Chavez warns of ‘war’, George Bush pledges to be ‘polite’

[norml]

Chavez warns of ‘war’, George Bush pledges to be ‘polite’

AFP
Saturday, November 05, 2005 23:10 IST


MAR DEL PLATA: Venezuela's outspoken President Hugo Chavez on Friday opened a new front in his attacks on President George W. Bush, testing even a pledge by the US leader to stay “polite” if the two meet.

Chavez gave a trademark firebrand two-and-a-half speech at a rally of 40,000 people opposing the Summit of the Americas before he joined the leaders of the 33 other nations at the gathering. "The United States has plans to invade Venezuela," he told crowds under a driving rain.

"An imperialist invasion of Venezuela will be the start a 100-year war," he warned. Chavez and Bush later appeared together -- at a safe distance -- for the official summit photograph. No official meeting was scheduled between the two but Bush promised to be "polite" if he met Chavez at the Atlantic resort, where the stormy gathering is being held.

"I will, of course, be polite. That's what the American people expect their president to do, is to be a polite person. And if I run across him, I will do just that," Bush told reporters. The US administration has not hidden its exasperation at Chavez comments and policies in recent months however.


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[kenny blankenship]

1. "I will remain polite," the President said,

"within the boundaries of course of trying to have him quietly assassinated."

Chavez's mouth may either drag him into an unavoidable showdown with the world's sole remaining military empire or it may keep him alive by pre-loading the situation in Venezuela such that any coup attempt would immediately appear to be US directed, and thus depriving the Bushco people of the cover of darkness they need to do their work.

[EFerrari]

2. And who do we believe

:eyes: