Chavez: US Plans to Invade Venezuela

[Mislav]

Not another one.

Source: news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050...MlJVRPUCUl

WASHINGTON - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Friday he has documentary evidence that the United States plans to invade his country.

Chavez, interviewed on ABC's "Nightline," said the plan is called "Balboa" and involves aircraft carriers and planes. A transcript of the interview was made available by "Nightline."

He said U.S. soldiers recently went to Curacao, an island off Venezuela's northwest coast. He described as a "lie" the official U.S. explanation that they visited Curacao for rest and recreation.

"They were doing movements. They were doing maneuvers," Chavez said, speaking through a translator.

He added: "We are coming up with the counter-Balboa plan. That is to say if the government of the United States attempts to commit the foolhardy enterprise of attacking us, it would be embarked on a 100-year war. We are prepared."

Chavez has been attending the summit of world leaders at the
United Nations in New York this week. On Thursday, he denounced the U.S.-led war in
Iraq and told other leaders they should consider moving the U.N. headquarters out of the United States.

To prove U.S. intentions to invade Venezuela, Chavez offered to send "Nightline" host Ted Koppel maps and other documentation.

"What I can't tell you is how we got it, to protect the sources, how we got it through military intelligence," he said.

In the event of a U.S. invasion, Chavez said the United States can "just forget" about receiving any more oil from his country.

 

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It will be very interesting to see what kind of evidence Chavez hands over in the event he chooses to do so.

Its not that I doubt the US probably has developed plans to invade Venezuela. What I do wonder about is how damaging is Chavez's evidence and to what extent it will be able to directly implicate the US Government in this plan.

If it is in fact 'damning' evidence, then this could really be another serious blow to the United States in terms of its allready weak foreign relations. And in part, brought about, by the rantings of an Extreme Christian Fundamentalist named Pat.

Always, to use a neutral word, 'something', going on in the States these days.

 

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I think Hugo is just trying to one-up Pat Robertson.

 

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more Pat Robertson quotables:

ROBERTSON BLAMES HURRICANE ON CHOICE OF ELLEN DEGENERES TO HOST EMMYS
Lesbian is New Orleans native


Hollywood – Pat Robertson on Sunday said that Hurricane Katrina was God’s way of expressing its anger at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for its selection of Ellen Degeneres to host this year’s Emmy Awards. “By choosing an avowed lesbian for this national event, these Hollywood elites have clearly invited God’s wrath,†Robertson said on “The 700 Club†on Sunday. “Is it any surprise that the Almighty chose to strike at Miss Degeneres’ hometown?â€

Robertson also noted that the last time Degeneres hosted the Emmys, in 2001, the September 11 terrorism attacks took place shortly before the ceremony.

“This is the second time in a row that God has invoked a disaster shortly before lesbian Ellen Degeneres hosted the Emmy Awards,†Robertson explained to his approximately one million viewers. “America is waiting for her to apologize for the death and destruction that her sexual deviance has brought onto this great nation.â€

Robertson added that other tragedies of the past several years can be linked to Degeneres’ growing national prominence. September, 2003, for example, is both the month that her talk show debuted and when insurgents first gained a foothold in Iraq following the successful March invasion. “Now we know why things took a turn for the worse,†he explained.

In order to avoid further tragedy, Robertson called not only for the Television Academy to find a new heterosexual host, but to bar all homosexuals and bisexuals from taking part in the ceremony.

He said employees at the Christian Broadcasting Network had put together a list of 283 nominees, presenters, and invited guests at the Emmys known to be of sexually deviant persuasions.

“God already allows one awards show to promote the homosexual agenda,†Robertson declared. “But clearly He will not tolerate such siful behavior to spread beyond the Tonys.â€

 

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"“God already allows one awards show to promote the homosexual agenda,†Robertson declared. “But clearly He will not tolerate such sinful behavior to spread beyond the Tonys.â€
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'And on the eighth day, God gave the fags the Tonys, and He saw that it was good.'

Rofl... is this guy for real? This sounds like the punchline to a SNL sketch.

 

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Pat Robertson on Sunday said that Hurricane Katrina was God’s way of expressing its anger at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for its selection of Ellen Degeneres to host this year’s Emmy Awards. “By choosing an avowed lesbian for this national event, these Hollywood elites have clearly invited God’s wrath,â€

Either Pat Robertson has no idea where Hollywood is, or God can't aim.

 

[roch5220]

The US has plans to invade everybody. They don't actually intend on doing it, but probably use them in just in case situations.