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Thank you much.

I've said it before, political theory is the cover. This is a supply-side oil war.

OPEC member venezuela supports terror in Colombia because the terrs are in eastern Colombia where all of Colombia's untapped oil resources are. FARC constantly attacks oil facilities, which jibes perfectly with Venezuela's and OPEC's interest in keeping competitive producers off-line. This is a "rational" pricing and profit strategy, the same in keeping Iraq and Central Asia unstable and deterring investment.

Indeed, Venezuela under Chavez has been a "hawk" on suppressing OPEC quotas. This doesn't help Venezuela since they are closer to the American market than other producers, and thereby have an advantage. I read some venezuelans complain that Russia and other OPEC nations were cheating on production limits, but not their own country. Why? Who profits?

A possibility is that Chavez and his buddies are being paid off by IRan and other OPEC nations to suppress Venezuelan production. Economically "rational", if corrupt. What else is being traded? I think Castro is lending his resources to Chavez, organization and men and materials, to keep Chavez in power. Why? His new benefactor is Iran, as you may recall. When he went to Iran to meet the Mullahs and denounce the USA...what's his interest as a Marxist in associating with religious radicals and working with them? I believe money.

It's interesting times. Chavez will do anything to stay in power, and use of "Arab" terr forces are certainly not a problem for him.

That's my opinion watching all this...