Chavez is a nut. Just another player in tptb pushing his own part of the agenda. I guess this is where they're taking us next, Latin America.

Originally posted by yeahyouknowit
Chavez is a nut. Just another player in tptb pushing his own part of the agenda. I guess this is where they're taking us next, Latin America.

Or maybe its for deflection purposes as time draws near. .

Originally posted by The Legacy
LOL to those who think Chavez cares about war casualties on his side. He does not care about the Venezuelan people, he only cares about staying in power.

He accuses his ministers of being inefficient and blames them for everything that goes wrong. Well who is managing the country? He is. He NEVER EVER talks about the RAPIDLY climbing insecurity in the country because he fears that if he talks about it the people will start to see that he is the one to blame. You think its funny getting shot/killed over a pair of shoes? You think its funny I find myself looking around to make sure nobody is following me on my way to my car?

Well not everyone walks around with 100 body guards Mr. Chavez, the rest of us DO have to worry about crime.

He cares about giving enough to the poor to were they will support him, but never too much. Keep them poor and ignorant and they wont see through his lies.

By the tone of your post, can I assume you are Venezuelan? If you are, I am curious about your view. Nothing like a ground zero report to balance the discussion, eh...

Originally posted by DisgustedOne

By the tone of your post, can I assume you are Venezuelan? If you are, I am curious about your view. Nothing like a ground zero report to balance the discussion, eh...

He is right sorry to rain on your parade... BTW, what exactly is your "INSIDE EXPERIENCE"??....

Originally posted by ElectricUniverse

Originally posted by DisgustedOne

By the tone of your post, can I assume you are Venezuelan? If you are, I am curious about your view. Nothing like a ground zero report to balance the discussion, eh...

He is right sorry to rain on your parade... BTW, what exactly is your "INSIDE EXPERIENCE"??....

I ain't gettin' yer post. What exactly are you asking me? I am not in any parade at the moment. I was merely curious about Legacy's post because he seems to be speaking from a Venezuelan viewpoint. Did I indicate that I have "INSIDE EXPERIENCE"?? My apologies if it seemed that way, because I do not. I am an American (Navy veteran) with an opinion, but I haven't said (yet) what my opinion is. Again, clarify for me please...

Chavez is known for bombastic, over-thee-top diplomacy in a rather florid, attention-getting mode. Nevertheless, his reaction, while prehaps erratic and dangerous in execution, is predicated on fairly sound geostrategic reasoning. Oil and commodity prices are being kept artificially low and the dollar artificially high. The role of the US currency as a the "petrodollar" is increasingly rankling to all of OPEC, including Venuzuela. On the one hand he is chomping at the bit for the return of $150 oil, especially as the US dollar's value looks set to crater internationally over the next few years. On the other hand he fears the US will use force (or use elements in Colombia as proxies) should he prematurely break from the petrollar regime. Its all a matter of which course of action brings more domestic chaos, suffering, and servitude.

[edit on 11/10/09 by silent thunder]

The interesting part of this thread is that although the topic is "Chavez tells his countrymen to "Prepare for War"; that he is the one threatening war, which the U.S. hasn't made a peep about going to war with him, the essence of this thread is to diminish and pound the U.S. with "war monger", and all the rest of the junk being said.

You've turned the topic around.

It's not the U.S. who has said "Prepare for War'. Remember?

It's the on-his-way-to-being-the-Dictator of Venezuela, who apparently got very drunk one night and decided it would be funny to threaten the U.S. with war.

What a hangover that must have been.

Just wanted to contribute by saying that although the colombian army has less equipment and the colombian airforce just has a few kfirs, Colombia has the only army in south america that fights every day. Venezuelan military are more interested in looting that fighting.

I'm guessing somebody needs to drink somebody's milkshake.

Chavez is an idiot. Yeah Chavez, go poke the bear!

He's trying to impress his buddies with his bravado and he enjoys watching their eyes go wide, he interprets this as awe rather than 'this idiot is trying to kill us all'.

Each war gets more surgical, our laser guided bombs are a far cry from the old carpet bombing entire cities act from WW-II. Let's see how surgical we can get this time to minimize casualties. The closer to a single digit we can get the better.

Well, doubtful he'll launch an invasion of the US anyway. Let's hope he doesn't invade our partner Columbia.

[edit on 7-12-2009 by Dbriefed]

Is Haiti a stategic place or position for the US if we were to go to war with Venezuela?