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Chavez Threatens To Cut U.S. Oil Supplies
Comrade Hugo Chavez, the Dictator of Venezuela, is now threatening to cut off oil supplies to the United States should the U.S. attack him again. I was unaware that we had ever attacked Venezuela.
From Reuters:
"No one should think that we're going to stop sending oil to the United States, no -- unless they attack us again," Chavez said during a speech to leaders of Caribbean nations meeting in Caracas for an energy summit."If they attack us again like they did in April of 2002 ... there will be no oil."
Although there was a bungled coup attempt in 2002 that temporarily ousted Chavez from power for a whopping two days, there was no U.S. involvement.
Comrade Chavez has been living in a fantasy world where he believes that the U.S. is the "Evil Empire" and that he is the "benevolent" dictator. One thing he is right about, he is a dictator, just not benevolent.
His threat to cut off oil supplies to the U.S., which accounts for about 10-15% of the oil that is consumed here, in response to any perceived attack on Venezuela is nothing more than his way of throwing his weight around and trying to pump himself up to look big. The threats should not be considered idle, but should be used as a signal for Congress to get off its behind and open up new oil fields in ANWR and on the outer continental shelf.
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