Re: OT - Invasion of Venezuela?

Chavez is behaving in several vary dangerous ways for "world
piece." Sadam Hussein took these same actions immediately before
the invasion.

The top seven reasons an invasion is plausable:

(1) He is bypassing the major [nominally US] oil companies by
exporting oil directly to the end user countries. This is
exacerbated by rumors of the Venezuelan government purchasing oil
tankers, cutting an additional segment of the "brave new world
economic order" off from the Venezuelan oil tit.

(2) He is pricing oil in Euros and not dollars. In combination
with (1) above, this will "de-dollarize" the Venezuelan economy,
bypassing the New York banks and the "lug" they get on all oil
sales.

(3) He is engaging in "counter-trade" where oil is traded
directly for goods and commodities, again eliminating the "lug"
traditionally collected by the international banks and trading
companies on oil transactions.

(4) He is refusing to "invest" Venezuelan oil revenue in
inflation-adjusted zero/negative interest US governmental
securities, "watered" stock or financial lottery tickets called
"derivatives." Rather than continuing to pay protection money
like the other oil nabobs by buying worthless US governmental
securities (and salting a little away for himself in numbered
Swiss accounts), he is "wasting it" by providing health care,
minimum food and basic education to the poorer citizens of
Venezuela.

(5) He is sabotaging the American economy by refusing to
"roll-over" American debts owned by the Venezuelan government as
these become due. This money is being invested in Euro
securities, invested in Europe/Asia or spent on foundational
social services for the poorest Venezuelans.

(6) The Chavez government is rumored to be considering
legislation to establish a significant Venezuelan
owned/controlled petro-chemical sector for the economy to
maximize the value of the oil [based] exports. As this sector
expands, the sale of crude oil for processing outside the country
is to be restricted, so that eventually only high value processed
materials such as polyester base, plastics, etc. will be
available for export to first world countries, with fuel
[gasoline/diesel] exports limited to the third world countries.

(7) He is creating and arming a Venezuelan militia with primary
loyalty to Venezuela at all levels and trained in the techniques
of irregular/guerilla warfare. He is said to be stockpiling
small arms and explosives for this militia, mainly through
counter-trade, and thus off the financial radar. Additionally,
it is rumored that the most critical oil export facilities such
as refineries and pumping stations are being rigged for immediate
demolition in the case of invasion.

On Mon, 05 Sep 2005 17:26:39 GMT, "T.Alan Kraus"
<soundadv@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Ken Davey wrote:
>> September 4, 2005
>>
>> United States Warships Turn Towards Venezuela As US Military Takes
>> Control of Hurricane Devastated Regions, Chavez vows '100 Year War'
>>
>> By: Sorcha Faal, and as reported to her Russian Subscribers
>>
>> Russian Military Analysts are reporting today that a 'significant'
>> portion of the US Navy Armada that had been heading towards their
>> countries devastated Southern Regions have turned towards South
>> America, and in what these reports state is a planned Invasion of
>> Venezuela to overthrow their President and reassert 'control' over
>> Venezuela's vast oil reserves.
>>
>> Anybody have the skinny on this?
>> Total BS?
>> Grain of truth?
>>
>> Ken.
>>
>
>Venezuela's name means little Venice (the one in Italy). It refers to
>the city of Maracaibo,one of the first spanish settlements, which like
>Venice is on a lagoon and full of canals, originally built resembling
>Venice. Later a lot of oil deposits were found in the region.
>The next part is tongue in cheek. Probably we are sending ships to
>Venezuela not for their oil, but to see how the city of Maracaibo is
>built, so we may copy it's functionality and have our Venice in Luisiana
>too. It's closer than sending ships all the way to Italy.
>
>cheers
>T.Alan Kraus

.

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