·
You are very close. I read that he only bought 200K rounds for the AKs. If we add the amount of russian ammo from members of this board I am sure we surely double that up.
 
#17 ·
Some data from that Socialist Paradise
Murder rate: 30 per 100K habitants.
Homicide clearance rate : under 20%
Number of murders commited in country since Chavez took office: 150,000+
Inflation (so far this year): 21%
Gun Rights: None.
Gun Permits: May Issue....and then maybe. Shrink profile required. Permit is gun specific. No "military" calibers: 45, 9mm etc. No "assauult Rifles" for civilians.
 
#18 ·
"Fatherland, Socialism, or Death! We will triumph!"
Interesting. Sounds an awful lot like he's trying to provoke us... With Bush at the helm, I can't even say for sure that we won't take the bait.


-B
 
#23 ·
Chavez is just like that wacky Kadafi from Lybia. He started doing stupid things, we dropped a couple missles in his lap, smoked a few of his family, and we haven't heard a peep out of him since then. If needed, and asked to do so, I have enough firepower to keep one of his platoons busy should they decide to do a Red Dawn type of thing. I will worry more about getting the grass cut than that idiot.
 
#25 ·
Another example of small man syndrome if you ask me.

Just call him "tiny".

Someone needs to remind him what happened to the last tin horn dictator in Central America who really got us mad. I think he tried to hide out with some Nuns and then ended up in a Miami prison for 60 years or so.
 
#29 ·
Chavez biggest problem is that he needs the US to play the part of Satan to justify the constant revolution he wants to have. However the US is to busy to notice his whinging and Chavez needs the US to buy his oil. Bush's lack of interest in Chavez is likely the best approach, his own people will turn on him as he destroys what's left of the country. Did a little mining exploration down there with my brother, man that place is crawling with beautiful woman!!
 
#30 ·
Chavez biggest problem is that he needs the US to play the part of Satan to justify the constant revolution he wants to have. However the US is to busy to notice his whinging and Chavez needs the US to buy his oil. Bush's lack of interest in Chavez is likely the best approach, his own people will turn on him as he destroys what's left of the country.
+1

He is a like the devil-spawn of Castro and Kim Jong-Il, man, I wish I was an artist, that would make a killer political cartoon. Picture Castro and Kim looking lovingly over a little baby carriage holding a whining Chavez as the baby.

He will suffer much the same fate as those two. I don't have the time or the patience to write something eloquent about how he will end up, and it appears the rest of the world has the same attitude.
 
#31 ·
Just sit back and let him stew in his own feces for about 10 years. At that point all the machinery he stole from American businesses will start falling apart and his people will start becoming really unhappy with him. Let him keep his oil. It isn't worth buying anyway. It is some of the poorest quality crude in the world.
 
#32 ·
So right, if you ever seen the way they keep their vehicles! When I was working down on the goldfields most of the workers are illegals because the locals didn't want to do the dirty stuff. Even the guys before Chavez tried to force Placer Dome into selling all the gold to them and wanting them to build 180kms of powerline to the mine. Despite the wealth of gold, Placer Dome walked away. The place was lousy with gold, most of the poor use it for fillings for their teeth, go dig some up give part of it to the dentist and rest goes into the teeth.
The country was so corrupt back then (94) and was run by around 5 families. My brother and I wanted to import basic power tools, but there was no way to make any money after the payoffs. To bad the guys down in the jungle there were really good workers and decent folks, they built a 1 room schoolhouse for their kids and took turns teaching them, we donated some school supplies, I got invited in to many houses there and you feel bad when a family who is dirt poor offers you the biggest plate, to not eat it would be an insult to them, so I made a point of carrying stuff I could gift to them in return.
 
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