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Originally Posted by pornguy
Try to explain why the man needs a million man militia? Sounds like an invasion force to me.
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More like they are not interested in others invading them pornguy.
Apparently it's not a million - the plan is 1.5 million and the purported logic is that Venezuela could be under threat of invasion by the US and they are concerned about their "national security". Sounds like a natural reaction for a country that has oil?
In reality... we are talking of Chavez here and although he may have strong representation in Venezuela and has some good elements, he is inclined to talk a lot.
The flip side is the guy has had an attempted assassination by the US (in fact, the US was behind deposing the elected govt - so much for democracy in action) - Washington just does not like Hugo or anyone with "leftist" views. Despite that, he does still appear to have a balanced attitude towards the US (and others), but may have a personal problem with Bush and Rumsfeld.
Other countries, including Venezuela's neighbors, don't have problems over Chavez and he may, or may not end up with his 1.5 mill militia, - tho seriously doubt he "actually" intends this level - he'll need to 'rent-a-soldier' from elsewhere - it's the usual bullshit hardball games.
Washington meanwhile continues to do the same hardball playing and moaning about the amount of milk in the coffee with Rumsfeld making statements like ?I can?t imagine why Venezuela needs 100,000 AK-47s. I just hope that, personally hope, that it doesn?t happen? ? etc. Rumsfeld may not be the best source when it comes to either soliders on the ground or estimating arms others may need.
Overall, Chavez ain't a big problem anywhere, - but, like all men irrespective of the nation, - they can get to a level of living in lalaland and eventually causing others severe problems. The other factor is the history of Latin America does have traces of caution built in - they have see both leaders getting out of control and other nations interferring and screwing their countries up, so there may be grounds for playing on the cautious side.
Only my
worth, but can't see Venezuela "invading" anyone, even if Chavez had this desire. Venezuela will and does get a level of support from other Latin American countries, but no way are they interested in supporting or being involved in crazy wars.