Posted on 06/24/2007 8:17:59 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache
Chavez Predicts Resistance War With U.S. Published: 6/24/07, 10:45 PM EDT By CHRISTOPHER TOOTHAKER CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - President Hugo Chavez urged soldiers on Sunday to prepare for a guerrilla-style war against the United States, saying that Washington is using psychological and economic warfare as part of an unconventional campaign aimed at derailing his government.
Dressing in olive green fatigues and a red beret, Chavez spoke inside Tiuna Fort - Venezuela's military nerve-center - before hundreds of uniformed soldiers standing alongside armored vehicles and tanks decorated with banners reading: "Fatherland, Socialism, or Death! We will triumph!"
"We must continue developing the resistance war, that's the anti-imperialist weapon. We must think and prepare for the resistance war everyday," said Chavez, who has repeatedly warned that American soldiers could invade Venezuela to seize control of the South American nation's immense oil reserves.
U.S. officials reject claims that Washington is considering a military attack. But the U.S. government has expressed concern over what it perceives as a significant arms built-up here.
Chavez - a close ally of Cuban leader Fidel Castro - told soldiers the Washington was trying to weaken and divide Venezuelan society, including the armed forces, without resorting to combat.
"It's not just armed warfare," said Chavez, a former army officer who is leading what he calls the "Bolivarian Revolution," a socialist movement named after 19th-century independence hero Simon Bolivar. "I'm also referring to psychological warfare, media warfare, political warfare, economic warfare."
Under Chavez, Venezuela has recently purchased some $3 billion worth of arms from Russia, including 53 military helicopters, 100,000 Kalashnikov rifles, 24 SU-30 Sukhoi fighter jets.
Last week, Chavez said he is considering arms purchases, including submarines and a missile-equipped air defense system, as he prepares for a tour of Russia, Belarus and Iran.
"We are strengthening Venezuela's military power precisely to avoid imperial aggressions and assure peace, not to attack anybody," he said Sunday.
These dictators are all the same...
In order to get the people to ignore all the pain and misery they bring they have to get the people to unify against some outside invisible force that’s always about to invade...
Look at a map of south america. Those three little countries just to the right of chavez are european colonies. Venezuela finds their existence offensive and has long dreamed of absorbing them.
How do I know this? I used to have a friend from venezuela. She went on a big rampage one day telling me how stupid it is that those three little countries are allowed to exist when everyone knows they are part of venezuela and were taken from venezuela unfairly by the european imperialists.
I was dumbfounded. This was not a politically minded individual. I’m sure she was merely parroting things she’d heard many times over many years.
Oh, she also beleived brazil was a kiss a$$ to the US and that they should be forced to speak spanish in brazil.
Stay safe Cindy !
I don’t know.
Burn all their oil first.
Is Danny Glover suiting up?
My sentiments exactly, what with the latest commentary by Vladimir Putin. I often wonder whether we’re reliving the years 1933-1937 when it seemed like all the heads of the civilized world were stuck up their respective posteriors, the world was stuck in a depression, and thugs everywhere were bullying everyone with impunity. It could certainly turn that way again if we let it, but while Putty, Chavez, and a number of other prominent criminals talk big, they come off as being not only scared but paranoid. I have little hope for the political leadership in the US and Europe, but someone in this part of the world must be doing something right.
It will be one of these soldiers that does him in. Venezuela has a long history of exiling it’s deposed Presidents and making them Ambassador to Spain, but this guy will be the exception.
Let him continue to think that, build up his forces, and then just let him twist in the wind. Somebody will figure out that he is hot air, and they will begin to agitate against him!
Desperately trying to gain street cred. How pathetic :(
He’s either been smoking too much funky weed .. or he’s using this as an excuse to crack down on his own people
At that point, 170 million Brazilians said, "Oh yeah, you and what army?!"
I know quite a few Brazilians, and they're great people; very pro-American and hard working. Portuguese is also a beautiful language, much more pleasing to the ears than Spanish. It has similar vocabulary to Spanish but flows like French.
Tiuna Fort
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been there in ‘87
liked the Int’l hotel
not the fort.
Hugo must go..
Hey everybody’s going to kick our ass. The island of Figi’s going to kick our ass.Let’s face it,even though we taxpayers probably pay more for military spending then any 10 countries in the world combined,we are still getting pushed around by little snot noses like Iran and North Korea.At the end of the day we’ve become the “big kid” on the block who doesn’t have a clue how to stand up for himself !!!
Look at a map of south america. Those three little countries just to the right of chavez are european colonies. Venezuela finds their existence offensive and has long dreamed of absorbing them.
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I thnk you are right. Why? Because “...Venezuela has recently purchased some...53 military helicopters, 100,000 Kalashnikov rifles, 24 SU-30 Sukhoi fighter jets.” This wouldn’t slow the U.S. down by an hour but it sure would be enough to win against any of the other three and make trouble for Brazil.
How do you select the source of your petroleum products without moving to a place like Alaska?
Fascinating.
There’s zero chance of the US attempting an invasion of Venezuela. But Chavez is getting ready, just in case.
On the other hand, we might actually invade Iran (although the chances are clearly less than 50%.) So the Iranian leadership today stated there was zero chance of a US invasion.
Go figure.
This posturing has NOTHING to do with the USA. It is all about preparing the troops to oppress and kill VENEZUELANS!
oh boy...too be 30 years younger with just a battalion of Marines and the fleet off shore. The thought of that is better than any Viagra....
these boys will have to have all the fun
I can't wait to see him toes up with five or six additional breathing holes in his chest and head.
or holding up little signs like this pineapple faced butt wipe
Cuba maybe? haha.
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