Venezuela Next?

[GermanStar]

Just wondering if the pro-Iraq invasion crowd supports invading Venezuela. If not, why not? Doesn't Venezuela pose a more significant threat than Iraq by proximity alone?

[H2O2]

Man, if we could only "secure those oilfields", we could stave off the inevitable maybe a couple of years or so--I'm sure these itchy-finger armchair warriors amongst us wouldn't mind sending their firstborn off for that kind of "sacrifice"...and he's a commie-pinko to boot.

[Botnst]

Originally Posted by GermanStar

Just wondering if the pro-Iraq invasion crowd supports invading Venezuela. If not, why not? Doesn't Venezuela pose a more significant threat than Iraq by proximity alone?

Onward Christian soldiers
Marching as to war....

Did you miss the part where the administration vehemently denied, disavowed, and chastised that nutty parson?

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[Brian Carlton]

Doesn't Venezuela have more oil than Iraq? If oil is the reason to go, then we ought to get right on down there and secure those oil fields, don't you think?

[Botnst]

Originally Posted by Brian Carlton

Doesn't Venezuela have more oil than Iraq? If oil is the reason to go, then we ought to get right on down there and secure those oil fields, don't you think?

Go reread what I wrote, silly boy.

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[GermanStar]

We have serious oil, some serious sticks and stones, and a much greater threat than Iraq, since there aren't 50 more likely targets than the U.S., as is clearly the case with Iraq. Why support one and not the other? The most significant difference seems to be the major religion of the inhabitants.

[Brian Carlton]

Originally Posted by Botnst

Go reread what I wrote, silly boy.

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.........ya...........I've been reading it for years.........it doesn't vary.

[GermanStar]

Originally Posted by Botnst

Onward Christian soldiers
Marching as to war....

Did you miss the part where the administration vehemently denied, disavowed, and chastised that nutty parson?

Bot

The question wasn't posed to the administration.

[Botnst]

Originally Posted by GermanStar

The question wasn't posed to the administration.

Google it.

[Botnst]

Originally Posted by Brian Carlton

.........ya...........I've been reading it for years.........it doesn't vary.

Then you must have missed the part about where 3/4 of the world's petroleum reserves are located. If Venezuela shut-down it would cause some serious waves in the financial markets for several months, but it would not cause a global economic collapse.

It's a matter of scale, see? Some problems are solved with a stick and others are solved by leaving it the heck alone. Venezuela is the latter.

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[GermanStar]

Originally Posted by Botnst

Google it.

How do I Google for ms member responses?

[Botnst]

Originally Posted by GermanStar

How do I Google for ms member responses?

I'm lost.

[GermanStar]

Originally Posted by Botnst

I'm lost.

I know.

[Honus]

Originally Posted by Botnst

Onward Christian soldiers
Marching as to war....

Did you miss the part where the administration vehemently denied, disavowed, and chastised that nutty parson?

Bot

And did you miss the part where the Bush administration supported the 2002 coup in which members of the Venezuelan military overthrew Hugo Chavez's democratically elected government? If so here's a link.

Unfortunately for the administration, democracy prevailed and Chavez returned to power within about 48 hours.

[Brian Carlton]

Originally Posted by Botnst

Then you must have missed the part about where 3/4 of the world's petroleum reserves are located. If Venezuela shut-down it would cause some serious waves in the financial markets for several months, but it would not cause a global economic collapse.

It's a matter of scale, see? Some problems are solved with a stick and others are solved by leaving it the heck alone. Venezuela is the latter.

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And if Iraq shut down, by your logic, it would cause a global economic collapse?

You're right, some problems are solved by leaving it the heck alone.

Your logic is faulty, sonny.