Chavez over-reacting?
 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7274038.stm
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americ...bia/index.html

10 Battalions!?

He's just not going to be happy until he goes to war with someone...:nope:

He best keep a lid on it until after May, as I am off to the Venezualan jungle for a week, followed by a week's R&R on Margharita island.:stare:

:hmm: I swear the topic title was a little more inflammatory just a second ago...

It was, and that's why I changed it... ;)

So tell me, if Columbia goes into Ecuador, which incidentally is on its southern border, to take out a FARC leader, why does Chavez mobilize his forces when Venezuela is on the northern border?

The excursion wasn't into Venezuela...

Why, it sure was. It's called an Alliance.

So, ok. Ecuador and Venezuela have an alliance. Columbia goes into Ecuador to take out a FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) leader, not an Ecuadoran.

Chavez immediately escalates, closes the Venezuelan Embassy in Bogota and issues this statement:

"In comments directed at Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, Chavez said: "Think well. Don't think about doing that over here, don't think it. Because it would very serious, a military raid in Venezuelan territory would be 'causus belli' [cause of war]. There is not any excuse.""

Have the Columbians made any overt moves AT ALL towards Venezuela? No. None. AND the Ecuadoran President knew of the operation...

Chavez is a nutcase... THIS is why 3rd world countries shouldn't have nukes IMO.

I love the way Chavez described the FARC guy as a "good Revolutionary" instead of what he and FARC are - Drug growing/selling , Kidnapping Terrorists:shifty:

lol @ dyslexic Columbians

Has Chavez ever under reacted???:hmm::hmm:

Because it's a great opportunity for him to stick it to one of (if not THE) the US's biggest allies in the region. And it WILL make him look like a hero to a lot of people on that continent.

PD

They're not dyslexic, the acronym is for the group's name in Spanish...

In this case, (I can't believe I'm going to say this) I actually agree with Chavez. Colombia has no right to enter Venezuelan territory.

That being said, Chavez should not be allowing FARC to take refuge in Venezuela either, and should be taking steps to throw them out.

Forcicos Arminicos Republicos Colombinicos :know:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americ...bia/index.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7274222.stm

Ecuador has now sent troops to its northern border and has expelled the Columbian Ambassador... :nope:

the fact that Chaves is a nutcase is no ground for such a racist coment!

My opinion makes me a racist? :roll: I wouldn't put nukes in the hands of ANY nutcase, 3rd world or not... :shifty: