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Obama downplays security threat from Chavez, draws GOP condemnation
Fox News ^ | 7/11/2012 | fox news

Posted on 07/12/2012 3:07:55 AM PDT by tobyhill

President Obama said in a Miami TV interview that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has not posed a "serious" security threat to the U.S., prompting a cascade of criticism from Mitt Romney and Republican lawmakers.

In an interview that aired Tuesday on the Spanish-language channel America TeVe, Obama discussed the Venezuelan leader when asked about his country's ties to Iran.

"We're always concerned about Iran engaging in destabilizing activity around the globe. But overall my sense is ... that what Mr. Chavez has done over the last several years has not had a serious national security impact on us," Obama said in response. "We have to be vigilant. My main concern when it comes to Venezuela is having the Venezuelan people have a voice in their affairs, and that you end up ultimately having fair and free elections, which we don't always see."

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1 posted on 07/12/2012 3:08:00 AM PDT by tobyhill
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To: tobyhill

His opinion of Iran when he was a candidate was that it was a tiny insignificant country.


2 posted on 07/12/2012 3:29:17 AM PDT by fatrat (extremely extreme right-wing radicalized veteran)
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To: fatrat
There have also been reports that Iran plans to build a missile base in Venezuela.

The group used this lawless area -- located where Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay meet - as a launching pad to attack a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires and the Israeli embassy in Argentina during the early 1990s.

Hundreds of people were killed in those attacks.

It's used the same strategy on Margarita Island, off the coast of Venezuela.

"We know that in April of this year, there were a couple of Iranian Hezbollah trainers that did training on Margarita Island for operatives who were brought to that place from throughout Latin America," said Roger Noriega, a visiting fellow with the American Enterprise Institute.

Is this guy for real

3 posted on 07/12/2012 3:35:11 AM PDT by scooby321 (h tones)
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To: tobyhill
What Janet the Fascist Lesbian and the Communist Community Organizer see:

Heroes!

Terrorists!


4 posted on 07/12/2012 3:51:45 AM PDT by SkyPilot
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To: tobyhill

OOOOOOOOH!! He draws GOP condemnation, I bet that scares him.

A condemnation from the Wimps in the GOP wouldn’t frighten a mouse.


5 posted on 07/12/2012 4:03:41 AM PDT by Venturer
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To: tobyhill
It is only natural and should be expected that...

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...Birds of a (Fascist, Dictatorial, Neo-Commie) feather, flock together.

....BOTH Hate the United States, Democracy, Freedom, Rights and Liberties...

....AND both are avid "supporters" of Islamic, Jihadi Terrorists as well as embrace all practitioners of the "Religion of Pieces;" ....

.... you know, "The Enemy of my enemy is my friend?"

6 posted on 07/12/2012 4:34:57 AM PDT by Conservative Vermont Vet
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To: tobyhill

They beee’s NO enemies on the Left!

Hell, boys and girls—he wuz raised that way. Why would he behave any differently??


7 posted on 07/12/2012 5:53:46 AM PDT by Flintlock (THE TRUTH: It's the new hate speech..)
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