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Thu Aug-06-09 07:19 AM
Response to Reply #17 |
| 48. thats what i was thinking, above it looks like some serious belief that |
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A: the obama admin is going to invade and that
B: there was much that venezuala could do to stop it
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| -Chavez: Venezuela to buy more tanks over US threat |
Bacchus39 |
Aug-05-09 07:54 PM |
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They did great in GW1 and 2, great idea.. |
Pavulon |
Aug-05-09 08:08 PM |
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Agreed |
Sherman A1 |
Aug-05-09 08:28 PM |
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The Russian Tanks, when used properly, did well in GWI and GWII |
happyslug |
Aug-06-09 11:17 AM |
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More air to surface and anti-tank missiles will be a big help, PLUS |
IndianaGreen |
Aug-05-09 08:32 PM |
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Hi Indiana – I didn’t recognize your new image/icon/thingie. |
The abyss |
Aug-05-09 11:28 PM |
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This would be really laughable if the $$$ were not needed for domestic programs in Venezuela |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Aug-05-09 08:35 PM |
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Chavez would be derelict if he allowed Venezuela to go the way of Iraq |
IndianaGreen |
Aug-05-09 08:59 PM |
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How could anyone seriously think Obama is going to invade anywhere in Latin America |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Aug-05-09 10:47 PM |
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lol but if he does, Chavez better have a |
Sezu |
Aug-06-09 12:58 AM |
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After Obama is out the door |
saigon68 |
Aug-06-09 05:54 AM |
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good point. Cheney's left behinds are already sniffing Vzla's oil fields. |
RedCloud |
Aug-06-09 09:29 PM |
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indeed one only needs to reflect on the long history |
endarkenment |
Aug-06-09 06:51 AM |
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Huge presenece? |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Aug-06-09 09:17 AM |
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Decades ago you even needed congress for a war, but those times are over it seems |
jakeXT |
Aug-06-09 07:12 AM |
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thats what i was thinking, above it looks like some serious belief that |
vadawg |
Aug-06-09 07:19 AM |
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Right. The US typically backs coups instead of invading. |
Flaneur |
Aug-06-09 12:27 PM |
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thanks for your comments |
ro1942 |
Aug-05-09 11:27 PM |
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This is not directed at the US, it is pointed at neighbors.. |
Pavulon |
Aug-06-09 06:32 AM |
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Colombia, where we have spent over 2B this decade on military aide. |
endarkenment |
Aug-06-09 06:53 AM |
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No, every modern weapon we use |
Pavulon |
Aug-06-09 07:00 AM |
#45 |
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that is just nonsense |
endarkenment |
Aug-06-09 08:01 AM |
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To a point... |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Aug-06-09 09:15 AM |
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So, then, why do we need seven bases in Colombia? |
Flaneur |
Aug-06-09 12:29 PM |
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Well, if Venezuela invades Kuwait, we might go in |
JustABozoOnThisBus |
Aug-06-09 06:40 AM |
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"This would be really laughable if the $$$ were not needed for domestic programs in Venezuela" |
Regret My New Name |
Aug-07-09 08:08 PM |
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Wonder how many he will give the Columbian rebels? |
Tejas |
Aug-05-09 08:35 PM |
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Tanks require support infrastructure and open country/road. No use to FARC |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Aug-05-09 08:38 PM |
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The will need time to grind off the serial numbers first |
SeriousEbony |
Aug-05-09 08:39 PM |
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Did you know that the Colombian insurgency has been raging for 50 years? |
IndianaGreen |
Aug-05-09 08:57 PM |
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Thanks. I didn't know that. |
Wilms |
Aug-05-09 09:04 PM |
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"All you know is" - you have no clue as to what I or anyone else knows. |
Tejas |
Aug-05-09 11:39 PM |
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Thanks for the reminder. |
Vidar |
Aug-06-09 04:33 AM |
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That is your spin on it, there are others... |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Aug-06-09 09:23 AM |
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who knows.... |
harmonicon |
Aug-05-09 10:08 PM |
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Tanks are useless without air superiority |
Kurska |
Aug-05-09 10:14 PM |
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The Shah put his tanks to work intimidating HIS OWN POPULATION. |
MADem |
Aug-06-09 02:01 AM |
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You presume a US attack, consider if he decides to do more saber rattling at this neighbors? |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Aug-06-09 08:25 PM |
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Well... |
Lagomorph |
Aug-05-09 10:16 PM |
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Perhaps, as a country with oil resources in the ground, he is paranoid... |
clixtox |
Aug-06-09 12:23 AM |
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Old Soviet junk. |
