Benito Jr. Rattles His Tanks

My favorite South American dictator is at it again. He's sent 10 tank battalions to Colombia's border, and his buddy in Ecuador has sent some of his tanks too. It seems that Colombia got carried away and killed a Marxist rebel leader of the group FARC and sixteen of his men. El Dufus has named Colombia the "Israel of South America" because they did not seek permission from the government of Ecuador before launching the attack.

Friends of the Little Latin Loupee will of course ask"What do you think the United States would do if another country bombed it's territory to kill terrorists?"

We'd ruffle our feathers and do a little squawking, and behind the scenes thank them for the help. Chances of that happening are remote of course, as I don't think Canada plans to attack anytime soon, and Mexico has chosen a different path to reconquer the lands it lost in The Mexican War.

I don't think that Hugo Chavez is quite ready to take on the United States militarily just yet, but when you're dealing with a nut case like Benito Jr. you can never take anything for granted. With the comfortable relationships he's established with Russia, Iran and Cuba, he'll most likely bide his time instead of attacking Colombia now. If Colombia makes the same mistake and attacks in Venezuela without notice, all bets are off.

I guess the thing that still amazes me the most is the fact that hardly anyone seems to care. CITGO gas stations blemish the countryside and we continue to put more money into this lunatics pockets everyday; enough money to buy submarines, helicopters, artillery, weapons, ammunition and anything else that becomes available on the black market.

Whether it's apathy or just the desire to save a few pennies per gallon is beside the point. Americans have been known to ignore threats before only to wake up to a Pearl Harbor or 9-11. That's probably the same way most Americans will be introduced to Mr. Chavez, or if we're lucky, he'll just cut off all the oil he supplies to us.

Maybe then the folks in Washington will have to come up with an alternative energy plan that literally attacks the problem as if it were a life threatening enemy - which it is.