Chavez: We will blow up oil fields...

Chavez: We will blow up oil fields if US attacks
20APR06 | ASSOCIATED PRESS

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Wednesday warned his government would blow up its own oil fields if the United States ever were to attack - the latest in a series of heating warnings against Washington.

US officials have repeatedly denied any military plans against Chavez, but also have called him a threat to stability in the region. Speaking to other South American leaders, Chavez said his conflict with the US is rooted in Washington's thirst for oil.

If the US were to attack, Chavez said Wednesday, "we'll do like the Iraqis. We won't have any other alternative - blow up our own oil fields, but they aren't going to take that oil."

Some Venezuelan critics suggest a US invasion is a far-fetched idea and that Chavez seeks to keep up the verbal conflict with Washington to maintain the sense of a struggle against a foreign enemy as he prepares for presidential elections in December.

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So are Venezuelan's really dumb enough to fall for this shit? You know blame the big bad boogey man and they won't notice our own internal problems?

Note to Chavez: your oil to the US is 16% of their imports, but 60% of your exports, go right ahead blow them up.

oh and I don't think the US gives two shits about Chavez right now, they have his hero in Iran to worry about.

Oh how I await the day that country leaders take advice from from 4chan

>>1
Chavez speaks with confidence, that is proof enough that he has WMDs. We must instantly liberate the country by slaughtering tens of thousands of civilians while having our troops shoot each other to death.

>>3

That's the point, nobody cares enough about him to bother invading, but he goes on spewing this nonsense like the US army is camped on his border? So are his people that stupid to buy it. It was the same kind of reasoning that got Argentina to invade the falklands, the junta wanted to dupe the people with fake nationalism: look see we liberated this shitty pile of frozen rocks from the eviiil british rar rar Argentina woo woo.

The US would coup him in five minutes if it ever had a quarter of a chance of working, I don't think that's denyable. They were keen on the first attempt to bring Chavez down, after all.

>>4
Argentina to invade the falklands
what? that territory was taken from Argenitna by the UK

>>6

read a history book, the military Junat ruling Argentina invaded the Falklands to gain a quick popularity boost because they were under increasing pressure at home, the miscalculated thinking the British would do nothing about it and so failed misserably and were ultimately ousted by the people.

The history of the islands themselves though disputed had no direct bearing on the invasion, there were already amicable procedures in place that allowed both "Britions" and Argentininas to live and work on the Islands.

Thus the parallel to Chavez who is increasingly ruining his country and thus coming up with this oh noes Amerika is out to invade us bullshit to keep the masses thoughts elsewhere.

>>7
LIES

Old news, politicians have manipulated the public with fear for years.  Just look at the U.S. in recent times; and it goes back much farther than that.

>>9
<insert Cold war topic>

Oh no, Hugo Chavez uses fear to distract his people from internal problems with the specter of a Big Bad Bogyeman out to get them!

Thank goodness that doesn't happen here in the ol' U.S. of A., right! Right?

>>11
Yeah, because it's not like there are countries like Iran that want to wage holy war on the infidels to usher in the end of the world! If only the U.S. would stop being so evil and warmongering, we could all live in a happy land of flowers and rainbows!