On the Brink of War

Well, with all the conflicts that are going on all over the world, now we have another one and it’s in our neighbor’s back yard no less. The governments of Ecuador and Venezuela have sent troops to their borders with Colombia and are threatening to go to war. Is this just posturing or are they really intending to start shooting? Who knows with these guys…

Since the government of Colombia has started really fighting back against the drug lords in their country, Hugo Chavez has been railing against them saying they are being controlled by the United States. The most recent incident to set him off is the strike by Colombian police and military against the FARC leadership just over the border in Ecuador. After the strike, President Uribe of Colombia called President Correa of Ecuador to formally inform him of the situation and apologize for the incursion.

I don’t think there was a problem until Venezuelan President Chavez decided to impose his influence that it became blown out of proportion and escalated to the brink of war. His influence over President Correa and his hatred for anything and anyone friendly to the United States is what is inciting this conflict.

Now, one might say that Correa is acting on his own but I highly doubt it. Nobody in their right mind would go to the extreme of massing troops at the border and threatening war just because a neighboring country took out some terrorist criminals that routinely commit their criminal acts and then flea back across the border for protection, criminals that routinely take hostages and frequently torture and murder them.

By the way, these terrorist drug traffickers are not Ecuadorian citizens. They are Colombians that seek refuge across the border into Ecuador so the Colombian military forces were going after their own and were NOT taking action against Ecuador.

Any sane government leader would be helping to bring these criminals to justice and wouldn’t allow them sanctuary. There would be cooperation between the governments to prevent these terrorists and criminals from operating at all.

That’s clearly not the case here. Chavez and Correa are showing that they support terrorism. They support and defend drug dealers and murders. They aide and abet them to carry out their hideous crimes. They give them safe haven and afford them protection and then honestly expect the rest of the world to respect them for this? Please…

You know, Chavez wants to criticize the U.S. for getting involved in the affairs of other countries but what is he doing? He’s sent 10 battalions of Venezuelan troops to his border with Colombia and is threatening war with that country. Colombia did absolutely NOTHING to him or his country. The Colombians struck across the border of Ecuador. It has nothing to do with Venezuela or Chavez so why is he sticking his nose into it?

I think we as U.S. citizens should start fighting back against this crackpot. It’s about time we start a complete boycott of Citgo Gas. And for those of you that don’t know it, Citgo is wholly owned by the government of Venezuela and the dollars we spend to buy Citgo gas go right into his pocket. Let's fight back people!

BOYCOTT CITGO GAS!!!!