proteus_lives |
Aug-05-09 10:33 PM |
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Soviet tanks are not junk...just not up to the latest MBT standards. |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Aug-05-09 10:52 PM |
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What's the ground like? |
proteus_lives |
Aug-05-09 11:28 PM |
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Varies, but over all, not really |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Aug-05-09 11:39 PM |
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Right you are. |
Lagomorph |
Aug-06-09 01:16 AM |
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Tanks in general are nothing to scoff at. |
sofa king |
Aug-06-09 01:46 AM |
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True, but with a little training... |
Lagomorph |
Aug-06-09 02:05 AM |
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He is so smart. |
timeforpeace |
Aug-05-09 10:38 PM |
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omigod omigod omigod OMIGOD!!!!! |
bitchkitty |
Aug-05-09 10:40 PM |
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. |
fujiyama |
Aug-06-09 01:34 AM |
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Oh, man, there's a job I don't want. |
sofa king |
Aug-06-09 01:38 AM |
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i told you guys he was nuttier than a fruit cake! |
democracy1st |
Aug-06-09 01:43 AM |
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You cant criticize christ che the water walker.. |
Pavulon |
Aug-06-09 06:36 AM |
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How is having an armed force equipped with actual weapons |
endarkenment |
Aug-06-09 06:56 AM |
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Not wrong, just stupid |
Pavulon |
Aug-06-09 07:03 AM |
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Gee, maybe you should run for parliament there. |
Flaneur |
Aug-06-09 12:33 PM |
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Maybe you should go back to geography class, |
Tejas |
Aug-06-09 04:48 PM |
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Simple |
DatManFromNawlins |
Aug-06-09 09:28 AM |
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so if I understand your answer to why Chavez should not |
endarkenment |
Aug-06-09 04:30 PM |
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No, the point is that you refuse to understand. |
Tejas |
Aug-06-09 04:50 PM |
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Oh they are buying other stuff too, like air defense systems |
endarkenment |
Aug-06-09 05:09 PM |
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yeah this proves it |
endarkenment |
Aug-06-09 06:54 AM |
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He is well over armed WRT to his neighbors and could never have enough to stand up to the US |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Aug-06-09 09:21 AM |
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Don't let any facts hit you on the way out the door. |
endarkenment |
Aug-06-09 04:28 PM |
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Looks at the hardware, not just the # in uniform...some "facts" are more important than others. |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Aug-06-09 08:02 PM |
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Good move by Chavez, though deathsquads are the preferred US method. |
Vidar |
Aug-06-09 04:31 AM |
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What US threat? Is Obama threatening Chavez again? |
sufrommich |
Aug-06-09 06:22 AM |
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You are jesting, right? But just in case you are not ... |
rabs |
Aug-06-09 06:47 AM |
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all you are doing is repeating Chavez's wild accusations n/t |
Bacchus39 |
Aug-06-09 07:29 AM |
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Its too bad B is such a stupid and ineffective... |
WriteDown |
Aug-06-09 08:26 AM |
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But Chavez will never be able to purchase enough weapons |
hack89 |
Aug-06-09 03:19 PM |
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Rec to try to undo the UnReKKK-ing but Huguito's UnReKKK-ers are impenetrable!1 n/t |
UTUSN |
Aug-06-09 08:51 AM |
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Name removed |
Aug-06-09 02:03 PM |
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Latin scholars recently bought an ad in CJR to out fabrications by AP |
MinM |
Aug-06-09 11:12 AM |
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I notice Chavez does NOT mention what Russian Tank he is looking at |
happyslug |
Aug-06-09 11:45 AM |
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Interesting analysis but the problem is you are looking at it practically |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Aug-06-09 08:22 PM |
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So far he's asked for.... |
Lagomorph |
Aug-06-09 09:10 PM |
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Hmmm, not sure where you got your data |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Aug-06-09 10:27 PM |
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The Russians have many more systems.... |
Lagomorph |
Aug-07-09 05:54 AM |
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Again, the details are important, |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Aug-07-09 12:54 PM |
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I'd love to have a conversation. |
Lagomorph |
Aug-07-09 08:02 PM |
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Time to invade Mexico. |
RUMMYisFROSTED |
Aug-06-09 02:19 PM |
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Laughable. |
Cessna Invesco Palin |
Aug-06-09 05:13 PM |
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This is a pointless waste of Venezuelan money. |
Akoto |
Aug-06-09 08:59 PM |
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He's just being PRUDENT... |
TankLV |
Aug-06-09 10:52 PM |
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They serve no purpose against the US military |
hack89 |
Aug-08-09 08:40 AM |
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