Chavez continues trip down "Paranoia Avenue"

[DeepIron]

Man this guy is really getting paranoid:

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americ...vez/index.html

He expanded that threat Saturday, saying he would halt oil exports worldwide if Venezuela is invaded or if attempts are made to oust him.

Anyone planning to invade Venezuela? No one I know...

Chavez used much of the news conference for foreign reporters to criticize the media, singling out CNN in particular. He pointed to an on-screen caption on its Spanish-language network earlier this week that he said was an incitement to assassinate him.

Yeah, major media networks often do this sort of thing...

On Tuesday, CNN en Espanol showed a picture of Chavez with a caption saying, "Who killed him?" at the bottom of the screen. The caption was meant to be used on a story about Washington Redskins football player Sean Taylor, who was killed last Monday. CNN has apologized for the error.

:rotfl:

[August]

He desperately needs an enemy to justify his existance.

[DeepIron]

He's got to be delusional... This "Me Against the World" cr*p is going to cost the Venezuelan people dearly in the long run, just like Ahmadinejad in Iran is doing to that country with his anti-West sentiments.

[Torplexed]

Chavez is a big admirer of Castro and Castro pretty much ran Cuba for half a century under the pretext of: "we're under constant threat of invasion." (especially after the Bay of Pigs) Sounds like he's still following in his hero's footsteps.

[DeepIron]

Too bad Hugo didn't learn from Castro's mistakes... How many people are living below the poverty line in Cuba...

The Bay of Pigs was a complex Cod War issue, and Castro should have known the consequences of trying to face down the US and place Russian nukes on the island... 40+ plus years of US embargoes...

[August]

Originally Posted by DeepIron

Too bad Hugo didn't learn from Castro's mistakes... How many people are living below the poverty line in Cuba...

The Bay of Pigs was a complex Cod War issue, and Castro should have known the consequences of trying to face down the US and place Russian nukes on the island... 40+ plus years of US embargoes...

None of that matters really, when the objective is just to remain in power. That Castro has done.

[Tachyon]

Originally Posted by DeepIron

Too bad Hugo didn't learn from Castro's mistakes... How many people are living below the poverty line in Cuba...

The Bay of Pigs was a complex Cod War issue, and Castro should have known the consequences of trying to face down the US and place Russian nukes on the island... 40+ plus years of US embargoes...

And possibly 40+ assasination attempts on Castro after that. Didn't enhance the CIA's credibility a bit , they should have asked the KGB to do it for them