Hugo's political advisors.
Posted on 03/06/2006 5:16:29 PM PST by proud_yank
Venezuela, frequently coming to the agenda with its anti-US policies, aims to have the largest “voluntary reserve army” in the American continent by training two million civilians in the upcoming year.
In this frame, About 500,000 voluntary civilians began the four-month military training program on Saturday. Venezuela will have the largest reserve army, double the size of US armed services reserves, in the American continent by the summer of 2007. Being a part of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s “public army” plan, this army will directly intervene in possible civilian unrests and conflicts.
In a statement to the British daily Guardian, General Alberto Muller Rojas who implemented the new military strategy, told: “If the US army occupies our country one day as many people think, the only way out for us is to make a guerilla war”. Indicating that they have 80,000 professional soldiers, General Rojas said they need civilians like the ones in Iraq who fight against the US army.
Senior military officials emphasize that a very deterrent power will be formed against the possible attacks towards Venezuela with the training of one out of five adults with this program. The daily stressed the fact that public companies in Venezuela, the world’s fifth biggest oil exporter, established their own security units increased the demands for joining the “public army”. The Venezuelan Parliament is working on a law draft, which will render it “compulsory” for adults to join the “public army”.
Those over the age of 18 have to serve a 2,5-year military service in the country, which has a population of 25 million. The number of potential soldiers between the ages of 18 and 49 is more than six million in the country where more than 250 thousand youths are registered as soldiers every year. The annual military expense of the country is around $2 billion.
Why is the oil located where the a-holes rule?
Obviously oil causes a-holes. Not as facicous as it might appear. Countries with a single or a very few, but valuable natural resource often get "spoiled" by the revenue generated by that resource, and never really develope their economies properly. Thus they are full of the very rich, and the very poor, which in turn fuels demagogery, like that of Chavez.
Add in the Religious fanatisim of the Whabbie movement and it's Shiite equivalent, and you get giant sized a-holes.
that sure does open the door for carpet bombimng with few claims of civilian casualties
Denada.
excellent, I'll do the same
Those over the age of 18 have to serve a 2,5-year military service in the country, which has a population of 25 million.
Conscription is inefficient.
I bet he is funnier than a few highly paid comedians we know... as long as you keep him far away from me.
$ 2 Billion Dollar Budget? Thats like $1,000.00 per Volunteer. C'mon how's that a threat. The best they can arm these guys is the cheapest hand gun in the world (Found at your local Dollar Store) and perhaps a Hockey Helmet, Jock Strap and a Army Uniform. I doubt they could add a walkie-talkie. (Perhaps a Dollar Store kind). Nows that just for equipment. Well maybe China is financing this, I mean they have a military budget that goes into the $32 B US range, Which can possibly be as high as $90 B US. They on the other hand if they where doing the same we would take that seriously, Where talking $16,000.00 a head, Enough to maintain them and arm them.
If We can get him to make all civilians part of the army we wont have to worry about collateral damage or insurgents just terminate all with prejudice.
I would like to see if this new army reduces the unemployed in the country's employment statistics.
Is Chavez short?
Because he sure has the Napoleonic complex thing going full tilt.
bttt
LOL!!
Keep talking, you're helping me sell my wife on that AR-15 I've been dreaming of.
Now I really believed you till you got to the going back home part.
You mean she's not actively encouraging you to go buy one??? Perhaps she will get you one for your birthday.
This is your country on crack...
LOL. I asked them if they wanted to stay in the states and this was my answer, "Are you joking? It is 5 to 1 women to men there...you should go to Venezuela.
Here's a link to the AMERICAN company in VENEZUELA....and yes...they ALL left for home.
http://www.halliburton.com/ofc_loc/location_search.jsp?USA=0&rgn=SA&cnt=Venezuela
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