Joshua Foust on Jun 03 2008 | Filed under: Foreign affairs
Bret Stephens of the Wall Street Journal is a frustrating columnist. In April he made the head scratching argument that Khost province in Afghanistan, which has, along with the rest of RC-East, experienced a 36% jump in insurgent attacks over last year, was really on the verge of victory and only John Kerry says otherwise.
Today [...]
ChrisB on Mar 03 2008 | Filed under: Chris' Page, Hugo Chavez
McQ alerts us to this developing story in South America.
Colombia, apparently, struck at a narco-terrorist camp inside Ecuador after tracking FARC spokesman Paul Reyes and other leaders there. Reyes and 16 other terrorists were killed.
Chavez reacted by sending troops to the Venezuela/Colombia border:
Now you might ask why Chavez would involve himself in this conflict that [...]
MichaelW on Feb 04 2008 | Filed under: Foreign affairs, Hugo Chavez, MichaelW's Page
John Lilyea has the goods:
So I decided to add my voice to the millions worldwide from here in DC.
I was really surprised that an ad hoc organization put together such a large demonstration in such a short period of time.
More at Gateway Pundit.
UPDATE: Commenter logtar supplies a link to pictures of anti-FARC rallies from [...]
Lance on Jan 27 2008 | Filed under: Foreign affairs, Hugo Chavez, Lance's Page
If Hugo inspires such love from the masses of South America, how do you explain this?
Colombia’s Uribe Approval Rating at Record 80%, Tiempo Reports
By Helen Murphy [...]
Lance on Jan 24 2008 | Filed under: Foreign affairs, Hugo Chavez, Lance's Page
Following through on what was reported yesterday, Hugo Chavez continues to step up the pressure on food producers:
Venezuela’s top food company has accused troops of illegally seizing more than 500 tonnes of food from its trucks as part of President Hugo Chavez’s campaign to stem shortages.
The leftist Chavez this week created a state food distributor [...]
Lee on Jan 22 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web
Venezuelans not fond of Hugo Chavez’s new found affinity for narcoterrorism, are planning street marches in Caracas and Maracaibo to explicitly reject FARC and their murderous barbarism. This is an enormously heartening sign of genuinely worthwhile international solidarity, unlike the vile and dictatorial version Hugo likes to promote. Details in English from Kate at A [...]
Lee on Jan 13 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web
JammieWearingFool hilariously points out that Hugo Chavez’s recent appeal to the world to refer to the FARC as “insurgents,” rather than terrorists, is off to a smashing start. It only took Reuters four paragraphs into the story before they began to comply.
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