[Dean's World] Dave Price: Is This Why Hugo Chavez Fears U.S. Invasion?

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Posted by Dave Price:
Is This Why Hugo Chavez Fears U.S. Invasion?
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1202149085.shtml


   Apparently oil isn't enough to pay for the socialist revolution, as
   they are now turning to [1]narcotics trafficking.

     The varied testimonies I have heard reveal that the co-operation
     between Venezuela and the guerrillas in transporting cocaine by
     land, air and sea is both extensive and systematic. Venezuela is
     also supplying arms to the guerrillas, offering them the protection
     of their armed forces in the field, and providing them with legal
     immunity de facto as they go about their giant illegal business.

   If this is true, perhaps Chavez' fear of U.S. military intervention is
   not entirely groundless, as [2]Manuel Noriega could attest.
   Of course, we could end all the narco-states and put these violent
   merchants out of business tomorrow by eliminating the laws that create
   their 10,000% profit margins.

References

   1. http://www.qando.net/details.aspx?Entry=7798
   2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Noriega