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Obama to Chavez: Pound sand (Obama kicks Venezuelan Ambassador out of the US)
Hotair ^ | 12/30/2010 | Ed Morrisey

Posted on 12/30/2010 7:37:09 AM PST by SeekAndFind

Well, well, well. Do we detect a hint of sulfur in Barack Obama’s reaction to Hugo Chavez today? President Obama has kicked the Venezuelan ambassador out of the US in retaliation for the rejection of Obama’s choice of ambassador to Venezuela:

Washington has revoked the visa of the Venezuelan ambassador to the US, the US state department has said.

The move comes amid a diplomatic dispute between the two countries over President Barack Obama’s choice of ambassador to Caracas, Larry Palmer. …

The US move in effect expels Venezuelan envoy Bernardo Alvarez Herrera.

Alvarez Herrera isn’t in the US at the moment, which means Obama effectively locked him out of the country. Venezuelan officials in Caracas confirmed the revocation on Twitter this morning. That leaves both countries without an official representative in the respective capitals.

Obama essentially called Chavez’ bluff with strictly reciprocal action. Chavez dared him to cut diplomatic ties altogether, but Obama didn’t go that far. Officially, diplomatic ties remain in place and both embassies remain in operation. If Chavez wants to cut diplomatic ties, he’ll have to do it himself.

Undoubtedly, Chavez will escalate his war of words against Obama and the US, but he’d better be careful. The US is the major consumer of Venezuelan oil, the only real source of income Chavez has. We can find our own oil — if Obama lets us — but Chavez may find it more difficult to unload his highly sulfuric crude elsewhere. The US has the best ability to refine it, and his new allies in Iran and Russia are net oil exporters, not importers. If Chavez manages to entirely kill the oil industry, which is the long-term direction he’s taking anyway, the shortages and poverty it will cause will eventually find him fleeing Venezuela for asylum in Tehran or Moscow, or perhaps on the wrong end of a military coup.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: hugochavez; obama; venezuela; venezuelaambassador
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1 posted on 12/30/2010 7:37:15 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

I think he should have offered asylum to the Venezuelan ambassador.


2 posted on 12/30/2010 7:38:00 AM PST by Westbrook (Having children does not divide your love, it multiplies it.)
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To: Westbrook

I was quite pleasantly surprised at this move Obummer made. I thought that we would be kowtowing to one of his ideological buddies and apologizing and offering to replace the ambassador with someone more “acceptable”.

This is a pleasant change for once.

Maybe the November elections might have somthing to do with this.


3 posted on 12/30/2010 7:43:47 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

I’ll give credit where credit is due.

I’m glad to see Obama (for once) stand up to the cretins of this world instead of trying to accomodate them.


4 posted on 12/30/2010 7:44:21 AM PST by MplsSteve (Governor Mark Dayton? That's so incredibly alarming, don't you think?)
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To: SeekAndFind

Obama should know better than to put his trust in fellow leftist Chavez.


5 posted on 12/30/2010 7:45:12 AM PST by popdonnelly (Class warfare is Obama's thing.)
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To: SeekAndFind

this is very puzzling, why would 0bama dis his cuz?


6 posted on 12/30/2010 7:47:28 AM PST by henry_reardon
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To: SeekAndFind

Some of the nastiest fights in history have been between competing socialist factions.


7 posted on 12/30/2010 7:48:20 AM PST by EternalVigilance (I'm not a Democrat. I'm not a Republican. I'm a Christian and an American.)
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To: SeekAndFind
I don't buy this for a moment. This has the feeling of being staged to give Obama some "State Cred". We all know he loves Chavez and his ways.

I would like to see the internal documents from State on this.

8 posted on 12/30/2010 7:50:55 AM PST by raybbr (Someone who invades another country is NOT an immigrant - illegal or otherwise.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Can you say Kabuki Theater?.
I knew you could.


9 posted on 12/30/2010 7:51:47 AM PST by Carl LaFong (Experts say experts should be ignored.)
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To: Westbrook

1 down, 11,999,999-ish to go???


10 posted on 12/30/2010 7:53:11 AM PST by petro45acp (Hey Doc! Don't tell me how to live my life. CURE what ails me so I can live how I choose.)
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To: MplsSteve

yup. And he bowed to the Saudi King out of respect like he bowed after that for other leaders.....


11 posted on 12/30/2010 7:54:56 AM PST by himno hero
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To: raybbr; Carl LaFong
I don't buy this for a moment.....I would like to see the internal documents from State on this.

Where's wikileaks when you need them?

Can you say Kabuki Theater?

Yes, I can.

12 posted on 12/30/2010 7:59:14 AM PST by PGalt
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To: SeekAndFind
Maybe the November elections might have somthing to do with this.

Doubtful. More likely there is something bigger in play here that we're not privy to. Watch and see.....

14 posted on 12/30/2010 8:01:50 AM PST by Thermalseeker (The theft being perpetrated by Congress and the Fed makes Bernie Maddoff look like a pickpocket.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Bump for reference.


15 posted on 12/30/2010 8:05:20 AM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: Lancey Howard

You, Sir......are a Funny man..!

Outstanding


16 posted on 12/30/2010 8:06:01 AM PST by AFret. ("Charlie don't surf ! ")
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To: SeekAndFind

3.00 gas is not high enough? Lets go for 5.00! Timing is everything!


17 posted on 12/30/2010 8:07:54 AM PST by Bob Buchholz
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To: Lancey Howard

That sir, is hilarious. Top Notch.


18 posted on 12/30/2010 8:12:51 AM PST by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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To: SeekAndFind

One egotistical Marxist trying to outdo the other.


20 posted on 12/30/2010 8:29:59 AM PST by iontheball
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