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sabbat hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 09:33 PM Original message |
Chavez to Freeze Relations With Colombia |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
1. Chavez is alienating everyone every time he opens his dumb trap. |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 09:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Oh bullshit! |
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dantyrant (278 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 09:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. I read somewhere that Colombia just built three new military bases |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 08:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
45. Yes, those bases happen to run along oil pipelines near the border |
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boricua79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 09:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. that's not the point |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 09:58 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. "Something happened with that...." What was it? |
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boricua79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 06:41 AM Response to Reply #11 |
25. who knows... |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 07:11 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. You should spend a little more time keeping up on events in Venezuela, like the |
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boricua79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 07:55 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. if this is the case |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 08:13 AM Response to Reply #26 |
32. Here's a slightly better version of the story from Union Radio on the discovery of Colombian paras |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 08:38 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. A simple illustration of Uribe's special relationship with Bush, and Bush's relationship |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 12:20 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Also, Uribe Didn’t Want Prisoner Exchange Talks to Succeed |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 01:07 AM Response to Reply #38 |
48. Oh, YEAH! This is a tremendous article. Of course, he didn't want this to succeed, as it would mean |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 12:53 PM Response to Reply #25 |
40. Alas, I fear it's too late now for Ugo and the Venezuelan people to |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 09:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Bullshit on Chavez's ego; he's a POS blowhard. |
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movonne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 11:25 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. Why don't you read more about chavez..he is doing good for |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 07:34 AM Response to Reply #19 |
28. These guys tend to see it all as one giant overly simplified cartoon! |
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oasis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 01:16 PM Response to Reply #28 |
65. Excellent post. (eom) |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 01:31 PM Response to Reply #10 |
41. Deleted message |
Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 12:54 AM Response to Reply #3 |
21. Thank you Webster Green! |
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BornagainDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 01:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
44. Nice post Webster. Plus Columbia is a drug smuggling hub |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 10:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. Yes, because Alvaro "Death Squad" Uribe is so much better. |
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sabbat hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 11:11 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. so because Uribe |
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Progressive Friend (362 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 12:57 AM Response to Reply #1 |
24. Colombia is ruled by a brutal, fascist regime |
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sabbat hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 08:02 AM Response to Reply #24 |
30. up until yesterday |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 08:23 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. That wouldn't have been an agreement based on a childish friendship base. |
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sabbat hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 08:11 AM Response to Reply #24 |
31. dupe n/t |
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boricua79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
2. again, I usually support Chavez |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 09:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I have been watching him and... |
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boricua79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 09:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. exactly... |
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dantyrant (278 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 09:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Look, no one can say that Chavez is modest and restrained, but... |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 10:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Not his reforms... |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 12:55 AM Response to Reply #4 |
22. He paid off the debt! |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 08:54 AM Response to Reply #4 |
35. While you were watching him, did you also understand what he was saying? |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 10:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. good points! n/t |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 12:57 AM Response to Reply #2 |
23. Columbia pulled out at the last minute. They're puppets! |
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Andrushka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 07:26 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Exactly my thoughts |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 12:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
39. There's more going on here than we can see. |
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BornagainDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 01:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
43. "I usually support Chavez". Get the f*ck out of here. Really? |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 01:10 AM Response to Reply #43 |
49. What DOES all that mean? This place gets buzzed repeatedly by people making the claim |
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BornagainDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 07:24 PM Response to Reply #49 |
60. I was reading about the "art of contradiction" is sowing |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 07:56 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. You're absolutely right. It's important to realize what the objective is. It's obstruction. |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
5. Colombia will need lots of coats and blankets this winter because Chavez froze them |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 10:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Oh yeah, LOL! n/t |
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Solar_Power (422 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
16. Absolute power corrupts absolutely |
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BornagainDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 01:33 PM Response to Reply #16 |
42. Ok, so Chavez wants to freeze relations with narco-terrorist state. Now |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
17. that's a very good idea. i wouldn't trust colombia w/ anything right now. |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 12:52 AM Response to Original message |
20. GOOD! It doesn't matter anyway because we are going to tombstone "Plan Columbia" |
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knowledgeispwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
36. Chavez is also freezing relations with Spain... |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 09:05 PM Response to Reply #36 |
46. Does he have a bone to pick with Guyana |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 12:56 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Here's more on your story of the invasion of Guyana: |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
37. I thought Chavez made a mistake in agreeing to intervene in the FARC/Colombia matter. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 12:24 PM Response to Reply #37 |
52. He was very shrewd. It kept lines of communication open |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 01:49 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. He was surely right, unfortunately. This looks like a chronic problem, and it probably won't be over |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 02:07 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Very creepy. I think I need to write about that this evening. |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 03:13 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. You know, they were expecting rough weather before the reforms referendum, |
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BornagainDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 07:20 PM Response to Reply #53 |
58. Let me get this straight. Uribe "apologized" to Chavez for assasination attempts |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 12:52 PM Response to Reply #58 |
63. Ditto! Great work! |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 01:12 PM Response to Reply #58 |
64. Here's some information from one source I saved, on Uribe's intelligence chief, Jorge Norguera, |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 01:24 PM Response to Reply #58 |
66. Here's an account of the apology from Uribe to Chavez: |
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BornagainDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 04:19 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. I started a topic on this. This is hot, even if it is a few years old. |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 04:24 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. It's really very "heavy," isn't it? Can you imagine how this would have played out |
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Dave From Canada (932 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
50. So it's generally a consensus that America should be talking to Iran, North Korea, etc, |
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cigsandcoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
51. He's a child. |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
55. Here's a report from a Venezuelan tv station's own website. |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
56. Here's a report which sounds far different from the ones we've read here! |
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BornagainDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
59. Everybody please read reply #53. nt |
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Andrushka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-27-07 07:49 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. I second that one. |
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BornagainDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-28-07 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
67. Related topic |
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