Venezuela calls US official “impertinent”

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"Spokesmen for the State Department continue making impertinent statements with the deliberate aim of provoking Venezuela. They will not succeed in doing so" said Mr. Rangel in a press release.

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"The suggestion by the impertinent Mr. Noriega that some of those weapons might end up in hands other than those of the Venezuelan Armed Forces is rash" said Mr. Rangel adding that the purchase was simply to replace obsolete military equipment.

Vice-president Rangel went on to suggest that President George W. Bush should better concentrate about his domestic problems such as huge deficits and abuses of detainees in Guantanamo and Iraq. "Those are far more worrisome than the alleged problems pointed out in other countries", said the vice-president.

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Besides the Russian purchases Venezuela is considering the acquisition of Chinese radars to reinforce Venezuela’s air space. Mr. Chavez shopping list also includes uniforms from China; Russian MIG 29 and Brazilian radars.

MercoPress

[marmar]

1. De acuerdo...

Good for Venezuela. Nero Bush might get his ass kissed in Red America, but the rest of the world is wise to his administration's banquet of bullshit.

[Voltaire99]

5. Right on

And what a pleasure it is to watch the bullshitters being told off publicly.

[lebkuchen]

2. Meanwhile, Condi provokes Iran

and then tells Europe to mend fences that the US had destroyed.

[ugarte]

3. I thought the Bushies were against gun control

(except in places where the people are brown.)

[The Magistrate]

4. They Are Wise To Buy The Radars, My Friend

Quibbling over purchase of a hundred thousand assault rifles as though that were a threat to anyone in the region is the greatest nonsense conceivable: these things are available in quantity to any rascal with ready cash, an item fellows ensconced in cocaine country will not be lacking....

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11. There is no shortage of guns in Venezuela.

I think the rifles were for the "territorial defense force" Hugo
was talking about. The lessons of Iraq are being applied in Venezuela.

If I was Chavez, I think I'd be considering how to keep my good friend
Uribe in Colombia better occupied so an not to be tempted to annoy me, too.

The radars and the jets of course are another matter entirely.

As in Iran, we see a racheting up of the rhetoric.

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13. You have to admit this is cute:

Venezuela's Vice President Jose Vicente Rangel rejected U.S. criticism of the deal to buy Russian military helicopters and 100,000 rifles, which he said were part of a policy to strengthen the nation's frontier defense.

Given that the US is whining about the porous borders with Colombia.

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/02/08/venezuela.arms.reut/

[Vladimir]

6. What a jolly nice word, impertinent

gives the impression of a headmaster writing a half-term report about some unruly pupil...

[goddess40]

10. I think they are being overly kind

I can think of loads of words that could apply to this administration

[donheld]

7. A Bushie being impertinent? NEVER

Bushies are only impertinent twice a day. Night and Day.

[rooboy]

8. Thank God the US has an official capable of taking over from John Bolton.

eom

[count_alucard]

9. good for you Mr. Chavez

thank heavens we have a man with balls in South America to take on the Nazi Bush administration.

[readmylips]

12. I love the word Impertinente....

It was one of my Spaniard Grand Father's favorite words: Impertinente! It's a gentlemen's word, it's universal and means, lower than shit.