I wouldnt really worry about Chavez (And Im Colombian)
His country needs my country to in order survive hehe.

He has parked tanks on the border before, and the only problem for the people from my hometown (that is 5 minutes by car from venezuela ) was that we couldnt buy venezuelan gas lol (u can fill up a car for 1 US dollar).. and instead we had to buy colombian gas which is more expensive than the american one hehehe



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God I hope they don't damage the coffee fields I don't know what I'd doo if the price went sky high because their friggin war

It's really nothing new, right? It seems like Chavez makes that threat about once a month.

Chavez is more of a publicity whore, than anything else.

Originally posted by alyosha1981
God I hope they don't damage the coffee fields I don't know what I'd doo if the price went sky high because their friggin war

Yep, i guess i too would go crazy if the price of coffee went up. Think about all that brass in NORAD who drink coffee, they would be forced to pay for there own coffee, hmm i can see the 9th Bomber Strategic Command begin conducting "exercises" over those coffee plantations with stealth bombers..rofl.

People, please consider the source, Iran's "terrorist times".

Iran's news is like the propaganda minister from Iraq durning the fighting-nothing but mindless blustering, IMO.

Now As a separate issue, Is Chavez starting to sound a lot like North Korea's Kim.

What I mean is if he is out of the new's for a few weeks, he makes a rant and threat or two to be back in the news, while actually not doing anything much.
(I admit, Chavez is stealing other countries companies and their assets and Kim is not).

I don't believe Chavez is stupid enough to attack/invade Colombia.

The reason is it would give the US it's excuse (protecting it's friend) to smash his military and remove him from office, militarily.

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Venezuela and Ecuador (countries with now socialist/populist presidents) are in conflict with Colombia (aligned with USA) for some time now.
There has been serious threats to that region's security for some time now. Some time ago there was serious trouble going on between Venezuela and Colombia, almost a military conflict which was ultimately cooled down. Ecuador poses restrictions to colombian citizens crossing the border, making military moves on the border because of "terrorist infiltration" into their country. For some reason the spark is there, it's just a matter of time when it's going to burst in flames.

Originally posted by bg_socalif
It's really nothing new, right? It seems like Chavez makes that threat about once a month.

Chavez is more of a publicity whore, than anything else.

Yea but nobody HAS to print what he says. It's by their own doing that we hear or read what he says.

Originally posted by seb2882
Venezuela and Ecuador (countries with now socialist/populist presidents) are in conflict with Colombia (aligned with USA) for some time now.
There has been serious threats to that region's security for some time now. Some time ago there was serious trouble going on between Venezuela and Colombia, almost a military conflict which was ultimately cooled down. Ecuador poses restrictions to colombian citizens crossing the border, making military moves on the border because of "terrorist infiltration" into their country. For some reason the spark is there, it's just a matter of time when it's going to burst in flames.

sry if off topic but isn't it funny how we are alligned with the Producer of one of the most dangerous and addicting drugs effecting our society and yet we fight this product every day on the streets with the " war on drugs"......

It's like fighting against china and yet still buying all their products.

O wait we do that too.........smells like a duck .

Originally posted by alyosha1981
God I hope they don't damage the coffee fields I don't know what I'd doo if the price went sky high because their friggin war

You could start buying Hawaiian beans or stop drinking coffee altogether. Caffeine isn't good for you anyways, and it sounds like you drink a lot of it. I'm sure you could always find some other habit to start.

Originally posted by LucidDreamer85
sry if off topic but isn't it funny how we are alligned with the Producer of one of the most dangerous and addicting drugs effecting our society and yet we fight this product every day on the streets with the " war on drugs"......

It's like fighting against china and yet still buying all their products.

O wait we do that too.........smells like a duck .

Easy... There is no "war on drugs", and there has never been any.

There was a time when drug traffickers from South America controlled that business, then because of that, there was a "problem" in Colombia.

Since the CIA became the only "Drug Trafficker Corporation" controlling it there is no problem anymore.

It was never an issue what happens to children who use drugs, addicted people, or the consumer society for that matter.

The same thing happened with the opium in Afghanistan.