Venezuela Is SURE That America Plans To Attack Them, So They Are Preparing For It

[bloodrayne]

Chavez: U.S. Plans To Invade Venezuela

Washington, D.C. - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Friday he has documentary evidence that the United States plans to invade his country.

Chavez, interviewed on ABC's "Nightline," said the plan is called "Balboa" and involves aircraft carriers and planes. A transcript of the interview was made available by "Nightline."

He said U.S. soldiers recently went to Curacao, an island off Venezuela's northwest coast. He described as a "lie" the official U.S. explanation that they visited Curacao for rest and recreation.

"They were doing movements. They were doing maneuvers," Chavez said, speaking through a translator.

He added: "We are coming up with the counter-Balboa plan. That is to say if the government of the United States attempts to commit the foolhardy enterprise of attacking us, it would be embarked on a 100-year war. We are prepared."

Chavez has been attending the summit of world leaders at the United Nations in New York this week. On Thursday, he denounced the U.S.-led war in Iraq and told other leaders they should consider moving the U.N. headquarters out of the United States.

To prove U.S. intentions to invade Venezuela, Chavez offered to send "Nightline" host Ted Koppel maps and other documentation.

"What I can't tell you is how we got it, to protect the sources, how we got it through military intelligence," he said.

In the event of a U.S. invasion, Chavez said the United States can "just forget" about receiving any more oil from his country.

[bloodrayne]

Umm...Does anyone know of any real reason that the United States would be interested in Venezuela?



Have I completely missed something here?:confused:





OR...Is this the biggest case of paranoia EVER?

[ItsAlive75]

Well they spent so much work preparing, we might as well not disappoint...

[bwind22]

If we went in there, it'd probably be over the cocaine trade, but we won't. Bush has enough on his plate with Afghanistan and Iraq, plus if he went anywhere else, it'd be Iran, then Syria, then Lebanon, then North Korea... Now that I think of it, Venezuela would be lucky to make our top 10 list...