[FerdieMurphy]

``Chávez looks for an alliance with those who confront the U.S.''

Venezuela is ``seeking closer economic, military, and diplomatic ties with Iran and North Korea.''

''This is going to make it much more difficult for those in State who have been advocating a more pragmatic relationship with Venezuela,''

Those in State who want a cozier relationship with Venezuela should be carefully watched.

There are some American port terminals that Chavez may want to bid on.

Now what was that Monroe Doctrine all about anyway?

There is enough evil communist activity within our own hemisphere to keep us occupied for a century!

[in hoc signo vinces]

Teddy Roosevelt would have smacked Chavez around months ago...perhaps this is all Bush needs to revisit Gun Boat diplomacy in Central and South America.

[Mike Darancette]

[Mind-numbed Robot]

Now what was that Monroe Doctrine all about anyway?

That ended with the Cuban missile crisis in 1962.

Russia is still behind all this. They have been using surrogates to fight the US since Korea in the early 1950s and have continued until today. Iran and Venezuela are just two more of them.

[Thunder90]

And this alliance is funded by Russia and China.

[Thunder90]

Venezuela PING!!!