Posted on 03/05/2008 1:24:41 AM PST by Jet Jaguar
“In a document dated Feb. 9, Marquez passes along Chavez’s thanks for a $150,000 gift when he was imprisoned from 1992-94 for leading a failed coup—and indicates Chavez’s desire to smear Uribe.”
Take this in context from someone living in a country with some FARC activity. I am not an apologist by any means.
Either a smear or a serious translation issue. Does anyone think chavez waited until 3 weeks ago to offer thanks for a favor 16 years past? One view would be that this is a well-composed smear, if I am supposed to believe that chavez is just now sending thanks, along with the obama item. Would Obama’s shadow machine have feelers with farc this early? Heck, I have no idea. Maybe?
But the chavez thanks could have simply been reiteration of something long since noted and forwarded in some other context, and simply repeated by a megalomaniac. This article doesn’t provide any clues.
Thanks Jet Jaguar for posting this.
(See also key word: “Angel.”)
When the AP puts it out there I assume this is even more damaging to Chavez than this.
Fascinating to see how Latin America (and the rest of the world, actually) pins their hopes on our elections.
Thanks for the post.
Thanks.
You’re welcome.
"Another message, to Reyes from a lower-ranking commander and dated Feb. 16, includes mention of a possible purchase of 50 kilos—11 pounds—of uranium.
Uribe's government has claimed that means the FARC was seeking to build a dirty bomb. But the message discusses a different motive: selling the uranium at a profit."
Elections have consequences, both here and there...
So Huganut Hugo has depleted his country’s resources, and now he’s looking next door to take his neighbors.... Hmmmmmmm where have we seen this before?
Surely our guys were involved in this one, too, at least in targeting the raid. If so that’s two eminent bad guys in a couple of days. I hope we can keep up the pace. We need to do a lot of it before November.
Jimmy Carter....the “gift” that just keeps on giving.
Communists who rule small countries have to have big allies/suppliers or they have to conquer their neighbors in order to avoid rapid economic decline. Even the USSR avoided early decay for a time by conquering a number of its relatively rich European neighbors. That is a drawback to absolute rule and/or thoroughgoing socialism.
You are correct metesky.
Sorry about that — I copied and pasted.
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http://www.healthyweightforum.org/eng/converter.asp
I know that, Cindy. I was pointing out the ignorance of the writer.
Keep up the good work...
Well thank you, metesky.
It’s good to have the right number — especially when it’s uranium.
Domino Theory
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/03/growing_international_freefora.php
“Growing International Free-For-All, As Charges Mount On Chavez Laundering and Terrorist Ties”
By Jonathan Winer
(March 4, 2008)
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http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/03/hugos_overwrought_reaction_to.php
“Hugo’s Overwrought Reaction to Reyes’ Killing”
By Aaron Mannes
(March 4, 2008)
Chavez often refers to that first coup attempt and people who were his faithful friends when nobody else could give him the time of day, etc., etc. Like all good dictators, he’s a self-obsessed fool. So I saw the comments about the $150,000 as simply his usual somewhat unctuous recalling of a former gesture of support as a prelude to asking for something new.
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