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Ever think you might agree with Hugo Chavez?

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Dan W:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/03/AR2010100303313_pf.html


CARACAS, Venezuela  -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that members of the country's civilian militia should be issued weapons to be on patrol at all times.


more at the link

MikeF72:
Unfortunately, his militia isn't quite what we'd expect in the U.S.  They're actually a formal armed military organization under command of the commander in chief - Hugo himself.  The Venezuelan militia was created to "respond ideologically and militarily to the orders of President Hugo Chavez in order to fight violence in the countryside."  Here's a good article on the creation of Venezuela's Bolivarian Militia of Peasants - http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=84465.

Very scary group if you don't agree with Chavez!

Dan W:
Control is an illusion, even if you are the Commander

MikeF72:
That's a fact!  He might want to be careful or that militia could be his down fall.

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