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2005-07-01 Caribbean-Latin America

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Posted by Steve 2005-07-01 09:30|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 How could Chavez afford to keep 46% of his fit population as a reserve? what would happen to the workforce if the reserve was activated or kept on alert for a prolonged time? Or even a matter of days for that matter? This is going to be interesting to watch. We could drive him into bankruptcy court with just a little provacative rhetoric, if we had a mind to.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2005-07-01 09:47|| 2005-07-01 09:47|| Front Page Top

#2 big kim...heheh, the ghost of Ronnie lives on.

Posted by 2b 2005-07-01 09:49|| 2005-07-01 09:49|| Front Page Top

#3 even his Cuban mercenaries have to eat and be housed...

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-07-01 10:17|| 2005-07-01 10:17|| Front Page Top

#4 22 F-16A Fighting Falcons

Fortunately, those don't have advanced avionics and the really kewl crap that ours do. I wonder what type of missle they use. I bet our AIM-120 would make short work of his air farce.

BRUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

Posted by mmurray821 2005-07-01 10:45|| 2005-07-01 10:45|| Front Page Top

#5 The problem with this guy, as with the Iranians and some others, is that normal economics doesn't work well to keep him in his place. He has oil, and Venezuela exports enough that his funds can't be cut off without making global difficulties. The rest of his civilian economy is pretty much irrelevant.

Oil wealth insulates countries from reality, and megalomaniacs get more scope for their nightmares than they should.

Posted by buwaya 2005-07-01 13:15|| 2005-07-01 13:15|| Front Page Top

#6 Doesn't matter what kinda planes V has, they'll never fly. Air forces tend to start coupes.

Posted by Shipman 2005-07-01 15:45|| 2005-07-01 15:45|| Front Page Top

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