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2009-07-11 Caribbean-Latin America

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Posted by Fred 2009-07-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 US State Department Spokesman Philip Crowley rejected Chavez's remarks, calling the Arias effort the 'best route to try to resolve this peacefully'.

Is Obama threatening military action?

Posted by DoDo 2009-07-11 03:01|| 2009-07-11 03:01|| Front Page Top

#2 Is Obama threatening military action?

Would the U.S. military go along with something
like that? I imagine we would recruit some proxy,
but how could they refuse?

Posted by Nero Slavise5119 2009-07-11 07:47|| 2009-07-11 07:47|| Front Page Top

#3 Would the U.S. military go along with something like that?

The US military will obey the orders of the legally elected and installed Commander in Chief, provided those orders do not abrogate the Constitution, which they have sworn to uphold.

OTOH they might ... carefully take time to do the necessary planning ... while expressing respectful caveats regarding outcomes etc.

Posted by lotp 2009-07-11 19:28|| 2009-07-11 19:28|| Front Page Top

#4 the first US GI life lost in furtherment of O's and Chavez's goals will be a rallying cry pushing the Donks into minority party for a decade. Bring it on at your peril, Donks!

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2009-07-11 19:52|| 2009-07-11 19:52|| Front Page Top

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