Chavez says Venezuela jets intercepted U.S. plane

Reuters ^ | 01/09/10

[TigerLikesRooster]

Chavez says Venezuela jets intercepted U.S. plane

CARACAS (Reuters) - President Hugo Chavez said he ordered two F-16 jets to intercept a U.S. military plane that twice entered Venezuelan skies on Friday, but Washington said none of its planes flew over the South American country's airspace.

Brandishing a photo of the plane, which he described as a P-3, Chavez said the overflight was the latest violation of Venezuelan airspace by the U.S. military from its bases on the Netherlands' Caribbean islands and from neighboring Colombia.

"They are provoking us ... these are warplanes," he said.

Chavez said the F-16s escorted the U.S. plane away after two incursions lasting 15 and 19 minutes each.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Their currency being devalued against dollar, and inflation rate is 25% per year.

I am sure that he is rather testy these days. Seems he is on his way to self-destruction, if he keeps this up.

[RolandTignor]

Where did he get F-16’s at?

[TigerLikesRooster]

Before Chavez came to power, Venezuela was U.S. ally.

[RolandTignor]

Thanks

[The Magical Mischief Tour]

This crazy fool, Chavez is gonna mess around and jump on some of out intelligence gathering assets operating in international airspace and shoot them down and what will we expect from Bambi?

Probably end up running his little ass down there aboard Apology 1 and groveling...

[blackbart.223]

"Where did he get F-16’s at?"

Good question. Possibly BS anyway. Obama would never launch an incursion against his buddy Hugo.

[MediaMole]

Chavez had better watch it. those P-3s are pretty effective at taking down communist jets.

[blackbart.223]

"Probably end up running his little ass down there aboard Apology 1 and groveling..."

How low do you bow to a communist dictator. I guess Obama will show us how do it.

[GeronL]

This is classic. He wants his people to look at his left hand instead of where his right hand is.

[GeronL]

At least when the pilot is named Wong Wei

[eyedigress]

Feldman

[13Sisters76]

In 2012 we will elect a real man to the office and we will see this silly pig-man “fade away”, and go oddly silent. Wanna bet?

[ARepublicanForAllReasons]

No bet. A real man or an iron maiden.
No RINOs need apply (:<}

[Always Independent]

They have F-16s, but I thought they were pretty much grounded for lack of spare parts.

[Cobra64]

This crazy fool, Chavez is gonna mess around and jump on some of out intelligence gathering assets operating in international airspace and shoot them down and what will we expect from Bambi?

Probably end up running his little ass down there aboard Apology 1 and groveling...

Naaa... He'll send Carter

[monkapotamus]

[Bellflower]

Some kind of slight of hand going on by Obama and him?

[Thermalseeker]

Probably end up running his little ass down there aboard Apology 1 and groveling...

Certainly would expect the deepest bow to date, no doubt.....