Chavez 'freezes' diplomatic ties with Colombia

[Grey Fox]

Chavez will never actually go through with any of his militaristic, sabre-rattling threats.  Any foreign excursion on his part would inevitably end in utter failure and worldwide condemnation--and he knows it.

Far easier for him to continue acting the oaf in the foreign sphere and reap the 'fame' from it than to actually do anything.

We(Languish) do need a new war.

[Caliga]

It would be like a vacation, all expenses included.

You're aware of the fact that FARC strongholds tend to be in the middle of the Amazon rainforest, right?

I think I'd prefer jungle over desert as well, in general, but maybe not in terms of a war zone.

[jimmy olsen]

A tour in Venezuela beats the hell out of a tour in islamoland.

It would be like Vietnam.  Except you'd have to call everyone Victor Carlos.

[Habbaku]

Yeah, but since when are dictators that rational?

When their regimes are at stake, they start becoming a lot more so.  Chavez is a buffoon, but he knows how to keep the power he has--and foreign adventures only harm that.  Blustering, on the other hand, is an easy way to look big while doing nothing.

I hope he gives our new glorious president an oportunity to declare a war.

And I hope you're dead wrong and that he quietly exits his position and gives way to someone who is nothing like himself and that we can resume normal relations with the country.

[Habbaku]

We(Languish) do need a new war.

There are plenty floating around the world, already.  They just aren't as sexed-up or large in scope.

[Maximus]

Yea pretty sure FARC is on its last legs. A friend of mine is in the Army Corps of Engineers and they've been down there a lot with (re)building infrastructure.

[Caliga]

There are plenty floating around the world, already.  They just aren't as sexed-up or large in scope.

There's always Somalia.

I believe a new conflict of some sort starts there almost weekly, between one faction or another.

[derspiess]

Yea pretty sure FARC is on its last legs. A friend of mine is in the Army Corps of Engineers and they've been down there a lot with (re)building infrastructure.

We've said that about a lot of Latin American guerrilla movements that didn't quite die off.  FARC is definitely weakened, but I wouldn't count them out just yet.

[derspiess]

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[Caliga]

We've said that about a lot of Latin American guerrilla movements that didn't quite die off.  FARC is definitely weakened, but I wouldn't count them out just yet.

I wonder how Sendero Luminoso is doing these days?

[Admiral Yi]

I wonder how Sendero Luminoso is doing these days?

Their leadership got captured a couple years back.  They are: kaput.

[jimmy olsen]

I wonder how Sendero Luminoso is doing these days?

Their leadership got captured a couple years back.  They are: kaput.

I recently read there's a new guy in charge who's managed to stabilize things and there's been an uptick in attacks.

[Caliga]

Ok.

Next: I wonder how EZLN is doing?

[Siege]

Yea pretty sure FARC is on its last legs. A friend of mine is in the Army Corps of Engineers and they've been down there a lot with (re)building infrastructure.

We've said that about a lot of Latin American guerrilla movements that didn't quite die off.  FARC is definitely weakened, but I wouldn't count them out just yet.

I agree. Latin-american countries don't know how to do a finishing move, despite having the political will to do it.
Israel knows how to do the finishing move, but doesn't have the political will.

[MadImmortalMan]

I agree. Latin-american countries don't know how to do a finishing move, despite having the political will to do it.
Israel knows how to do the finishing move, but doesn't have the political will.

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