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2006-07-22 Caribbean-Latin America

Chavez Now Wants Conscription To Boost His "Peoples' Army"

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Posted by Anonymoose 2006-07-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Not exactly the "popular revolution" it's marketed to be, now is it Hugo...

Posted by Shinegum Thraiger5571 2006-07-22 02:45|| 2006-07-22 02:45|| Front Page Top

#2 Volunteers for the new armed militia have not been forthcoming in sufficient numbers to meet goal of two million troops.

Might have something to do with all those horror stories about the Imperialist Yankee killers in Iraq. When you keep talking up the drivel about how the Yankee is going to invade and they see all the terrible things the BBC says about them doing to anyone raising a RPG against them, even peasants think twice.

Posted by Slavising Sholuting4450 2006-07-22 09:16|| 2006-07-22 09:16|| Front Page Top

#3 Venezuelan military will stop a bus, order all the conscription age boys off and ship them all to a military camp.
There are many tales of mothers going to training facilities to retrieve their under-age sons, picked up from the street corner, head shaved and put in army green.

Posted by john 2006-07-22 09:31|| 2006-07-22 09:31|| Front Page Top

#4 Good god. the fat little man with delusions of adequacy has... revived the ancient and honorable tradion of the press gang!
Way to go, Hugo, straight back to the 18th century. Your mother will be so proud.

Posted by Sgt. Mom 2006-07-22 13:18|| www.sgtstryker.com]">[www.sgtstryker.com] 2006-07-22 13:18|| Front Page Top

#5 You're marketing the volunteer thing wrong, Hugo.
Try "Free guns!".

Posted by tu3031 2006-07-22 13:37|| 2006-07-22 13:37|| Front Page Top

#6 And, not being satisfied with the AK-100 purchase from Russia of 100 000 guns, he is building a factory to license manufacture them...

Posted by john 2006-07-22 13:48|| 2006-07-22 13:48|| Front Page Top

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