I know the titles stupid, but I’m tired and this guy. He’s like that attention starved drunk girl during Spring Break when her better looking friends start getting all the attention.  Creating drama and flashing her fun bags…&#1…

He needs to be spanked and sent to a corner. Then his people will finally have enough and oust him themselves.

It’s obvious that the man is self-destructing if you read these blogs. His time in power is limited. Even Venezuelan Military leader Raul Baduel said Chavez’s behavior was like a reality show, (not real with microphones all over the place.) This man is imploding before our eyes and it’s a matter of time before this man is no longer in power.

My trip down there soon is going to be real interesting.

Chavez really is a fool. It is hard to take him seriously sometimes. He is almost like a bad Comedy Central show that airs at 2am on Friday nights.

F15Mech on March 6, 2008 at 4:03 AM

Sorry, you’re giving him more credit as a national threat to us than he deserves. Even among his own people his actions lately have generated a chorus for groans and eye rolling. Being seen with Ahmadinijiadawopbopaloobopawopbamboom in Iran is nothing more than publicity. He’s feeding his ego to make himself feel important. Nothing more.

Do the math
Ecuador has about 38000 troops total (average)
Venezuela has 34000 (roughly)
Colombia has over 200,000.

Ummm, anyone else NOT seeing this go anywhere other than finger pointing? Like I said, Chavez may be insane, he’s not stupid.

sensing that it has overplayed its hand in the FARC raid and has alienated more than just Chavez and Ecuadorian leader Rafael Correa

No! Uribe did exactly the right thing. Other than the quote an excellent post.

Blaise on March 5, 2008 at 7:08 PM

Fine comment, Blaise. I do think most of paragraph six is unconvincing. The videos and computer would be convincing in a criminal court. Given that one party to the dispute, Columbia, took the videos and possession of the computer, it is not convincing to a third party. The Security Minister/Reyes meeting is much more convincing.

Oh yeah, boycotting Citgo doesn’t send anyone a message. All oil companies use Venezuelan oil. Whenever, where ever you fill up, you’re putting money in his pocket.

Ronald Reagen April 14, 1986

I bet that Leftists :::cough, Obama and Clinton::: believe that Chavez can be reasoned with.

baldilocks on March 6, 2008 at 12:54 AM

Chess vs Checkers

Obama/Clinton think about checkers.

They don’t even see Chavez as a threat at this time (he is not a threat but a possible situation that a president may need to deal with), it is not even on their radar.

They are still playing the checker game vs the chess game across the world stage.

If Chavez

I hope we provide some air support for the Columbians. I’d enjoy seeing footage of our F-15s taking out some Su-37s.

BOOOOOM! Splash.

Tony737 on March 5, 2008 at 7:48 PM

Does Venezuela have SU-37’s? I thought their main fighter was the SU-30.

Regardless it does not matter.

I will bring the popcorn.

From the headline the other day, I seam to recall that Chavez’s AF consisted of approximately 80 planes.

As luck would have it a B-2 can carry 72 bombs.

Assuming a single target single bomb best case (won’t happen) situation. For every AC Chavez has we can take out 90% of then with a single US bomber with an ideal ground attack.

What I described was more then ideal for the US, however we still have 20 B-2’s in the USA. (On safety reserve I know, but if needed they will be deployed).

ANG F-15s and F-16s still in the states could also use some target practice.

Not to mention God knows how many F-14’s that are still waiting to be retired (that can be made combat ready in no time, not that it will ever come to that).

And that is just the US Air power.

Chavez is nothing more then an annoying mosquito buzzing around your ear.

He annoys you, and you try to wave him away, but once he tries to bite you swat him down.

He knows it and we know it.

Chavez is buzzing around and hoping that our politicians will NOT deploy a little bug spray.

Closing the border is going to make a bad situation a lot worse. A major percentage of the food sold in Venezuela comes from Colombia, and cannot be replaced without considerable additional cost. Milk, eggs, meat and just about everything else comes in via truck, and now those borders are “closed”. Bringing food from other suppliers is going to add to the cost, and to local inflation. Shelves are already empty, and costs are rising.

The USA and Colombia don’t have to do a thing- Chavez is his own worst enemy.

Let the diplomats put out the fires after the fact, after the terrorist scum is dead.

That is exactly what the Colombians have just done. They killed the terrorist scum and then gave justifications (excuses?) for what they did afterwards…. and they’ve come out of it quite well.

Haven’t we learned anything through history? Whether it’s NVA in Laos and Cambodia, Al Qaeda in Afghanistan, and now Pakistan, Kurds in Iraq, or FARC in Ecuador…

Let the diplomats put out the fires after the fact, after the terrorist scum is dead.

Let’s make this one short and sweet.

kcd on March 5, 2008 at 5:56 PM

Seems more bat-boy then piggy

BOOOOOM! Splash.

Mussolini, Ceacesceu, Saddam … yeah, Chavez would love to hang next to his heroes. Pour me a glass too!

This dude is like a freakin’ child. Kids blame others for whatever it is they themselves did.