Posted on 07/14/2010 10:57:43 AM PDT by OldDeckHand
A new US assessment of Venezuela's oil reserves could give the country double the supplies of Saudi Arabia.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
Monroe Doctrine and Manifest Destiny.
Make Venezuela the 51st (or is that 58th) state.
No wait, if we do that, the gov’t won’t let us drill.
No matter how much wealth the country has, socialists will still find that it is not sufficient for their purposes.
That's exactly what liberals in their infinite stupidity couldn't understand about the threat Sadaam posed.
Yep, and it's as thick as peanut butter. The only decent technology to get that goo was US technology and the moron (Chavez, ie not Obama this time) just ripped off all the American companies.
Before the Chinese do. I suppose that explains their greater interest in the area.
His government will simply take over the remaining wells and tankers and run them into the ground.
That’s what he’s done with his stolen assets to date. I don’t see that changing.
Communists eventually tear down their countries so much that they must be evicted for any progress to happen.
Give me a ticket to Caracas and an M-14 and I’ll gladly take care of the problem.
We could use a U.S. friendly government in the U.S. first.
badda bump! Post of the evening.
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