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2005-07-20 Caribbean-Latin America

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Posted by Steve 2005-07-20 11:05|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 What logical reason would a country like Venezuela have to acquire submarines?

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2005-07-20 11:20|| 2005-07-20 11:20|| Front Page Top

#2 What logical reason would a country like Venezuela have to acquire submarines?

To threaten shipping coming through the Panama Canal.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-07-20 11:23|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-07-20 11:23|| Front Page Top

#3 "bolivarian Militia", Sounds like the South American version of Hitlers SS army.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2005-07-20 11:57|| 2005-07-20 11:57|| Front Page Top

#4 What logical reason would a country like Venezuela have to acquire submarines?

Well, they have a coastline and all their oil is shipped by tanker, so they would have a reason for a small sub force to protect their shipping lanes. That, and the "threaten their neighbors" part.

Posted by Steve">Steve 2005-07-20 12:01|| 2005-07-20 12:01|| Front Page Top

#5 Prestige. Perhaps they need an aircraft carrier too. Any old big ass Soviet gun cruisers left to sell?

Jeebus.

Posted by Shipman 2005-07-20 12:14|| 2005-07-20 12:14|| Front Page Top

#6 After he has gorged himself on military hardware he will probably destroy what's left of a capitalistic free-economy. Then the system will implode on itself and we will be blamed for it.

Posted by Snemp Glaique9693 2005-07-20 12:37|| 2005-07-20 12:37|| Front Page Top

#7 They could buy the Charles de Gaulle (if it makes it across the Atlantic in one piece)

Posted by True German Ally 2005-07-20 13:35|| 2005-07-20 13:35|| Front Page Top

#8 TGA - can do - just not under its' own power

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-07-20 14:21|| 2005-07-20 14:21|| Front Page Top

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