There Goes the Neighborhood
The US Government tried to overthrow him, and Pat Robertson wanted him whacked, but Hugo Chavez still lives to stick his thumb in our eye another day.
In the latest spitting contest with Chavez, the US is trying to stop him from purchasing 12 military planes from Spain by refusing to license the American-made parts and technology that the planes contain.
But Venezuela wants the planes, and Spain wants the $2 billion and the 1,000 new jobs that the sale will generate. So these two surprisingly (for leftists) entrepreneurial governments applied some good 'ol (South) American know-how and agreed on a workaround — Spain will replace the American components with more expensive components made in Europe.
If there's one thing Americans can't stand, it's being shown up — especially by a couple of freedom-hating Socialists. We immediately protested the component switcharoo:
The US says Venezuela's Socialist President Hugo Chavez could use the planes to destabilise the region.
Destabilize the region? With 12 planes? Well, maybe so, because if there's one thing America knows quite a bit about, it's how to destabilize a region.
Comments
"Destabilize the region? With 12 planes?"
The brutal terrorists that lurk destablized this country with 3 planes. Nobody knows this better than Bush, who is one of the few people left who understands that 9/11 changed everything. Why, with 12 planes, Chavez could change FOUR everythings!
Watching the skies,
Rex
Posted by: Rex Kramer, Danger Seeker | January 14, 2006 10:48 AM
Dang, when the Danger Seeker is right, he's right. Good at math, too.
Maybe Robertson had the right idea. Hmmm, I wonder if the CIA has any of those exploding sea shells left over from Operation Mongoose...
Posted by: abi | January 14, 2006 03:22 PM