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| President Hugo Chávez has ordered Venezuela’s armed forces to prepare for a guerrilla war against the United States, saying there must be a strategy to defeat the superpower if it invades.
He said Washington had already launched a non-military campaign using economic, psychological and political means to topple his socialist government and seize control of Venezuela’s vast oil reserves. “We must continue developing the resistance war, that’s the anti-imperialist weapon. We must think and prepare for the resistance war every day,” the president told hundreds of soldiers assembled at Tiuna Fort, a military base in the capital Caracas, on Sunday. Wearing an olive-green uniform, red beret and presidential sash, Mr Chávez said Venezuela was locked in “asymmetrical warfare” with the US and that, if it led to combat, soldiers must be prepared to lay down their lives. “It’s not just armed warfare, I’m also referring to psychological warfare, media warfare, political warfare, economic warfare,” he said. There was no immediate response from Washington, but the Bush administration has rejected previous claims that it was plotting to attack its outspoken South American foe. Mr Chávez’s speech came on the eve of a trip to Russia, Belarus and Iran, hosts who share much of his antipathy towards Washington. |
http://www.guardian.co.uk/venezuela/story/0,,2111499,00.html
Thought it was interesting. How crazy it would be if the US did invade Venezuela. I know there are alot of people that would be all for it. But if that kind of thing did happen i suppose it would be through the funding of a coup. Not direct military action on the part of the US. But who knows, maybe we will have another bay of the pigs.
