He's just compensating for a lack of [insert phare here]. Not all men were created equal. I am guessing this is not a defence buildup but a clamping down on the citizenry.. and for that you need lots of thugs, all armed with AK47s. He's going to do the usual dictator move.. cleanse ranks, jail political enemies.. parade "spies" in front of the masses, and cement his seat to the Presidential Palace.
Latin America keeps raising up these tin-pot Bautistas and Castros.