Posted on 05/17/2005 10:45:30 AM PDT by gopwinsin04
US Intelligence officals are worried by growing ties between the leftist government of Hugo Chavez in Venezuela and Iran's Islamist regieme.
Iran Foreign Minister Kamal Kharzi met recenly with Venezulean Foreign Minister Jesus Arnaldo Perez and 'discussed US threats,' officials said.
The two ministers also declared their common interests in the Americans and the Middle East. Perez called Iran 'a strategic ally' and thanked Tehran for supporting the Chavez government.
He also said 'Iran's resistance against foreign powers' is an example to Venezuela.
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I'm sure they're on the list, just not publicly...
Things could get very interesting when (not if) Iran starts building nuclear weapons and selling components to Chavez.
His number will come up in a few months.
The more we see of this type of maneuvering, the more we have to address the energy issues and solutions. I see this as the most serious problem before us. Doesn't Mexico have oil resources? Maybe a cross deal would be a solution to both problems. We'll let your folks in LEGALLY if you let us drill and they might even come up with jobs for their own.
Gertz's rolodex must be as big as a pumpkin!
Or sooner than that...
It won't matter in 20 years with the hydorgen technologies, Newt had a good chapter about this in his book.
I really don't think Iran is going to get that far.
Mexico seeks closer ties to mullahs
Iran and mexico sifgn MOU (must read)
"It won't matter in 20 years with the hydorgen technologies, Newt had a good chapter about this in his book."
You could have said the same thing 25 years ago when JC was pushing alternative fuel.
Bush screwed up big time when he didn't use that coup against Chavez to get rid of him for good. Chavez was deposed, but came back and defeated his enemies while we did nothing but watch.
I suspect that George Tenet's clintonoid CIA was chiefly responsible, by failing to inform Bush what kind of guy Chavez was and what a crucial opportunity they had to get rid of him painlessly.
In other words, Chavez wants the bomb.
I think the someone who will become the next Bill Gates will be running the company that can make the transition from hydrogen engines to gas relatively inexpensive with current cars.
Add to that the liberals infesting the State Department who advised against it. This was early in Bush's administration and he was basically operating with Clinton appointees in the trenches and Colin Powell as SoS.
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