Reply #13: This makes baby jesus cry... [View All]

[MrPrax]

The neo-con warmongering press makes Baby Jesus cry.

So let's grab the remote and change the channel to another news service, before the neighbors call social services shall we:

Chavez in Russia for arms deals

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is visiting Russia, where he is expected to sign deals to buy new fighter jets and helicopters.

He will visit Volgograd - formerly Stalingrad - on Tuesday, and later the Urals town of Izhevsk, where Kalashnikov assault rifles are made.

The US has tried to persuade Russia not to supply weapons to Venezuela.

Mr Chavez is visiting several countries, lobbying for a Venezuelan seat on the UN Security Council.

On Monday he signed a series of co-operation agreements with President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus, covering topics such as technology, energy and agriculture.

BBC

(posted in the other LBN thread)

Now that a little better -- real journalism -- without all the little nasty bits and this story is actually about Chavez's trip to Russia and not what 'experts' in the US state department generally think of Chavez, which we already know...

In fact, this BBC story has so much 'neutral' information that even a Pro-Chavez type can comment negatively about whether or not Chevaz should be cultivating relations with scumbags like Lukashenko who don't in anyway shape or form support Chavez style reforms.

However in the Times story, we find the only reference to this being:

In Belarus yesterday, he proposed forming a “combat team” with President Lukashenko, whom Washington calls “Europe’s last dictator”.

Which makes it difficult for anyone to honestly comment upon other than 'experts' in the US state department