Posted on 03/20/2007 3:47:34 PM PDT by Kitten Festival
The Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) regard Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez as an ideological leader, identify with him and admire him, said Tuesday Colombian Minister of Foreign Affairs Fernando Araújo, a former hostage.
"The FARC guerrilla I met, views Venezuela's President Chávez as an ideological leader," Araújo asserted. Last December 31st, the minister tapped into a military incursion and managed to escape from captivity after almost six years in the Colombian jungle.
"I was much interested to see that they (the rebels) constantly study Chávez' biography, see documentary films of Chávez on TV. There is a feeling of excitement among guerrilla members when they listen to President Chávez on the radio," the senior official told reporters on the occasion of a seminar in Washington D.C.
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As a $ource of dinero!
Isn't that special? The Drug Cartels, worst of the criminal class, have decided that Chavez is their hero. He'll live up to the wonderful legacy left by Castro and the little weirdo in North Korea. That will be fun to watch as Chavez destroys his Country then continues on his quest to communize all of South America. We should prepare for an initial surge of illegals as soon as they are destitute and terrorized. The DemocRATS will allow anyone in here as long as they promise to vote for their Party. Heaven help us!
Hey, you could have knocked me over with a feather... of which El Comandante Barinas and FARC are birds.
We had better have a plan for enlarging our armed forces in readiness for what's coming in South America.
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