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To: goldworldnet who wrote (6540)	5/21/2006 6:04:00 PM
From: richardred	Respond to of 14758

Venezuela May Offer U.S.-Made Jets to Iran Sunday May 21, 4:58 pm ET By Ian James, Associated Press Writer President Hugo Chavez Says Venezuela Could Sell U.S.-Made Jets, Possibly to Iran CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- President Hugo Chavez said Venezuela will offer to sell its fleet of 21 U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets to any country it chooses, including Iran, while looking to buy new warplanes from Russia. Chavez made the remarks in a speech late Saturday in rural eastern Venezuela, backing suggestions by one of his top generals that he should consider selling the F-16s to Iran. The government released a partial transcript on Sunday. Chavez noted that Gen. Alberto Muller had suggested the idea last week in response to Washington's refusal to sell the country parts to upgrade the jets. "So Muller said, 'Let's sell them to Iran.' That could be," Chavez said. Chavez also said he plans to conclude a deal for Russian-made Sukhoi Su-30 fighters in an upcoming trip to Moscow, the government said in a statement. "The Sukhoi 30 are 100 times better than the F-16s," said Chavez, whose military is also buying 100,000 Kalashnikov rifles from Russia. Chavez rejected U.S. claims that Venezuela is legally bound to seek U.S. permission to sell the F-16s under the terms of the sale contract. "Now they say in the United States that we can't sell those planes. What can't we sell? We will sell those planes to whomever we want, if someone wants to buy them," Chavez said. "Those planes are ours; they don't belong to them anymore." "What's more, we'll give them to whomever we wish," said Chavez, whose increasingly close ties to Iran have alarmed the government of U.S. President George W. Bush. Iranian Embassy officials have said there are no formal plans to buy Venezuela's planes for now. Defense Minister Orlando Maniglia had played down Muller's comments last week, saying there was no formal proposal to sell planes to Iran. Venezuelan officials began discussing the idea after the U.S. government announced last week it was curtailing new weapons sales to Venezuela, accusing Chavez's government of failing to cooperate in counterterrorism efforts and citing its close tied to Iran. Chavez did not mention his plans for the F-16s during his weekly broadcast on Sunday. But Chavez took sharp issue with a remark by a U.S. State Department spokesman last week that Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi could give him some pointers on cooperating against terrorism. "They attack us as terrorists," Chavez said during his televised program Sunday. "It must be remembered that the first great terrorist on the planet is named President George Bush." Chavez accused the U.S. of "preparing an attack against Iran," and of protecting terror suspects like Cuban militant Luis Posada Carriles, who is being held in the U.S. on immigration charges but is wanted in Venezuela on charges of masterminding the 1976 bombing of a Cuban jet that killed 73 people. U.S. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said last week that the talk of possibly selling planes to Iran appeared to be "overheated rhetoric," reiterating that Venezuela was bound to seek U.S. approval for any transfer of the planes. Chavez, meanwhile, greeted the Iranian ambassador during his weekly broadcast. "We are with you, against the imperialist menace," Chavez told the Iranian diplomat through a televised link, reiterating his stand that Iran has a right to peaceful nuclear energy despite U.S. concerns about its nuclear program. Chavez spoke from a mining plant in the eastern state of Bolivar, while the Iranian diplomat appeared in a televised link from the construction site of a cement plant -- one in a series of joint state projects between Venezuela and Iran. biz.yahoo.com

To: goldworldnet who wrote (6540)	5/21/2006 6:20:43 PM
From: J_F_Shepard	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14758

That's bull.......it was never an issue in any previous war and in fact, was a component in rallying the country to back the wars. This war is so phony, the Bushies know that views of dead Americans would work against him......like he really needs more to go wrong.... Surely you remember the scenes from D-Day and Iwo Jima, etc....... And are you saying our guys in Iraq did not die for political reasons? For what then, WMD??

To: goldworldnet who wrote (6540)	5/22/2006 6:53:23 AM
From: JDN	Respond to of 14758

I have some very bad news to report. I attended my nephews H.S. Graduation ceremony Sunday. He graduated from Santa Luces H.S. in Lake Worth, Florida. At the opening of the ceremonies the had the "Pledge of Allegiance". Behind us was a very attractive girl, and I heard her say to her date, "We dont HAVE to say the Pledge do we?" It was all I could do to keep from turning around and giving her HELL. Later I spoke to my nephew (who is very patriotic and is joining the Army 7/19 though he is a top notch student and has the funds for college) and he told me, Yes, many of the students there, particularly the blacks REFUSE to say the Pledge anymore. Boy that PISSES ME OFF. We coddle those Blacks like children giving them SO MUCH and they cant even be AMERICANS. Gawd, I almost would like to have a dictatorship just long enough to EJECT THESE BASTARDS. I'll take a God Fearing, patriotic Mexican ANYTIME over these people. jdn